. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 457/. 747. Echi chloranthus. yellow to brownish, when young reddish transparent, the upper ones shortest and spreading upward, the lower ones porrect or depressed : fls. lateral, 2J'^-3}^ in. long, bright purple-red o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 457/. 747. Echi chloranthus. yellow to brownish, when young reddish transparent, the upper ones shortest and spreading upward, the lower ones porrect or depressed : fls. lateral, 2J'^-3}^ in. long, bright purple-red or deep dark red to scarlet: fr. ellipsoidal, about Wi in. long, covered with numerous spines, purple-red. Tex. to Ariz, and northern Mex. 16. Mojav6nsis, Riunpl. [Cerens Mojav^nsis, Engelm. and Bigel.). Stems clustered, ovoid, reaching 3 in. in height by 2 in. in diam.: ribs 8-12, conspicuously undu- late : radial spines 5-8, the lowest pair the longest, reaching about 2^ in. in length ; all are white with brown tips, subulate, straight or curved, strongly bul- bose at the base; central solitary, or sometimes absent, stronger and somewhat longer and darker colored; later all the spines become gray: fls. 2-3 in. long, deep carmine: fr. ellipsoidal, about 1 in. long. Mojave des- ert of Ariz., Nev, and Calif, 17. phoenlceuB, Lem. {EcJtinocereits coc c ineu s, Engelm. Cereus plioenicens, Engelm.). Stems irregu- larly clustered, ellipsoidal to short cylindrical, 2-4 in. high by 114-2)4 in. in diam.: ribs 8-11, straight: spines bristle-form, straight, round; radials 8-12, white, li-% in. long, iipper ones shortest ; centrals 1-4, stouter, white to yellow or brown, with bulbose base: fls. from upper lateral areolae scarlet-red, with the co roila throat yellow. Colo, to 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 origina
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