. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. o.—Echiiiocactiis (^iwms. Fig. ().—F^tliinocuroiis caspitosas. Mexican Cactace>e. CACTACE^ OF MEXICO—SAFFOED. 531 thalonhis^ E. longihcmiatus^ and E. lopothele. Very closely allied tothe last is a form collected by Mathsson, in the Rinconado Pass, be-tween Saltillo and Monterey, named Echinocactus rinconadensis. On our return trip we collected the glass-needled alicoche {Echino-cereus conglomeratus) ^ and the pretty little button-cactus Mamillariagreggii (pi. 4, fig. 1), a species very closely allied to M. mic
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . Fig. o.—Echiiiocactiis (^iwms. Fig. ().—F^tliinocuroiis caspitosas. Mexican Cactace>e. CACTACE^ OF MEXICO—SAFFOED. 531 thalonhis^ E. longihcmiatus^ and E. lopothele. Very closely allied tothe last is a form collected by Mathsson, in the Rinconado Pass, be-tween Saltillo and Monterey, named Echinocactus rinconadensis. On our return trip we collected the glass-needled alicoche {Echino-cereus conglomeratus) ^ and the pretty little button-cactus Mamillariagreggii (pi. 4, fig. 1), a species very closely allied to M. micromeris ofTexas. Like many of its congeners it bears little crimson club-shaped chilitos, which are relished for their pleasant acidulous, cran-berry-like flavor. When we reached the hacienda Don Jose Mariainsisted on adding to my collection some of the rarest species of hisgarden. I offered to pay for them, for I knew that he sometimessold plants to dealers, but he declined with polite dignity to receivemoney, saying: No, Senor; that would spoil all my pleasure
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