CORRYOCACTUS. 



67 



some less than i cm long, some about 3 cm. long, and still others 20 to 24 cm. long- flower broadlv 

 funnelform, constncted just above the ovary. 9 cm. long, 10 cm. broad whtn7u% e^anTcd thrS 

 4.5 cm. broad at the too: oerianth-se^rnipntQ Kr,VT.f ,.oii^,., ^u^ J .< «-xpanaca, uiroat 



segments 



vellow citvlf^ Qlinrf +h;X \.ruu^ -^u ^-^ j-xx-*., ^u.^iig, spiciiuing mamenis numerous, 



yellow, style short, thick white, with numerous, slender, white stigma-lobes; scales of the ovarv 

 and flower-tube small, with brown wool, white bristles, and short spines; fruit globular juLy covered 

 with numerous spine-clusters, these tardily deciduous. uuiai, juicy, coverea 



i 



Type locality: Yura 



Distribution: In the 



mountains of southern Peru, altitude 2,000 to 3,300 



common 



conspicuous, 

 specimens, ir 



Arequipa, and, while not the larp:est, is often the most 



herbarium 



from a photograph taken near Arequipa 



same 



'¥ ^^ ^ *. i 



Fig. 99. — Corryocactus brevistylus. 



Fig. 100. 



Corryocactus brachy 

 petal us. 



2. Corryocactus brachypetalus (Vaupel). 



Cereus brachypetalus Vaupel, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 50: Bcibl. iii: 16. 1913. 

 Plant 'y in A mpf<^rc liio-Ti iiQiitillv with manv (^sometimes 100 or m' 



wool 



prominent 



with brown bases, about 20 at an areole, very unequal, most of them less than i cm. long, the longest 

 ones 10 to 16 cm. long; flowers broadly funnelform, 4 to 6 cm. broad; throat 2 to 3 cm. broad at top; 

 inner perianth-segments deep orange, i to 1.5 cm. long, the outer ones apiculate, the inner ones 

 obtuse or truncate; filaments very short, 5 to 8 mm. long, yellow; style, including the slender stigma- 

 lobes, 2 cm. long; areoles of the ovary and flower small, filled with black and white wool and nascent 

 spines; fruit globular, 6 to 7 cm. in diameter, greenish yellow, covered with clusters of deciduous 

 spines, juicy, said to be edible; seeds dull in color, 1.5 mm. long. 



