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Cereus NAPOLEONIS. NaApoLeon’s CEREUS. 
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Class and Order. 
’ Icosanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacrez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala numerosissima, imbricata, basi ovario adnata, in 
tubum elongatum concreta, exteriora breviora calycinalia, 
media longiora colorata, intima petaliformia. Stamina nu~ « 
merosissima, cum tubo concreta. Stylus filiformis, apice — 
multifidus. Bacca sepalorum reliquiis areolata, tuberculosa 
galt, axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis verticali- 
bus spinarum fasciculos gerentibus regulariter suleati. An- 
guli seu ale nunc plurime, nunc paucissime, rarius due 
tantiim et tunc rami compresso-alati. Flores ampli é spi- 
narum fasciculis aut crenis angulorum orti. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
- Cereus Napoleonis; ramis diffusis repentibus triangularibus 
rarissime articulatis repandis, tuberculis 4—5-spinosis, 
spinis rigidis patentibus. . 
Cereus triangularis, var. major. Salm-Dyck. Otto, Alge- =n 
meine Gartenzeitung, 1833. : 
Cacrus Napoleonis. Hort. 
We received this plant at the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh, from Mr. M‘Kay, at Clapton, about ten years ago. 
It has repeatedly formed buds, but no blossoms expanded — 
till now (September, 1835). The flower opened in the morn- 
ing, and closed towards the afternoon; it is very like that of 
C. grandiflorus, and is slightly, not very agreeably, per- 
_ fumed. The far greater length of its joints, their different 
___ form, and the shape of the edges between the tubercles, , 
_ prevent me from considering it a variety of C. triangularis. 
a Descr. — 
a VOL. x. B : 
