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Figure 92 shows a flower collected 

 by Dr. Rose below Arequipa, Peru, in 

 1 91 4; figure 93 shows the young fruit 

 and persistent withering perianth from 



from 



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the same plant ; figure 94 is 

 photograph taken by T. A. Corry near 

 Arequipa, Peru, in 1 9 1 7 ; the plant 

 immediately in front is Trichocereus 

 Jascicularis. 



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Fig. 92. 

 Fig. 93. 



Flower of Browningia candelaris. X0.6 

 -Young fruit of same. X0.6. 



Fig. 94- 



Browningia candelaris, with Trichocereus fascicularis 



immediately in front of it. 



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6. STETSONIA gen. nov. 



^hed cactus, with strongly ribbed branches, the areoles felted and 



bearing several unequal stiff subulate spines; flowers funnelform, large, solitary at upper areoles; 



densely covered by small, broad, erose, ciliate, abruptly subulate-tipped. 



much 



ovary 



ylindri 



to those of the ovary; outer perianth-segments broad, green, obtuse, the inner oblong-oblanceolate, 

 spreading, acute; stamens numerous, not exserted; anthers large, oblong; style rather stout; stigma- 



many 



Francis Lynde Stetson, of New York 



Argentine deserts 



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coryne 



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Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 205. 1850. 



meters 



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1 to 1.5 cm. high, obtuse, more or less crenate; spines 7 to 9, unequal, the longest 5 cm. long, subulate; 

 flowers 12 to 15 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white, spreading; fruit not known. 



Type locality: Not cited. 

 Distribution: Northwestern Argentina. 



Although this species has long been known in collections, it is usually represented by 

 very small specimens and has been poorly described. 



*Both Weber and Schumann make Otto the author of this name. Salm-Dyck credits it to the Berlin Gardens. 





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