. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Figs. 44 and 45.—Coryphantha deserti. The northern range of this species is ver}^ uncertain. Engelmann extended it into southern Utah. Plate V, figure 5, shows a plant sent by M. A. H. Spencer from the Grand Canyon, Arizona, in May 1907, which afterwards flowered in Washington. 34. Coryphantha deserti (Engelmann). MammiUaria deserti Engelmann, Bot .Calif. 2: 449. 1880. Cactus radiosiis deserti ConXtQX, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 121. 1894. Cactus radiosus alversonii Coulter, Contr, U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 122. 1894. M


. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Figs. 44 and 45.—Coryphantha deserti. The northern range of this species is ver}^ uncertain. Engelmann extended it into southern Utah. Plate V, figure 5, shows a plant sent by M. A. H. Spencer from the Grand Canyon, Arizona, in May 1907, which afterwards flowered in Washington. 34. Coryphantha deserti (Engelmann). MammiUaria deserti Engelmann, Bot .Calif. 2: 449. 1880. Cactus radiosiis deserti ConXtQX, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 121. 1894. Cactus radiosus alversonii Coulter, Contr, U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 122. 1894. MammiUaria alversouii Zeissold, ilonatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 70. 1895. MammiUaria radiosa alversonii Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 481. 1898. MammiUaria radiosa deserti Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 481. 1898. Solitary or cespitose, usually cylindric, sometimes 2 dm. high, 6 to 9 cm. in diameter, densely covered \\'ith spines; radial spines white except at tip, * Our Utah reference is based on some detached flowers collected by M. E. Jones and a barren plant sent by Dr. C. D. Marsh in 1922. Both collections came from above Fig. 46.—Flower of C. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928. Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington


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