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Cereus fulvibarbis Otto and Dietrich (Allg. Gartenz. 6: 28. 1838; Cereus chilensis ful- 

 vibarbis Salm-Dyck in Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 276. 1843), said to have come from Chile, 

 is referred to Cereus chilensis by Schumann, but it is described as having 10 to 13 ribs. 



Cereus polymorphus G. Don (Loudon, Hort. Brit. 195. 1830) and Cactus polymorphus 

 GiUies (pubUshed here as a synonym), referred to Cereus chilensis by Schumann, can not be 

 identified from the meager description. It is said to have been introduced from Chile in 



1827. 



The following names belong here; they have not been accompanied by descriptions. 



Cereus quintero Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 86. 1837. 



chilensis hrevispinulus Salm-Dyck in Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 276. 1843. 



spinosior Salm-Dyck in Forster, Handb. Cact. 377. 1846. 

 flavescens Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 44. 1850. 

 ehurneus (Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 63. 1897) based on Eulychnia ehurnea Pliilippi, 



must belong here, 

 linnaei Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 62^. 1897. 

 guisco Weber in Hirscht, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: no. 1898. 



Cereus spmibarbis var. minor Monville and var. purpureus Monville (Labouret, Monogr. 

 Cact. 334. 1853) have been referred here. 



Cereus elemns Lemaire and C. duledevantii Lemaire (lUustr. Hort. 5: Misc. 10. 



forms 



Enum 



10. 1858), 

 Echinocactus pyramidalis and 

 ; synonyms of Cereus chilensis. 



Illustration: Kngler and Drude, Veg. Erde 

 Figure 198 is from a photograph of a group 



from a photograph of a branch from 

 grown in the New York Botanical Garden; figure 200 is from a drawing 



Dr. Rose from La Serena, Chile, m 19 14. 

 Dcereus coquimbanus (Molina). 



Cactus coquimbanus Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chil. 170. 

 Cereus nigripilis Philippi, Fl. Atac. 23. i860. 

 Cereus coquimbanus Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 58. 



1782. 

 1897. 



Plant low I meter high or more, or sometimes prostrate and lormmg aense tnicKcis, orancnes 

 7 to 8 cm. in diameter, with 12 or 13 ribs; areoles large, circular, filled with short wool ; spines about 

 20, very for idable, often 7 to 8 cm. long; central spines several, 2 to 6 cm. long; flowers large, 

 white, about 10 cm. long; inner perianth-segments acute; scales of ovary and tube subtending black 



hairs. 



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