Archive image from page 347 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 518 ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOCEREUS Var. triglocliidiitus, K. Sch. (Echitiocereus triglochi- didttci, Eii,'t'lin. < 'erens trlglochidi&tus, Engelm. )• Radial spiiu-s iisiiul


Archive image from page 347 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom cyclopediaofamer02bail Year: 1906 518 ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOCEREUS Var. triglocliidiitus, K. Sch. (Echitiocereus triglochi- didttci, Eii,'t'lin. < 'erens trlglochidi&tus, Engelm. )• Radial spiiu-s iisiiully 3, sometimes as many as 6, strong, angled, busr Imllmse, straight or curved, about 1 in. long, soon ash-gray. Tex. and New Mex. Var. gonac&ntbus, K. Sch. (Echinocerens gonacdn- thus, Lem. Cerens goHacdnflius. Eugelra. and Bigel.). Radial spines 8, very large, angled aud 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. Bibs of stem about 9-13. 10. lozigisdtus, Lem. [CereAis longisetns, Engelm.). Stems clustered, cylindrical, covered with long, dirty white spines, about 8 in. high by 2 in. in diam., light green: ribs 11-14, straight, undulate: radial spines 18- 20, straight, compressed, base thickened, subulate, flex- uose, usually horizontally spreading, interlocking with adjacent clusters, the lower laterals the longest, reach- ing /in. in length, the upper more bristle-like and the shortest, all white ; centrals 5-7, longer, reaching 2 in., stronger, the upper ones scarcely longer than the longest radials ; all are bulbose at the base ; the three lower ones the longest and defiexed, spreading and sometimes curved: fls. red. Mex. 11. Edetteri, Rlimpl. (Cerens M<Ftteri, Engelm.). Loosely open clustered: stems upright, 4-G in. high, 2- 3 in. in diam., cylindrical or ovoid: ribs 10-13, straight: radial spines 8-15, subulate,


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