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CEREUS SERPENTINUS. SERPENT-LIKE CEREUS. 
SERRE EEE KER EEE EREE 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Mownoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cactea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala numerosissima imbricata basi ovario adnata, in 
tubum elongatum concretum, exteriora breviora calycinalia, 
media longiora colorata, intima petaliformia. Stamina 
numerosissima cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis apice 
multifidus. Bacca sepalorum reliquiis areolata tuberculosa 
aut squamata. Cotyledones nulla ?—Frutices carnosi elon- 
gati axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis vertical- 
thus spinarum fasciculos gerentibus regulariter sulcati. 
Anguli seu ale nunc plurime, nunc paucissime, rarius due 
tantum et tune rami compresso-alati. Flores ampli e spina- 
rum fasciculis aut crenis angulorum orti. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cereus serpentinus ; subrepens flexuosus subscandens obtu- 
sissime 11—12-gonus, setis fasciculatis lanugine parca 
demum obsoleta multo longioribus, tubo florali basi 
valde setifero. 
Cereus serpentinus. “ Lag. Annal. Cienc. Nat. 1801. p. 
261.” De Cand. Diss. Cact. t. 12. : 
Cactus serpentinus. Willd. Enum. Suppl. 31. Link et 
Otto, Ic. Pict. t. 91. 
_ For the opportunity of figuring this fine Cereus, Iam 
indebted to Mr. Mackay of the Norwich Nursery, in whose 
extensive collection of succulent plants (formerly Mr. 
Hircnin’s) it produced flowers, from which the accompany- 
ing drawing was made. Mr. Mackay observes, that it isa 
hight-blooming species, that the blossom remains ee oe 
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