. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 128 THE CACTACEAE. 86. Neomammillaria schiedeana (Ehrenberg). MammUlaria schiedeana Ehrenberg in Schlechtendal, AUg. Gartenz. 6: 249. 1838. ? MammUlaria sericata Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 44. 1839. Cactus schiedianus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 261. 1891. Mammillaria dumetorum J. A. Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 149. 1912. ? MammUlaria cephalophora Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 24: 158. 1914. Not Salm-Dyck, 1850. Densely cespitose, somewhat soft in texture; axils of tubercles bearing long bristle-like white hai
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 128 THE CACTACEAE. 86. Neomammillaria schiedeana (Ehrenberg). MammUlaria schiedeana Ehrenberg in Schlechtendal, AUg. Gartenz. 6: 249. 1838. ? MammUlaria sericata Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 44. 1839. Cactus schiedianus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 261. 1891. Mammillaria dumetorum J. A. Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 149. 1912. ? MammUlaria cephalophora Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 24: 158. 1914. Not Salm-Dyck, 1850. Densely cespitose, somewhat soft in texture; axils of tubercles bearing long bristle-like white hairs; tubercles green, terete; radial spines about 30, white, spreading, bristle-like, puberulent; central spines 6 to 10, spreading and appressed against the radials, a little stouter, often tinged with yellow; flowers 15 mm. long; inner perianth-segments white; filaments white; style cream-colored; stigma-lobes 4, short, obtuse. Type locality: Near Puente de Dios, Mexico. Distribution: Central Mexico. The Index Kewensis refers Mammillaria sericata Lemaire to M. Fig. 137.—Neomaminillaria lenta. Fig. 138.—Neomammillaria Illustrations: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 113: Bliihende Kakteen i: pi. 13; Monats- schr. Kakteenk. 8: 12; 13: 92, f. A, as Mammillaria schiedeana; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 89, as Mammillaria dumetorum; (?) Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 24: 158, as Mammillaria cephalophora. Figure 136 is from a photograph of a plant collected by Dr. C. A. Purpus at San Rafael, Mexico, in 1910. 87. Neomammillaria lasiacantha (Engelmann). Mammillnrid lasiacaiiiha Engelmann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 261. 1856. Mammillaria lasiacantha minor Engelmann, Cact. Mex. Bound. 5. 1859. Cactus lasiacanlhiis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i: 259. 1891. Globose, 2 to cm. in diameter; tubercles small, their axils naked; spines 40 to 60, in more than one series, white, puberulent, 2 to 4 mm. long; flowers 12 mm. long, whitish or pink; fruit i to 2 cm. long; seeds blackish, pitted. Type localit
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