39. Cactus Missouriensis Robustior (Engelm.).

Mamillaria similis robustior Engelm. Pl. Lindh. 200 (1850).
Mamillaria nuttallii robustior Engelm. and Bigel. Pacif. R.
Rep. iv. 28 (1856).
Mamillaria missouriensis robustior Watson, Bibl. Index,
440 (1878).

Almost simple, with longer aid looser tubercles, 10 to 12 stouter radial spines (6 to 16 mm. long), a single stout central, larger flowers, and 7 or 8 stigmas. Type, Lindheimer of 1845 in Herb. Mo. Bot. Gard.

From southeastern Colorado and the Canadian River (Oklahoma and Indian Territory), to the Colorado River of Texas.

Specimens examined: Texas (Lindheimer of 1845, 1846; Bigelow of 1853): also specimens cultivated in St. Louis in 1847.

In Bigelow’s specimens the central spine is mostly lacking.