914 | OPUNTIACEAE 
ape petals white, voie quere to spatulate, the narrow ones acumi- 
nate, the broader somewha e e and mucronate: anthers 4.5-5 mm. long; 
berry globose, 6-8 em. in dia red.—Hammocks on high sand-dunes, S pen. 
Tla.—Nat. of Me LE pes the hammock south of Ft. Pierce by the 
pioneers during Seminole War times 
2. S.coniflorus SED ) i dus & Rose. Vine, the stem and branches dif- 
fusely clambering and elimbing by eopious roots, deep-green, the older portions 
stout and turgid, the a Em more slender, mostly edd sharply 5-angled: 
areolae small, the hairs pale or nearly white, often about 1 cm. apart, the spines 
eid hairs ae o of short spines; tubular part of the hypanthium about 
10 em. long, scarcely dilated at the top, bearing rather elosely seattered scales 
with tufts of ad. ee hairs and clusters of spines in their s sepals 
very narrowly Mi NAA , 3-9 em. long, RE the outermost ones, bright- 
green, attenuate: petals wh ite: be erry subglobose, 5-7 em. in doma —Pine- 
lands a the Everglades, west of Halendale, ana fence -rows in pen. Fla.— 
Nat. of Mex 
7. HYLOCEREUS Britton & Rose. Coarse vines with 3-angled or 3- 
winged stems and branches, climbing by aerial roots, the areolae remote on 
th jd eaeh with a tuft of short hairs and a eluster of spines. Leaves 
obsolete lowers nocturnal, very large and showy. Hypanthium trumpet- 
shaped, with foliaceous scales. Sepals various, the outer ones resembling the 
ypanthium scales, the inner — the 
petals. Petals white, narrow. Berry ovoid 
to globo wit ad seales.—About 18 
d 
nd branches stout, 8-12 "thick, 
ines 2-4 mm. lo : 
hypanthium relatively v tout, eopiously 
scaly, shorter than the dn of the calyx: 
sepals linear-lanceolate to linear, pes 
spreading:  petals spatulate to  obova TM 
shorter than the sepals: b ovoid, 8-10 ¢ id scarlet, the scales flat.— 
(NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREU QUEEN- ad STHE-NIGH E — Hamm ocks, S pen Wen 
and E Keys. Nativ n “not known.—Spr.- —Originally described fro 
specimens grown in China, pe rhaps, pm o America. Apparently first 
AMA ER m dE by the pioneers of the lower Indian River iue during 
Seminole War 
. ACANTHOCEREUS Britton & Rose. Coarse shrubs with 3—6-angled, 
erect, diffuse, or Pi often greatly elongate, stems and branches, the 
areolae remote on the e each with a tuft of short hairs and a cluster of 
spines. Leaves nae Flowers nocturnal, relatively large. Hypanthium 
trumpet- oa armed mith spines. Sepals various, the outer short, the inner 
long an arrow. a is limear to spatulate. Berry o void or oval, 
spine- pu —About 8 species, of continental tropieal America. 
HJ 
