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The Dictionary of Gardening. 



Cereus — continued 



but. 8. 



POKTIO.N OF SJKM, with J-'i-OWl-ar, 01' Ckuix's 



K.NNJvVrWTMLS. 



ttiffffl in oh] sfporlmeTis; rihs jthallow, broad, xin'Rular ou tlie 

 ti>|», wild s\ntu: i-u.shioiis on tli<' Ttnijt-f'tin^ parts; »pines fre- 

 (|Urntly Iwflvr (jiUJi<nit«;h till' J^pt'titiir n:ime iuipHt'S only iiiiio) to 

 ii luft. Ti'MiH. A r.vr»» p1;>ni in ruUiviitiini. See Vig. 8. 



C* FtintUcrl (K»'i>«Ufv's). / j>iu}>li% Mtb-on'ct, 5in. in iliaimtcr ; 

 calyx IiiIm" ;ui(l ovaiy ti aiiui; tusliions ct'vtred with short spiut's ; 



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Fm. 9, PORTUXN OF wSTt:M» WITH FlX>WER, OF CrrEITS 



Cer6us — conl Imied. 



inner sepals twelve to fifteen ; petals sixteen to 

 twenty-four. June. Stem ovoid or ftnl>-cylindric, 5in. 

 to 7in. Jiigli, 3in. to 4iu. in diameter, pale green, simple 

 or rarely branched at base ; ribs nine to twelve, ^in. 

 deep; radial spines seven to ten, the cential one l^in. 

 long. New Mexico, 1880. ^B. M. 6555.) 



C. liypog£eus (underground). Jl. 2iu. long, the tube 

 bhort, wiiii a few spine tufts ; petals purpliiih, margined 

 with yellow, oblong» mucronate. Aerial steins cylindric 

 or clavate, seven or eight-angled ; tubercles witti two 

 to five or more bristle-like spines and three to five 

 longer central ones. Underground stem minute, un- 

 armed. 1883. (R. O. 1085.) 



C. leptacanthus (slender-spined).* JL several to a 

 branch ; i>3tals deep pwrphsh- lilac m the Tipper half, 

 the lower part white, forming a shallow cup, notc]ie<l 

 on the edges; stamens Avhite ; anthers and stigma 

 May and June. Mexico, 1850. Habit as m V. Ber- 

 See V'ig. 9. 



orancje. 



landit'.'i. 



2:e~ 



Fig. 10. Cereus multiplex. 



C. multiplex '(proliferous). Jl. bin. to 8uL long and across; 

 sepals pointed ; petals 2in. or more in length, lin. wide.spreaa- 

 ing out quite flat ; tube clothed with snvall, hairy scales. Autunin. 

 Stem globose, becoming pear-shaped with age, about 6m. high , 

 ridges angled, clothed with clusters of about a dozen spines, 

 the central one longest. South Bra'^il, 18^0. 8ee Fig. 10. 



C. m. 



Fig. 11. Cehel'S multiplex cristatus. 



. m. cristatus (created). Steins fasciated and diviiled into 

 numerous crumpled, flattened branches. A remarkable mons«^« 

 See hig, 11, 



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