. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. LOBIVIA. 53 central spines 4, 1 or 2 of them longer and hooked; flowers inodorous, 6 to 7 cm. long; inner perianth- segments linear-lanceolate, red; filaments dark purple; style yellowish; stigma-lobes 10, yellowish white, linear. Type locality: Near Cachi, Argentina. Distribution: In the high mountains of Salta, Argentina, altitude 2,500 meters. We know the plant only from a photograph and the original description. Spegazzini also gives the name Echinocactus cachensis (Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 493. 1905), but does not formally publ
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. LOBIVIA. 53 central spines 4, 1 or 2 of them longer and hooked; flowers inodorous, 6 to 7 cm. long; inner perianth- segments linear-lanceolate, red; filaments dark purple; style yellowish; stigma-lobes 10, yellowish white, linear. Type locality: Near Cachi, Argentina. Distribution: In the high mountains of Salta, Argentina, altitude 2,500 meters. We know the plant only from a photograph and the original description. Spegazzini also gives the name Echinocactus cachensis (Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 493. 1905), but does not formally publish it. Figure 68 is from a photograph contributed by Dr. Spegazzini. 7. Lobivia caespitosa (J. A. Purpus). Echinopsis caespitosa J. A. Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 27: 120. 1917. Cespitose, the joints erect or spreading, short, cylindric; ribs 10 to 12, somewhat undulate, acutish; areoles 1 to cm. apart, white-woolly; radial spines acicular, 12, brownish, 1 to 2 cm. long; central spine solitary, brown, somewhat curved, 5 cm. long or less; flowers from the side of the plant near the middle, short-furmelform, to 8 cm. long, reddish within, yellowish red without; perianth-segments oblong, obtuse. Type locality: Bolivia. Distribu tion: Bolivia. We know this plant only from description and illustration. It is clearly not an Echinopsis. Illustration: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 27: 121, as Echinopsis 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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