HARRISIA. 



149 



1. Harrisia 



(?) Cereus ctihensis Zuccarini in Seitz, Allg. Gartenz. 2: 244 

 Cereus eriophorus Pfeiflfer, Enum. Cact. 94. 1837, ' 



1908 



1834. 



green 



more the branches nearly as thick, erect or ascending, 8 or 9-ribbed, the ribs prominent, he depres- 

 sions between them rather deep; areo es 2 to 4 cm. apart; spines 6 to 9, the longer ones 2.5 to 4 cm. 

 long light brown with nearly black tips; buds ovoid, sharp-pointed, their scales subtending tufts of 

 bright white-woolly hairs i to 1.5 cm. long; flowers 12 to 18 cm. long; scales of the tube lanceolate 

 acuminate appressed, i to 1.5 cm. long, subtending long white hairs; outer perianth-segments pale 

 pink outside, the outermost greenish; inner segments pure white, tipped with a hair-like cusp s mm 

 long; hlaments white; anthers oblong, yellow; pistil cream-colored; fruit subglobose, yellow, about 

 6 cm. in diameter, edible. -^ 



Type locality: Cuba. 



Distribution: Central and western Cuba and Isle of Pines. 



The names Cereus eriophorus laeteviridis and C. repandus laetevirens (Salm-Dyck, Hort. 

 Dyck. 335. 1834), both unpublished, may belong here. 



The flower-buds, copiously covered with bright white wool, are conspicuous. 



Plants grown in the Habana Botanical Garden, formerly referred to Cereus imdatus 

 (Bull. Torr. Club 35* 564), apparently belong to this species. 



Illustration: Pfeiffer and Otto, Abbild. Beschr. Cact. i: pi. 22, as Cereus eriophorus. 



New York Botanical Garden, July 

 by C. F. Baker in 1907. Figure 2 

 Cuba, in 19 10. 



from 



from a photograph taken by C. S. Gajrer at Mariel 



Fig. 216. — Harrisia fragrans. 



2. Harrisia fragrans Small, sp. no v. 



Plants 5 meters tall or less, the stems erect, reclining or clambering prominently, 10 to 12-ridged, 



groov 



about 2 cm. apart; spines acicular, 9 to 13 in each areole, mostly grayish and yellowish at the tip, 



hairy 



ovary 



long white hairs; scales of the flower-tube few and remote, subulate, slenderly acuminate, not turgid, 



