. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. CHIAPASIA. 203 2. Disocactus eichlamii (Weingart) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 259. 1913. Phyllocactus eichlamii Weingart, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 5. 1911. Branching near the base; branches oblong, 2 to 3 dm. long, 3 to 5 cm. broad, cuneate at base, obtuse, thickish, strongly crenate; flowers several at the uppermost areoles, slender, 4 cm. long; stamens and style exserted; stigma-lobes 5; fruit red, i cm. in diameter with white pulp; seeds mm. long. Type locality: Guatemala. Distribution: G
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. CHIAPASIA. 203 2. Disocactus eichlamii (Weingart) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 259. 1913. Phyllocactus eichlamii Weingart, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 5. 1911. Branching near the base; branches oblong, 2 to 3 dm. long, 3 to 5 cm. broad, cuneate at base, obtuse, thickish, strongly crenate; flowers several at the uppermost areoles, slender, 4 cm. long; stamens and style exserted; stigma-lobes 5; fruit red, i cm. in diameter with white pulp; seeds mm. long. Type locality: Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala. This plant we know only from the collection of F. Eichlam; living specimens were sent to Washington by him which soon afterward flowered, but these have since died. Eichlam wrote that the flowers were a brilliant red. The species was named for Federico Eichlam, who lived in Guatemala at the time of his death in 1911. Illustration: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: pi. 79. Figure 205 is from a photograph of the type plant in flower. 6. CHIAPASIA gen. nov. An epiphytic spineless cactus, the branches flattened, crenate, with slender terete bases, the large flowers borne at upper areoles; perianth narrowly campanulate; tube about half as long as limb, bearing a few small triangular scales; segments about 8, linear, recurved, spreading; ovary ovoid, shorter than tube, also with a few small scales; filaments about 20, not longer than perianth- segments ; stigma-lobes few. Type species: Epiphyllum nelsonii Britton and Rose. A monotypic genus, its name taken from that of the Mexican state in which it grows. 1. Chiapasia nelsonii Britton and Rose. * Epiphyllum nelsonii Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 257. 1913. Phyllocaclus nelsonii Vaupel, Monatsschr. Kakteenk, 23: 116. 1913. Phyllocactus chiapensis ]. A. Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 28: 118. Fig. 206.—Chiapasia nelsonii. Branches 6 to 12 dm. long, slender and terete below, flat and thin above, 3 to 4 cm. br
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