. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ECHINOPSIS. 69 Type locality: Corumba, Brazil. Distribution: Province of Goyaz, Brazil. Illustrations: Bluhende Kakteen 2: pi. 61; U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. 262: pi. 3; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 52. Figure 85 is copied from the first illustration above cited. 14. Echinopsis cordobensis Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 489. 1905. Plants simple, large, 4 to 5 dm. high, 3 to dm. thick, ellipsoid dull green, somewhat glau- cous; ribs 13, straight, acute, stout, not crenate; spines all straight, at first dark, then
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ECHINOPSIS. 69 Type locality: Corumba, Brazil. Distribution: Province of Goyaz, Brazil. Illustrations: Bluhende Kakteen 2: pi. 61; U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. 262: pi. 3; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 52. Figure 85 is copied from the first illustration above cited. 14. Echinopsis cordobensis Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 489. 1905. Plants simple, large, 4 to 5 dm. high, 3 to dm. thick, ellipsoid dull green, somewhat glau- cous; ribs 13, straight, acute, stout, not crenate; spines all straight, at first dark, then gray; radial spines 8 to 10, 10 to 20 mm. long; central spines 1 to 3, the lower one largest, 3 to 5 cm. long, bulbose at base; flowers erect, with little or no odor, 20 to 22 cm. long; axils of scales on ovary and flower-tube villous; inner perianth-segments white, acute; fruit globose, cm. long, yellowish red. Type locality: Near Villa Mercedes, province of Cordoba, Argentina. Distribution: Rare in province of Cordoba, Argentina. 15. Echinopsis ancistrophora Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Bueno; Aires III. 4: 492. 1905. Stem simple, subglobose, 5 to 8 cm. in diameter, shining greens ribs 15 or 16, stout, 1 cm. high, broad at base, somewhat crenate; radial spines 3 to 7, slender, spreading backward, 5 to 15 mm. long; central spine solitary, more or less curved or hooked, 1 to 2 cm. long; flowers inodorous, 12 to 16 cm. long; outer perianth-segments green, linear, acuminate; inner perianth-segments white, oblong, acute; fruit ellipsoid, cm. long, 8 mm. in diameter; scales on ovary and flower-tube small, their axils lanate. Type locality: Between Tucuman and Salta, Argentina. Distribution: The high mountains between the provinces of Tucuman and Salta, Argentina. We have not seen specimens of this species, which Spegazzini says is rare. Figure 86 is from a photograph contributed by Dr. Spegazzini. 16. Echinopsis spegazziniana sp. nov. Stem simple, slender, dull green, about
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