LEMAIREOCEREUS, 



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Type locality: In the Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Mexico 



Distribution 



Mexico. 

 Mexican name 



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Dr. Rose collected tliis species 



Espe 



Washington in 1909 from San Luis, Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Purpus's plant has 7 



acute ribs. 



Illustrations: 



Acclim 



teenk. 19: 87, as Cereus del moralii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12 



mixtecensis, in error. 



Figure n^ is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal 



as 



Pjq i33._Lemaireocereus chende 



Lemaireocereus godingianus 



oody 



green when young, grayish afterward 



coming smootn; loints orignt giccn wi.v.x. j ©, o -^ , . . p^ \Q^a- tube proper 2 cm. 



. to 4 cm. long brownish when young; fl^^'-^'XeT tate and oVary closely set, large bearing 

 long with walls i cm. tUck or more- a^ol s on flow^^^ 



wool and yellow bristles ; fruit 



10 cm. long or more, covered with yellow spmes. 



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