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TH^ CACTACEAE. 



We know the species only from description, froin a flower collected by Dr. K. Hassler 

 from the region of the type locality, and from living plants and specimens collected by Dr. 



Italy. 



Argent 



Hanbury Garden at I^a Mortola 



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from 



xanthocarp 



1903 



4 to 6, 



very 



very 



green 



above ; outer perianth-segments oblong to lanceolate, 4 to 12 im. long, whitish green; inner perilnth 

 segments white; fruit yellow, oblong, 6.5 to 7 cm. - cu, umcr penanm 



long, the flesh white; seeds 2 mm. long, kidney- 

 shaped. 



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Type locality: Calle Manora. Parag-uav 



Distribution: Paraguay. 



We 



members 



from most 



species; in its 



All we know about Cereus coracare Gos- 



(Monatsschr 



9: 159- 1899) states tha 

 is to be thanked for 



Mr. Roland-Gosselin 

 a splendid fruit of 

 form 



sembles an apple, is of a beautiful color and of 

 excellent taste to eat, and a note of Graebener 



(Monatsschr 



from 



12: 174. 1902) that 



cm 



may 



The status of this and the following two 

 species, all from Paraguay, can be determined 

 only by further observations in that region, 



9. Cereus lamprospermus Schumann, Monatsschi 



Fig. 10. — Cereus stenogonus. 



1899. 



very 



thickish and obtuse, separated by rounded interval 



and centrals; areoles 2 to 2.5 cm ao^t s Zl^^^^^^ ? n. hardly distinguished as radials 



n^ents green with reddish tipf ; ^^t:^:^^^-^ ^^^ ^^^^^^'-^- 



Type locality: Fuerte Olympo, Paraguay 

 JJistnbufmti' Parag^uav 



pachwhizus 



pj . -^^.iiiiuL.. jvaKteen iNachtr. 33. 1903 



up to To crttV rordVd':tTht-4,er^^^^^^ 7°"- ^"^-- roots ; branches or stem 



yellovvish brown, younger ones yeUowish S^eTi^^ sub.H^Jn^^^^ and numerous spines; older joints 

 laterally, up to i cm. thick and 5 cm. W^h senaVated L^^^^^^ '?' ^ very strongly compressed 

 2.5 to 3 cm. apart, circular, 5 to 6 mm if diaSr ti^^ S^'Fvl?'^ ["T°^'' ^"bsinuate ; areoles 

 young; spines 10 to 13. poorly differentiated i^tor;dS.n7f''i^^^'^ ^^ "°^ ^"^^^ ^^^« ^hen 

 longest and up to 3 cm. long; all spines subulate and voUi ^^"^r^lones, one of the latter being 

 cm. m diameter ,.ed. smooth; se^eds ^ -f^l^ :^c^^%^' ' ' -' ^-^' 3 to I 



Typelocahty: Cerro Noaga, Paraguay. ^' 



This species is unknown to us, except from 

 growmg on bare, granitic rocks at 350 meters^ 



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