. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 62 the cactaceae. 2. Echinopsis mirabilis Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 489. 1905. Simple, cylindric, 12 to 15 cm. high, 2 em. in diameter, dull yellowish green; ribs 11, slightly undulate; areoles minute; spines all straight; radial spines 9 to 14, slender; central spine solitary, erect, 10 to 15 mm. long; flowers borne near the top of the plant, inodorous, 11 to 12 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white, acuminate; scales on ovary and flower-tube very woolly in their axils, thin, scarious at base, almost filiform, 8 mm. lo
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 62 the cactaceae. 2. Echinopsis mirabilis Spegazzini, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 489. 1905. Simple, cylindric, 12 to 15 cm. high, 2 em. in diameter, dull yellowish green; ribs 11, slightly undulate; areoles minute; spines all straight; radial spines 9 to 14, slender; central spine solitary, erect, 10 to 15 mm. long; flowers borne near the top of the plant, inodorous, 11 to 12 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white, acuminate; scales on ovary and flower-tube very woolly in their axils, thin, scarious at base, almost filiform, 8 mm. long; outer perianth-segments similar to the scales but longer; fruit to 4 cm. long, 5 to 6 mm. in diameter; seeds globular, mm. in diameter, with a depressed Fig. 80.—Echinopsis meyeri. Pig. 81.—Echinopsis mirabilis. Type locality: Near Colonia Ceres, province of Santiago del Estero. Distribution: Known only from province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. This plant is called flor de la oracion. Besides photographs of the type Dr. Spegazzini has presented us with a fruit from the type plant. Figure 81 is from a photograph contributed by Dr. Spegazzini. 3. Echinopsis forbesii (Lehmann) A. Dietrich, Allg. Gartenz. 17: 193. 1849. Echinocactus forbesii Lehmann in Walpers,* Repert. Bot. 2: 319. 1843. Echinopsis valida Monville in Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 181. 1850. Echinopsis valida forbesii R. Meyer in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 239. 1897. *Walpers says: "F. A. Lehm. in Terscheck, Suppl. Cact. ; Forster (Handb. Cact. 520- 1846) used Echinopsis forbesii Hort. Angl. as a synonym of Echinocactus forbesii, but hardly publishes 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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