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LEMAIREOCEREUS. 



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times 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles i to 2 cm. apart; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant, 

 red, small, narrowly campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wool 

 and bristly spines; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter; spines deciduous; seeds dull, 



pitted. 



Type locality: Mexico. 

 Distribution: Southern Mexico. 



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confirmed 



Weber (Schumann, Gesamtb 



1897) is kno\vn only as a 



synonym 



Pjq 135.— Lemaireocereus aragonii. 



Illustrations: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. lo: pi. 20; Rep. ^o- B°t Card. i6^j.l. 3, f. i 

 to 4; U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. PI. Ind. Bull. .6.: pi. .2, asC.rn<5 stclatus, Bull. Soe. Acchm. 

 France 52: t. 3, as Cereus dyckii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. "; P^ ^9- j ; g 



Figure . ,6 is from a Dhotograph taken by Dr. MacDougal at Tomell.n, Me.ueo, .900. 



12. Lemaireocereus treleasei Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 4^6- 



Cfr™s/r<;fc<i.«Vaiip<.a,Monatssv:hr.Kaktccnk. 23:37. I913. ,„„,,„. ,rrolcs nnnroxi- 



Plant 5 to 7 meters high, simple or with a ^ ew s^^t b-^^^^^^^^ ^^t f .TtheT ^Zty^^ : 

 mate with a peculiar V-shaped depression just ^bov e each one s^n ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



flowers pinkish^ 4 to 5 cm. long, diurnal scales on ovai^a^^^ f^^^. ^^^^^ ^,^^^ 



bristles; fruit red, about 5 cm. in diameter, ^"^^^^^^^y^.V'^ 

 with a dull, rugose surface and a large oblique basal hUum. 



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