. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. LEUCHTENBERGIA. 107 This plant was collected by Dr. Rose in the state of Oueretaro, Mexico, in 1905, and has repeatedly flowered each spring since 1906. It is called pellote or peyote in Mexico. Echinocactus helianthodiscus Lemaire (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 17. 1845), given as a synonym of Echinocactus turbiniformis, was never described. Illustrations: Bliihende Kakteen 1: pi. 39,0; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 77; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 119; 12: 91; Pfeiffer, Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: pi. 3; Schelle,
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. LEUCHTENBERGIA. 107 This plant was collected by Dr. Rose in the state of Oueretaro, Mexico, in 1905, and has repeatedly flowered each spring since 1906. It is called pellote or peyote in Mexico. Echinocactus helianthodiscus Lemaire (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 17. 1845), given as a synonym of Echinocactus turbiniformis, was never described. Illustrations: Bliihende Kakteen 1: pi. 39,0; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 77; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 119; 12: 91; Pfeiffer, Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: pi. 3; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. 203. f. 136, as Echinocactus turbiniformis; Curtis's Bot. Mag. 69: pi. 3984, as Mammillaria turbinata. Figure 115 is from a photograph of a plant collected by Dr. Rose at Higuerillas, Queretaro, Mexico, in 1905; figure 116 is copied from the plate in the Bliihende Kakteen cited Fig. 117.—Leuchtenbergia principis. 14. LEUCHTENBERGIA Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 74: pi. 4393. 1848. A low, simple or cespitose cactus, with a thickened woody base; tubercles finger-like, slender, much elongated, arranged in indefinite spirals; areoles on the ends of the tubercles; spines several, weak, often papery; flowers from near the center of the plant, large, yellow, funnelform-campanulate; scales on the ovary few, broad, naked in their axils; fruit probably dehiscing by a basal pore. Type species: Leuchtenbergia principis Hooker. The genus contains but one species; both genus and species were named for Eugene de Bauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eichstadt, a French soldier and statesman (1781-1824). The generic name is usually credited to Hooker and Fischer,. 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 original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928. Was
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