The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 95.—Flower of S. coryne. Fig. 96.—Stetsonia coryne. Plate ix is from a photograph contributed by Dr. Spegazzini. Figure 96 is from aphotograph of flowering branches taken by Dr. Shafer at Santiago del Estero, Argentina,in 1917; figure 95 shows the flower of one of these branches. 7. ESCONTRIA Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 125. 1906. Large and much branched plants; ribs few; spines all similar, arranged in peculiar pectinateclusters; flowers small, yellow, somewhat eampanulate, one at an areole, diurn
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 95.—Flower of S. coryne. Fig. 96.—Stetsonia coryne. Plate ix is from a photograph contributed by Dr. Spegazzini. Figure 96 is from aphotograph of flowering branches taken by Dr. Shafer at Santiago del Estero, Argentina,in 1917; figure 95 shows the flower of one of these branches. 7. ESCONTRIA Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 125. 1906. Large and much branched plants; ribs few; spines all similar, arranged in peculiar pectinateclusters; flowers small, yellow, somewhat eampanulate, one at an areole, diurnal; ovary globular,covered with imbricated chartaeeous, translucent, persistent scales, their axils without spines orhairs; inner perianth-segments erect, narrow; stamens and style included; fruit globular, scaly, purple,fleshy, edible; seeds numerous, black, rugose, with a flattened, broad, basal hilum. Type species: Ccreus chiotilla Weber. Only 1 species is definitely known. The genus commemorates Senor Don Bias Escon-tria, a distinguished Mexican, who died in 1906. 1.
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