. 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. ECHINOCACTUS ECHINOCACTUS 515 Lem.). Depressed- i^'h: ribs 13, acute: my;, yellowish, 1 in. and scarcely longer 23. Edudne, DC. ( ?:. v â globose, 5-7 in. in .! - radial spines 7, bi":i or more long; ceiitr:: , than the others: tl"'â i- long. Mexico. 24. TexSnsis, Hopf. Mostly depressed (sometimes glo
. 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. ECHINOCACTUS ECHINOCACTUS 515 Lem.). Depressed- i^'h: ribs 13, acute: my;, yellowish, 1 in. and scarcely longer 23. Edudne, DC. ( ?:. v â globose, 5-7 in. in .! - radial spines 7, bi":i or more long; ceiitr:: , than the others: tl"'â i- long. Mexico. 24. TexSnsis, Hopf. Mostly depressed (sometimes globose), 8-12 in. in diam., 4-0 in. high, simple: ribs mostly 21 (sometimes and in smaller specimens 13 or 14) and uudulatt-: -^j-inr^ ^rout ami tasciculate, red- dish, compressed : x\\i- â stcriMi- i; ,,]â 7 raihaiit. straight- ish or curved, unequal. ' _. t^ lililis in. in some cases, one and one-Ht'th tn 2 in. in ^. nuiidi shorter tlian the solitary and stout recurved central, which is sometimes oue-sixth to H in. broad: flowers about one- fifth in. long, parti-colored (scarlet and orange below to white above). Texas and northeastern Mexico. 25. Imoryi, Engelm., var. reotispinus, Eugelra. Fig. Globose, at length cylindrical: ribs 13-21, obtuse and strongly tuberculate: radial spines 7-9, very unequal, the 3 upper ones 4-5 in. long, the lower lH-3 in. long and paler; the central very long (12-13 in.), straight or slightly decurved. Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. 26. recdrvas, Link & Otto. Subglobose and very stout: ribs about 15, covered with broad, darli red spines, the radials spreading, the central one recurved and very .stout. Mexico (;)⢠27. setisplnus, Engelra. Subglobose, 2 to three and one-fifth in. in diam.: ribs 13, more or less oblique, often undulate or somewhat interrupted: radial spines 14-10, setiform and flexible, two-flfths to four-fifths in. long, the uppermost (the longest) and lowest ones yel- lowish
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