LEMAIREOCHRIvUS. 



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This species is common on all the hills about La Guayra, is less common in the moun- 

 tains toward Caracas, and is also to be found along the coast at Puerto Cabello. About 

 towns it is much used as a hedge plant. 



Figure 138 is from a photograph taken by Mrs. J. N. Rose near Puerto Cabello, 

 Venezuela, in 19 16. 





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Fig. 137. — Lemaireocereus treleasei. 



14. Lemaireocereus weberi (Coulter) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 426 



909 



Cereus weben Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 4io- ^^96. 



Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb 



1897. 



Plant verv lar^e 10 meters hi^h or more, with a trunk short but thick and often with hundreds 



i-iant very large, 10 meierb mgu ux m , .^.^uu.:.u ^o^« diVlifW alnnrons: nbs usiiallv 



green 



acicular 



solitary 



ong; cenirai spine usuaiiy up ^^ " ^"^^""^£ckish mu^ longer than the laterals; areoles white- 

 those of the upper areoles, at first bro\\n to DiacKisn, luucu lyjij, .^-^^ i^„„ hrmvn Tn^rs in fhoir 

 felted; flowers 8 to lo cm. long; scales on flower-tube narrow thin, b^^rmg long bro^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 axils; inner perianth-segments oblong, a cm. long, ov^^^^^^^^^^^ X"sl'e^-eL':t'r:"dedd^^^^^^ 



of its areoles; fruit oblong, edible, 6 to 7 



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very spiny, the spine-clusters deciduous in 



npenmg. 





Type locality: A few miles 

 Distribution: Puebla and ( 



Mexico. ^^^^ (Sutv-rtro 



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