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Other shrubby species in the zone include Echinopsis coquimbana, Oxalis gigantea, Lycium stenophyllum, Proustia cuneifolia, Croton chilensis, Balbisia penduncularis and Tillandsia geissei.
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Echinopsis cristata purpurea (Echinopsis obrepanda v. purprea)
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Echinocactus cinnabarinus (Echinopsis (Lobivia) cinnabarina)
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Echinopsis Pentlandi longispinus (Echinopsis (Lobivia) pentlandii) *
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Cereus multiplex cristatus (Echinopsis oxygona fa. cristata) *
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Echinopsis Decaisneanus (identification now uncertain) *
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Echinopsis Eyriesii flore-pleno (Echinopsis eyriesii) *
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-- The growing and resting seasons for Echinopsis are the same as for Echinocactus, and we may therefore refer to what is said under that genus for general hints with regard to the cultivation of
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For the several species of Opuntia and Echinopsis, which are sufficiently hardy to be cultivated on a sunny rockery out of doors, it will be found a wise precaution to place either a pane of glass or a handlight over the plants in wet autumns and during winter, not so much to serve as protection from cold as to shield them from an excess of moisture at a time when it would prove injurious.
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The above is a key to the genera on the plan of the most recent botanical arrangement, but for horticultural purposes it is necessary that the two genera Echinopsis and Pilocereus should be kept up.
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