SELENICEREUS. 



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Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 0:2^; Ren. Mo 



". f- 4. 5; 



Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 7; Bliihende Kakteen 3: pi. 161, 162; Wildcman 



Icon. Select 



Mollers 



Laet, Cat. Gen. f . 30, as Cereus rostratus; Rev. Hort. Beige 40 : after 184, as 

 Bull. Brooklyn Inst. Arts and Sci. 5: 236, 237 (2 figures). 



Figure 282 is from a photograph of a flower, taken at the New York 

 on the evening of October 10, 1910; figure 283 shows a part of a branch. 



+ 



1904. 



Fig. 284. — Selenicereus vagans. 



12. Selenicereus vagans (K. Brandcgee). 



Cereus vagans K. Brandcgee, Zoe 5: 191. 1904. 



Cereus longicaudatus Weber in Gosseliu, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 10: 384- 



Stems creeping over rocks, often forming large clumps, more or less rooting, i to 1.5 cm. in 

 diameter; ribs about 10, low; areoles i to 1.5 cm. apart; spines acicular, numerous, less than i cm. 

 long, brownish yellow; flower 15 cm. long; tube, including throat, about 9 cm. long, slightly curved, 

 brownish, with small scattered scales bearing clusters of 5 to 8 acicular spines in their axils; throat 

 narrow, 5 cm. long; outer perianth-segments linear, brownish to greenish white, 6 cm. long; inner 



*Doubtlcss error for rostratus. 



