. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. MALACOCARPUS. 197 Plate xx, figure 2, shows the plant obtained by Dr. Rose from W. Mundt, in 1912, which has since flowered repeatedly in the New York Botanical Garden; plate xxiii, figure 2, shows a plant obtained by Dr. Shafer at Concordia, Argentina, in 1917 (No. 118) which afterwards flowered in the New York Botanical Garden. Figure 209 is copied from the illustration of Link and Otto, cited above as Cactus ottonis; figure 210 is from a photograph furnished by Dr. Spegazzini of a plant cultivated by him as Ech
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. MALACOCARPUS. 197 Plate xx, figure 2, shows the plant obtained by Dr. Rose from W. Mundt, in 1912, which has since flowered repeatedly in the New York Botanical Garden; plate xxiii, figure 2, shows a plant obtained by Dr. Shafer at Concordia, Argentina, in 1917 (No. 118) which afterwards flowered in the New York Botanical Garden. Figure 209 is copied from the illustration of Link and Otto, cited above as Cactus ottonis; figure 210 is from a photograph furnished by Dr. Spegazzini of a plant cultivated by him as Echinocactus arechavaletai; figure 211 shows a plant collected by Dr. Shafer at Concordia, Argentina, in 1917 (No. 118). 15. Malacocarpus catamarcensis (Spegazzini). •», Echinocactus catamarcensis Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 500. 1905. Echinocactus catamarcensis pallidus Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 500. 1905. Echinocactus catamarcensis obscurus Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 501. 1905. Simple, elliptic to short-cylindric, 10 to 50 cm. high, 8 to 12 cm. in diameter, grayish green; ribs 11 to 13, obtuse, tuberculate; spines terete, more or less erect, grayish with brown tips, subulate, slightly curved; radial spines 14 to 21, 10 to 20 mm. long; central spines 4 to 7, 25 to 30 mm. long; flowers cm. long, citron to golden; stigma-lobes yellowish; scales of the ovary filled with wool and bristles. Type locality: Argentina. Distribution: Western 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. Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington
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