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Restricted range species include several cacti, including Armathocereus humilis and Melocactus spp., the endemic tree Pithecellobium bogotense, and the endangered tropical rattle snake Crotalus durissus.
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Melocactus, a moist tropical house is provided, and in April the plants are freely watered at the root, and syringed overhead both morning and afternoon on all bright days.
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They have the fleshy stems characteristic of the order, these being either globose, oblong or cylindrical, and either ribbed as in _Melocactus_, or broken up into distinct tubercles, and most of them armed with stiff sharp pines, set in little woolly cushions occupying the place of the buds.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Then take off a slice from the base of the Melocactus, also paring off about 1 in. of the epidermis all round; place the two together, and bind on firmly with strong worsted.
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Mexican, with a few Brazilian and West Indian, is called nipple cactus, and consists of globular or cylindrical succulent plants, whose surface instead of being cut up into ridges with alternate furrows, as in _Melocactus_, is broken up into teat-like cylindrical or angular tubercles, spirally arranged, and terminating in a radiating tuft of spines which spring from a little woolly cushion.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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These three are the only species of Melocactus that have become known in
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The most prominent distinctive characters of Melocactus reside in the cap or cluster of spines, wool, and flowers on the summit of the stem.
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Melocactus latispinus and Echinocactus latispinus.
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They are succeeded by succulent fruits, which are exserted, and frequently scaly or spiny, in which respects this genus differs both from _Melocactus_ and _Mamrmllaria_, which have the fruits immersed and smooth.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Of the cactus, we can mention Opuntia dillenii (tuna) and O. militaris, Harrisia eriofora (pitahaya), H. taetra (jijira), Pilosocereus robinii (miramar), Dendrocereus nudiflorus (aguacate cimarrón), Agave spp. (maguey), Melocactus spp. (erizos) and Leptocereus spp.
Cuban cactus scrub 2008
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