Tas. 8096. 
CEREOS Scueerit, 
Mexico. 
Cactacem. Tribe EcHINOCACTER. 
Cereus, Haw.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 849. 
Cereus Scheerii, Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck, p. 190; Labouret Monogr. 
Cact., p. 317; affinis C, cinerascenti, DC., sed rigidior, areolis vix elevatis 
et magis confertis differt. 
Planta'succulenta, laxe caespitosa, 6 poll. alta. Cawles erecti, 1-13 poll, 
crassi, 6-7-angulati, recti vel torti, glaucescenti-virides; anguli acutati, 
vix tuberculati; areole parva, conferte, minute tomentose; aculexe 
rectze, exteriores 8-12, radiantes, interiores solitaris, porrectss. Flores 
laterales ; tubus circa 23 poll. longus, pulvillis 50-60 setas albas 4-12 
gerentibus instructus; limbus 3 poll. diam., pulchre kermesino-roseus ; 
petala lanceolata, acuta. Stamina tubo subequilonga; filamenta pallide 
lutea; anthers rubre. Stylus exsertus, viridis ; stigma 10-12 partitum. 
Echinocereus Scheeri, Lemaire, Les Cact. p. 57; K. Schum. Monogr. Cact. 
p. 253, fig. 48. H. Scheerii, Riimpl. in Férst. Handb. Cact. ed. 2, p. 801. 
This pretty species belongs to the same group as the 
well-known C. cinerascens, DC., C. procumbens (B. M. t. 
7205), C. pentalophus (B. M. t. 8651) and C. mojavensis 
(B. M. t. 7705), all of which are dwarf and more or less 
tufted plants, with large brilliantly coloured flowers. (CO. 
Scheerii was discovered by Mr. J. Potts near Chihuahua in 
Mexico and sent by him to Mr. Frederick Scheer of Kew, 
some time prior to 1850. ‘I'he plant here figured flowered 
at Kew in 1900 and during the two succeeding years, but 
subsequently died. 
Descr.—Plant laxly tufted, about six inches high. Stems 
erect, one to one and a quarter of an inch thick, six to 
seven angled, straight or twisted, dull glaucous-green ; 
angles acute; spine-cushions small, scarcely prominent, 
closely placed, minutely tomentose ; spines short, straight, 
the eight to ten outer radiating, one central directed out- 
wards. Flowers produced at the side of the stems, bright 
carmine-rose more or less flushed with mauve; tube about 
two and a half inches long, with fifty to sixty spine- 
cushions bearing four to twelve white bristle-like spines 
scattered along it, but more crowded upon the ovary; 
limb spreading, about three inches in diameter ; petals 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1906. 
