LEMAIREOCEREUS. 91 



Type locality: In the Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Mexico. 



Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico. 



According to Roland-Gosselin, the Mexican name for this species is chende ; according 

 to J. A. Purpus, chente; and according to Dr. Rose, chinoa. Dr. Rose collected this species 

 between Tehuacan and Esperanza in 1912 (No. 11429) arid Dr. C. A. Purpus sent a living 

 plant to Washington in 1909 from San Luis, Oaxaca, Mexico. Dr. Purpus's plant has 7 

 acute ribs. 



Illustrations: Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52 : f. 6, as Cereus chende; Monatsschr. Kak- 

 teenk. 19: 87, as Cereus del nwralii; Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pi. 68, as Lemaireocereus 

 mixtcccnsis, in error. 



Figure 133 is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal near Tehuacan in 1906. 



FIG. 133. Lemaireocereus chende. 



9. Lemaireocereus godingianus sp. nov. 



Large plant 3 to 10 meters high with a short, thick, woody trunk 2 to 5 dm. in diameter, be- 

 coming smooth ; joints bright green when young, grayish afterwards ; ribs 7 to 1 1 ; spines acicular, 

 2 to 4 cm. long, brownish when young; flowers large, white, 10 to n cm. long; tube proper 2 cm. 

 long with walls i cm. thick or more; areoles on flower-tube and ovary closely set, large, bearing 

 brown wool and yellow bristles; fruit large, 10 cm. long or more, covered with yellow spines. 



