. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ASTROPHYTUM. 185 Various hybrids have been produced by crossing this species with Astrophytum ornatum and A. myriostigma. Echinocactus capricomis major (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 139. 1909) has never been described. Illustrations: Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1908: pi. 5, f. 2; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 183; 26: 135; Gartenwelt 15: 537; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 8o, 81; Alianza Cientifica Universal 3: pi. opp. 190; Mollers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 474. f. 6, No. 1; Blanc, Cacti 41. No. 420; Karsten and Schenck, Vegetationsbilder 2: pi. 20, as Ech
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ASTROPHYTUM. 185 Various hybrids have been produced by crossing this species with Astrophytum ornatum and A. myriostigma. Echinocactus capricomis major (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 139. 1909) has never been described. Illustrations: Ann. Rep. Smiths. Inst. 1908: pi. 5, f. 2; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 183; 26: 135; Gartenwelt 15: 537; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 8o, 81; Alianza Cientifica Universal 3: pi. opp. 190; Mollers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 474. f. 6, No. 1; Blanc, Cacti 41. No. 420; Karsten and Schenck, Vegetationsbilder 2: pi. 20, as Echinocactus capricomis; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 82; Floralia 42: 372, as Echinocactus capricomis minor; De Laet, Cat. Gen. f. 5, as Echinocactus capricomis major. Plate xxi, figure i, is from a painting by E- I. Schutt of a plant collected by C. A. Pur- pus at Parras, Mexico. 4. Astrophytum ornatum (De Candolle) Weber.* Echinocactus ornatus De Candolle, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 114. 1828. Echinocactus mirbelii Lemaire, Cact. Aliq. Nov. 22. 183S. Echinocactus holopterus Miquel, Linnaea 12: 2. 1838. Echinocactus tortus Scheidweiler, Bull. Acad. Sci. Brux. 5:493. 1838. Echinofossulocactus mirbelii Lawrence in Loudon, Gard. Mag. 17:318. 1841. Echinocactus ghiesbrechtii Salm-Dyek, Allg. Gartenz. 18: 395. 1850. Echinopsis haageana Linke, Wochenschr. Gartn. Pflanz. 1:86. 1858. Echinocactus ornatus mirbelii Croucher, Gard. Chron. 1873: 983- 1873- Echinocactus haageanus Riimpler in Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 469. 1885. Echinocactus ornatus glabrescens Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 324. 1898. Subglobose to eylindric, 3 dm. high or more, the surface more or less white-floccose; ribs 8, rather prominent, 2 em. high or more, acute; areoles 1 to 5 cm. apart, felted; spines 5 to 11, subulate, yellow at first, becoming brown, often 3 cm. long; flowers perianth-segments broadly oblong, with a broad, more very narrow. Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Hidalgo and Queretaro, Mexico. Dr. Ro
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