42 



THE CACTACEAEJ. 



This SDCcics is common above La 



about Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, 



common 



both on the hills and on the flats near the sea. Its branches are often overrun by orchids, 



bromeliads 



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from 



Trinidad, inhabiting 

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much 



Cereus pfeiffi 



Parmentier (Pfeiffer, 



Allg. Gartenz. 5: 370. 1837) is referred to the 

 synonymy of Cereus moritzimtus hyh^houret 

 (Monogr. Cact. 344. 1853), who also states 

 on the same page that in Monville's Cat- 

 alogue is indicated the Y^LUQiy C. moritzianus 

 pjeiferi. As Cereus pjeiferi is supposed to 

 have originally come from Buenos Aires, it is 

 more likely to be a true Cereus, 



Fio. 59. 



Fio. 6c). 



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22. Cephalocereus arrabidae (Lemaire). 



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Piloceretis arrabidae Lemaire, Rev. Hort. 1862: 429. 1862. 

 Cereus warmingii Schumann in Martins, Fl. Bras. 42 : 204. 1890. 

 Pilocereus exerens Schumann in Engler and PranU. Pflanzenfam. 36a ; 

 Cephalocereus exerens Rose, Stand. Cycl. Hort. Bailey 2: 715. 1914 





181. 1894 



Rather low but sometimes 3 meters high, often much branched at base, usually pale, somewhat 

 glaucous; branches 6 to 10 cm. in diameter; ribs 6 to 8,>igh, obtuse; areoles rather close together, 

 producmg long hairs when young, but no tufts of hairs or wool at flowering time; spines 5 to 10, 

 acicular to subulate, unequal, the longest up to 4 cm. long, brownish or sometimes yellowish; flowers 

 6 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white; fruit depressed, 6 cm. broad; seeds black, shining. 



Type locality: Not cited. 



Distribution: Along the sandy coast of Brazil. 



The synonymy of this coastal species of Brazil is very comDlicated. forit hn<;hppn mn- 



Mexican 



for the various names. Schumann took up the specific name 



attempt is here made 



name 



Nom 



name of Link 

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Lemaire seems 



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