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THE cactachae:. 



">1. Cleistocactus baumannii Lcmaire, Illustr. Hort. 8: Misc. 35, 1861. 



Cereus baumannii Lemaire, Hort. Univ. 5: 126. 1844. 

 Cereus colubrinus Otto in Forstcr, Handb. Cact. 409. 1846. 

 > Cereus tweediei Hooker in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 76: pi. 4498. 1850. 

 Aporocactus baumannii Lcmaire, Illustr. Hort. 7: Misc. 68. i860. 

 AporocactiiS colubrinus Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. 7: Misc. 68. i860. 

 Cleistocactus colubrinus Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. 8: Misc. 35. 1861. 

 Cereus baumannii colubrinus Schumann, Gcsamtb. Kakteen 133. 1897. 

 Cereus baumannii flavispinus Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 133. 1897. 

 Cleistocactus baumannii colubrinus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 266. 1909. 

 Cleistocactus baumannii flavispinus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 266. 1909. 



Somewhat branching at base, 2 meters high or more, 2.5 to 3.5 cm. In diameter, dark green; 

 ribs 12 to 16, low; areoles approximate, brown or black-felted; spines acicular, 15 to 20, white, yellow, 

 or brown, 4 cm. long or less; flower orange to scarlet, 5 to 7 cm. long, narrow, i cm. in diameter, 

 curved, with oblique limb; scales on ovary and flower-tube ovate, acute; perianth-segments short 

 and broad, acute; stamens numerous, shortly exserted, appressed against the upper part of the 

 flower-tube; fruit i to 1.5 cm. in diameter, red with white pulp. 



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Type locality: Not cited. 



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of Cereus colubrinus. 



and attributes it to Salm 



:d also from Paraguay and Urugua} 

 ter, Handb. Cact. 409. 1846) was giv 

 us flavispinus ^dlxR-Dyc^ (Cact. Hort 

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According to Weingart, C. grossei (Monatsschr. 

 Kakteenk. 18:8. 1908) is only a variety of this 

 species, while C. anguinijormis (Monatsschr. 

 tcenk. 18: 6. 1908) is true C. baumannii. 



Illustrations: Bliihende Kakteen iinh =;7 



Kak 



Mo- 



natsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 139; Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 

 16: pi. 9, f. 2 to 5; pi. 12, f. 2, all as Cereus bau- 

 mannii; Curtis's Bot. Mag. 76: pi. 4498; Fl. Serr. 6: 

 pi. 559; Loudon, Encycl. PI. ed. 3. f. 19394, all as 



Cereus tweediei, 



Plate XXVII, figure 2, shows a flowering top of a 

 plant in the New York Botanical Garden. 



2. Cleistocactus smaragdiflonis (Weber). 



Cereus smaragdiflonis Wehcr, Diet. Hort. Bois 281 1804 



Cereus baumanmi smaragdi floras Weber in Schumann 



Gesamtb. Kakteen 134. 1897. . ' 



Stems slender, 2 to 2.5 cm. in diameter; ribs low 

 12 to 14; radial spmes numerous, acicular; central spines 

 porrect, several stouter, the longer ones 2 cm. long, 

 yellowish to dark brown; flowers small, 4 to 5 cm. long 

 straight, a little constricted above the ovary, the tube 

 and ovary red ; upper scales on flower-tube and outer 

 penanth-segments with a long mucro; perianth-segments 

 small, green, acute to mucronate; filaments included- 

 style slightly exserted; stigma-lobes 5 to 8; fruit globose 

 1.5 cm. in diameter; seeds small, black. 



Type locality: Not cited. 

 Distribution: Provinrpq 



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