. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. NEOMAMMILLARIA. 155 131. Neomammillaria microcarpa (Engelmann). Mammillaria microcarpa Engelmann in Emory, Mil. Reconn. 157. 1848. Mammillaria grahamii Engelmann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 262. 1856. Cactus grahamii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 260. 1891. Mammillaria grahamii arizonica Quehl, Monatsschr, Kakteenk. 6: 44. 1896. Coryphantha grahamii Rydherg, Fl. Rocky Mountains 581. 1917. Globose to cylindric, simple or budding either at base or near middle, often cespitose, but in small clusters, sometimes 8 cm. high; tuber
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. NEOMAMMILLARIA. 155 131. Neomammillaria microcarpa (Engelmann). Mammillaria microcarpa Engelmann in Emory, Mil. Reconn. 157. 1848. Mammillaria grahamii Engelmann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 262. 1856. Cactus grahamii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 260. 1891. Mammillaria grahamii arizonica Quehl, Monatsschr, Kakteenk. 6: 44. 1896. Coryphantha grahamii Rydherg, Fl. Rocky Mountains 581. 1917. Globose to cylindric, simple or budding either at base or near middle, often cespitose, but in small clusters, sometimes 8 cm. high; tubercles small, corky when old; axils of tubercles naked; radial spines 15 to 30, spreading, white, sometimes with dark tips, slender, rigid, glabrous, 6 to 12 mm. long; central spines i to 3, dark, when more than one the lower stouter, often 18 mm. long, hooked; flowers from near top of plant, 2 to cm. long, broadly funnel-shaped; outer perianth- segments ovate, obtuse, short-ciliate; inner perianth-segments purplish, sometimes with whitish margins, obovate, acuminate; style longer than stamens, purplish; stigma-lobes 7 or 8, linear, green; fruit clavate, 2 to cm. long, scarlet; seeds black, shining, pitted, globose, to i mm. in diameter. Type locality: "On the Gila, 3,000 to 4,000 feet above the ; Distribution: Southwestern Texas and Chihuahua to Arizona and Sonora; recorded from southern California and southern Utah. PB!^^ iWV. Figs. 173 and 174.—Neomammillaria microcarpa. Neomammillaria microcarpa has long been a favorite in living collections under the name of Mammillaria grahamii, but it does not do well in cultivation and soon dies out. This plant is generally known under the name of Mammillaria grahamii. The specific name must now give place to an older one, microcarpa. Mammillaria microcarpa was based on a drawing made by J. M. Stanly, the artist on W. H. Emory's famous expedition across the continent. This drawing was sent to Dr. George Engelma
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