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Cereus MartiAnus. Von Martius’ 
CEREUS. 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cactez. ) 
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 areolata, sepalorum reliquiis squamata 
aut tuberculosa. Cotyledones acuminate.—Frutices car- 
nosi, subglobosi vel elongati, stricti, articulatt vel repentes, 
axi ligneo interne medullifero donati, angulis verticalibus, 
spinarum fasciculos gerentibus vel inermibus, irregulariter 
sulcati. Anguli seu ale nunc plurime, nunc paucissime, 
rarius due tantum, et tunc rami compresso-alati inermes. 
Flores ampli e spinarum fasciculis lateralibus trunci aut 
ramorum vetustiorum, aut crenis angulorum orti, Fructus 
oviformes, plerumque anno sequente maturescentes, edules. 
Pfeiffer. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cereus Martianus ; suberectus ramosus 8-angularis sinubus 
latiusculis, costis vix prominentibus, areolis approxi- 
matis in criste tuberculis positis, aculeis exterioribus 
6—8 setiformibus albidis (nascentibus rubris) radian- 
tibus, centralibus 2—3 fuscis vix majoribus. 
Cereus Martianus. “ Zucc.’—Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. p. 110. 
The specimen of the Cereus here represented was oblig- 
ingly sent from the noble Collection at Woburn, in April, 
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