The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ith a tuft of thin brown spines, ^in. to lin. long, set in smallpads of yellow wool. Chilian Andes, 1837. E. mammillarioides (Mammillaria-like). A synonym ofE. Pfeiffcri. E. mamulosus (small-nippled). /. about 4in. across, with athick tube, at the top of the stem; petals bright yellow,spreading ; stamens purple. June. Stem short, with numeroustubercled ridges, bearing bunches of dark brown, hair-likespines forming a close network. Probaldy Brazil.
The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists . ith a tuft of thin brown spines, ^in. to lin. long, set in smallpads of yellow wool. Chilian Andes, 1837. E. mammillarioides (Mammillaria-like). A synonym ofE. Pfeiffcri. E. mamulosus (small-nippled). /. about 4in. across, with athick tube, at the top of the stem; petals bright yellow,spreading ; stamens purple. June. Stem short, with numeroustubercled ridges, bearing bunches of dark brown, hair-likespines forming a close network. Probaldy Brazil. E. Mirbelii (Mirbels). A synonym of E. ornatux. £. Odierl Mebbesii (Mebbes). This variety differs fmm thetype in having flesh-coloured flowers. E. Orcutti (C. R. Orcutts).* Ji. deep crimson, bordered withgreenish-yellow, borne in a ring near the apex of the ;. green, globose. Stems cylindrical, 2ft. to 3ft. high, 1ft. indiameter, single or in clusters ; ribs eighteen to twenty-two, oflctioblique ; spines in clusters of about a dozen, equal. LowerCalifornia. There is a form with lemon-yellow flowers andrecurving white Fio. 358. Portion of Ridge, with Spines, of Echinocactus POLYCEPHALUS. E. ornatus (ornate). /. yellow; sepals subulate. oblong or sub-globose, eight-angled, of a pleasing greenwith brown spots; rios compressed, spirally twisted.; tubercleswhite-wo(dly; prickles in groups of seven to ten, pale , 1338. Syns. E. Mirbeln, E. tortus. E. pectinatus (comb-like). A synonym of Cereus pectinatus. E. jnctini/rruti is a distinct peninsulas (peninsular). //. varying from golden-yellow to red. Stem globose to cylindrical, 6in. to 5ft. high, 6in. to Uin. in diameter ; ribs about twenty-one, straight or rarely oblitjue ; spines red, the radials about eleven; robust, lin. long, the four centrals stouter, 2in. long. Lower California. Allied to E. Emnn/i. ??• ^ E. Pentlandi is now classed under Et^}i^ Pfeifferi (Pfei
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