The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 163.—Sections of stem of W. viperina. X Type locality: Zapotitlan, Mexico. Distribution: Southern Puebla,Mexico. The type of this species was col-lected by L- Diguet and is now in the. KlG. 164.—Wifcoxia poselgeri. >XI.\. Herbarium of the Museum of Paris, where it was examined by Dr. Rose in 1912. It isthe same as C. A. Purpuss No. 3301 collected at the type locality in 1908 and distributedin his sets of specimens. It is called in Mexico organito de vibora. The plant is remarkable among Ccrccac i
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 163.—Sections of stem of W. viperina. X Type locality: Zapotitlan, Mexico. Distribution: Southern Puebla,Mexico. The type of this species was col-lected by L- Diguet and is now in the. KlG. 164.—Wifcoxia poselgeri. >XI.\. Herbarium of the Museum of Paris, where it was examined by Dr. Rose in 1912. It isthe same as C. A. Purpuss No. 3301 collected at the type locality in 1908 and distributedin his sets of specimens. It is called in Mexico organito de vibora. The plant is remarkable among Ccrccac in having puberulent stems. We include it inWilcoxia, but are uninformed as to the characters of the roots, which are tuberous in theother species. Figure 163 shows pieces of the stem, from an herbarium specimen collected by C. at the type locality. 2. Wilcoxia poselgeri (Lemairc) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 434. 1909. Cereus tuberosits Poselger, Allg. Gartenz. 21: 135. 1853. Not PfcifTer, poselgeri Lemairc, Cact. 57. 1868. Echinocereus tuberosus Riimpler in Fdrster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 783. poselgeri Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 398. 1896. Roots tuberous, black, several, near the surface of the ground
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