‘Tas. 4814. 
CEREUS Lemarrit. 
Lemaire’s Cereus. 
Nat. Ord. CactEa.—IcosaNDRIA MonoGyNIa. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4417.) 
subremote dentatis, dentibus parvis obtusis in axillis pulvinatis, aculeis 
1-3 perbrevibus subulatis rectis, floribus maximis speciosissimis, calygis 
glaberrimi tubo elongato squamis maximis oblongis imbricatis appressis 
subfoliaceis obtecto, sepalis numerosis erecto-patentibus (flavo-rubris) ple- 
risque petala oblonga erecta obtusa eequantibus, stylo staminibus densissime - 
compactis longiore, stigmatis radiis numerosis magnis bifidis. 
Cereus rostratus, “Lemaire”? Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. p. 51 ef 218? — 
. $71. sud C. hamato” ? ee es 
. hs z . . . . * sy . r . : 
Cernus Lemairii; repens, ramis longissimis flexuosis obtuse trigomis, angulis ~~ 
We received, two years ago, cuttings of a flagelliform Cereus — 
from the Royal Botanic Garden of Hanover, bearing the name — 
of “ C. rostratus, Lemaire.” If it be really the plant so. called, 
and briefly characterized by the Prince of Salm-Dyck, it 1s most — 
inappropriate*. Its stems might very well have been taken for 
those of our Cereus MacDonaldia (figured at Tab. 47 0 
we were agreeably surprised, in the month of June, 1854, to see 
following, from the Cact. 
3-4-angularis viridis ra- 
* All that I can find of descriptive matter is the 
Hort. Dyck. :—* C. rostratus, Lem.; suberectus YaMosus 8 , aie 
dicans, costis junioribus acutis tandem obtusis rectiusculis quase hamatis, areolis — 
in parte superiore tuberculorum decurrentium positis, aculeis 6-8 gracilibus albis 
fasciculatis.—Caulis ramique valde extensi scandentes, plerumque tetragon!, lin. 
8-12 crassi. Flores hucusque ignoti. A cacteris speciebus differt giddis carnosis, 
recurvatim rostratis, sub pulvillo positis.” : ie ae 
I have placed those expressions in italies which require special attention; an : : 
most remarkable feature 
NOVEMBER IsT, 1854. 
