. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. ECHINOFOSSULOCACTUS. 113 7. Echinofossulocactus lloydii sp. nov. Nearly globular, 12 cm. in diameter or more, crowned by the long overtopping connivent spines; ribs very numerous, thin, more or less folded; areoles brown, woolly when young; radial spines acicu- lar, 10 to 15, white, 2 to 8 mm. long, spreading; central spines 3, light brown, much elongated, some- what incurved and connivent, the two lateral ones similar and not so papery, the middle one very thin, annulate, 4 to 9 cm. long; flowers small, nearly wh
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. ECHINOFOSSULOCACTUS. 113 7. Echinofossulocactus lloydii sp. nov. Nearly globular, 12 cm. in diameter or more, crowned by the long overtopping connivent spines; ribs very numerous, thin, more or less folded; areoles brown, woolly when young; radial spines acicu- lar, 10 to 15, white, 2 to 8 mm. long, spreading; central spines 3, light brown, much elongated, some- what incurved and connivent, the two lateral ones similar and not so papery, the middle one very thin, annulate, 4 to 9 cm. long; flowers small, nearly white; outer perianth-segments with a green stripe on the mid-vein; inner perianth-segments thin, narrowly oblong, acute; scales on the ovary ovate, acute, very thin. Collected by F. E. Lloyd in Zacatecas, Mexico, August 14, 1908 (No. 7), and flowered in Washington the same year. Figure 118 is from a photograph of the type plant. 8. Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis sp. nov. Plants solitary, globular, 8 to 10 cm. in diameter; ribs pale green; very thin, about 55; radial spines 10 to 12, spreading, acicular, white, 8 to 10 mm. long; central spines 3, brownish, 2 of them terete, but the middle one flattened, erect or connivent, longer than the other 2, sometimes 3 to 4 cm. long, never annulate; flowers 3 to 4 cm. broad, nearly white; inner perianth-segments linear- oblong, with an ovate apiculate tip, slightly tinged with lavender, 15 mm. long; style slender; stigma-lobes bifid(!); scales on the ovary broadly ovate, apiculate, scarious. Collected by F. E. Lloyd in northern Zacatecas, Mexico, in 1908 (No. 58). Living specimens were sent to Washington and these flowered in March Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928. Washi
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