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ICOSAXDRU. MONOGYNIA. 
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74. E. kolopierns Miguel, In Me- 
wico. "^, 
76, E, Mackianus Hook. In Chi- 
li. 1q, 
. 76, ^, oxyacanthus Sweet h. hr, 
Latvia iynota, "^t 
77. E, Sickmanni Leitm, InAmer. 
attstr,? ^, 
2303 CEREIS C. navh. (1620), 
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i. Cereastri, Statitcs per se 
Bee vol ni> lies iieu radicantes. 
Caul is strict us. 
a, Mitltangttlares, 
1. C, rednctiis DC, ol)Ioiij2;us mult- 
angulatus; angulU aculeisque confcr- 
tissimis rectis brevibus. In Mexico 
tt Gitatimaia, '^, 1-ped. Aculens 
medius It nnc. loiigus. 
2. C, dichroacanthns Mart, sim- 
plex 18-angulatus; nodis alho-tomen- 
tosis approximalis ovalibus; aculeis 
exterioribus 12 albis rigidis tenuissi- 
niis patentihus, raediLs 5 — 6 rigidiorl- 
t«s longioribus priuio nigricaiitibus 
' demum paUidioribus. In Mexico. X\- 
ped. 
3. C. senilis DC, simplex viridis 
20— 30-aTisuIatHs; auguljs coiifertis 
Buhtuherculatis ; nodis approximatis 
rigide aculeatis , aculeis hasi iiudis 
radiantibus 15—20 crinifonnihus cri- 
spis, lino central? recto rigido. C. pra- 
dypus Lehm. Cactus senilis Haw. 
aiclocactus pradypus Lehm, Piloce- 
reus senilis I.em. Mittl. Tascbenb, t. 
1. In Amr, ansti\ |;. 4 — G-ped, 
Pill 2 unc. longi' dependentes et ita 
confcrii lit totam plantain invohurent. 
4. r. calumnaTrffJ/tni Karw. sim- 
plex viridis muItanKnlatns; nodis ob- 
longts fusco-tomento?is; actileis rigi- 
di* eburneis vel albis apice et basi 
fuscis, exterioribus 8—10 radiantibus, 
medio 1 arrccto validiore nuilto lon- 
giore subrecto. In Mexico. ■^. 2|-ped. 
In patria sua 40—50 ped. alius et 18 — 
20 unc. crassus ex obs. Kan^insky. 
5. C, foreolattts Hauge; multan- 
gulatus dilute viridis; sulcis uiidula- 
^is; angulis obtusis repandis; nodis 
Oyalibus glaucis; aculeis strictis al- 
^is, mcdiis 4—5 longiori))us rigidiori- 
>>us, exterioribus 12—16 Icnuibus bre- 
vioribus. In IiorL liaagii colitur. ^. 
^. C tnitltangularis Haw, creel us 
viridis 18— 20-angulatus basi prolife- 
nis; angulis obtusis; nodis ovalibus 
albo-tomentosis; aculeis inediis 4—6 
rigidis flavis apice fusoisj exterioribus 
20 — 24 flavescentibus radianlibns, 4 — 
6 superioribus acicnlaribus , caeteris 
setiformibus, InAmer, avstr, "f. 2 — 
3-ped. — Var. ^. paUidior Pfeiff. 
C. ochracanthns Hort. acnleis exterio- 
ribus albis niediis flavis. 
7. C, strigosffs h. nngl, 14— 18-an- 
gulatus basi proliferus; angulis an- 
gustis obtusis; nodis glauco-tomento- 
sis; aculeis omnibus strictis rigidis 
pungentilius, exterioribus 13 — 16 ra- 
diantibus aciculaiibus flavescentibus, 
mediis 4 ohiongis validioribus fiisce- 
scentibus, infimo longissimo. In Chi- 
le, |>. 1-ped. 
8. C. fmrvisetus h, herol, erectus 
gracilis 12-anguIattis ; anguHs snlt- 
compressis; nodis approximalis albi- 
dis; aculeis superioribus 4 — 5 fuscitK 
inferioribus 6 — 8 albis piliformibus. 
In Brasilia. '^. 
9. C, ftarescens Otto; suberecdis 
gracilis ad radlcem ramosus 10 — 16- 
angulatus; angulis obtusis; nodis ap- 
proximatis parvis fuscis vel flavis ; 
aculeis numerosis criniformibus Save- 
sccutibos rigidis. In h, berol, p. 
iO. C, polt/fophtis DC. simplex ere- 
ctus viridis cylindricus 15 — 18-angti- 
latus; angnlis acutis ; nodis aculeo- 
rum approximatis tomentosis; aeoleis 
8 — 9 flavis strictis divergentibus cen- 
trali longissimo erecto. In Mexi- 
co, "^. 
11. C» lanatut H, et K. erectus 
ramosus multanguhis albo - lanulus ; 
angulis membranaceis tuberculatis ; 
aculeis radiatis, centrali caeteris 8-plo 
longiore. In Quito. '^, 10 — 12-ped. 
FriTctus ruber puJpa albo-viridi re- 
pletus, 
12. C, viicracanthns DC, a ba*ii 
muttiramosus ovato-oblongus virens 
obtusus J3~an^ulatus; angulis acutis; 
nodis approximatis tomentosis; actil,eis 
3 brevibus divergentibus. In Medi- 
co. '^. 1 uuc. altus. 
13. C. LecUei Coll. A- rip. app. t. 
2, ovatus acutus, angulis numerosis; 
nodis approximates basi lanatis; acn- 
leis albis radiatis^ ccntrali loniro stri- 
etc. In Amer, ansir, "^^ 1-ped. 
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