. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 518 ECHINOCEREUS Var. triglochidiitus, K. Sch. {Echinocereiis triglochi- diitus, Engelm. Cereus triglochidiAtus, Engelm.). Radial spines usually 3, sometimes as many as 6, strong, angled, base bulbose, straight or curved, about 1 in. long, soon ash-gray. Tex. and New M
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 518 ECHINOCEREUS Var. triglochidiitus, K. Sch. {Echinocereiis triglochi- diitus, Engelm. Cereus triglochidiAtus, Engelm.). Radial spines usually 3, sometimes as many as 6, strong, angled, base bulbose, straight or curved, about 1 in. long, soon ash-gray. Tex. and New Mex. Var. gonactlnthus, K. Sch. (Echinocereus gonaedn- tlius, Lem. Cereus gonacdnthus, Engelm. and Bigel.). Radial spines 8, very large, angled and sometimes twisted, the upper strongest, reaching nearly 3 in. in length, light or dark yellow with brown tips ; central always present, deeply grooved, often flattened, 3 in. or more long. Colo. BB. Hibs of stem ahont 9-13. 10. longisetus, Lem. (r, ,, ,, ; ; .Vâx, Engelm.). Stems clustered, cylindri-., ,,, , .tl, long, dirty white spines, about 8 in. ]> â i j [:: m 2 in. in diam., light green : ribs 11-13, un- dulate : radial spines 11-13, somewhat angled, stiff, sharp, straight or somewhat curved, horizontally spread- ing, the lowest or lower laterals the longest, about K in., the upper ones the shortest, whitish with brown tips; centrals 4, stiff, straight, angled, stout, the lowest one deflexed, white to dark-colored, reaching a length of 2 Kin., the upper ones about K as long, spreading, brown : fls. lateral, from just below the-crown, \%-2^ in. long, purple-red : fr. ovoid, green to purple-red, spiny, later naked, about 1 in. in diam.; pulp purple- red. Calif, to Utah and south into Mex. Var. chrysoc^ntms, Engelm. and Bigel. The three upper centrals golden yellow, the lowest white. Mojave desert, Calif. Var. variegiltus. Engelm. and Bigel. The three up- per centrals curved, horn-colored and mottled with black. Utah, Nev. an
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