NU а 
C. fimbriatus (fringed).* 
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Cereus—continued. 
the fascicles of spines, or indentures on the angles; 
sepals very numerous, imbricated, adnate to the base of 
the ovary, united into an elongated tube; outer sepals the 
shortest, forming the calyx; middle ones longer and 
coloured, innermost ones petaloid; stamens very numerous, 
united with the tube; style filiform, multifid at the apex. 
Berry areolate, tubercular or scaly, either from the remains 
of the sepals, or from their cicatrices when they have fallen 
off. For culture, see Cactus. 4, л Lad » 
Of this large genus, the following species are the best, 
and most easily obtained. Numerous others are offered 
for sale, principally by continental growers. 
ы : ,numerous. September. 
int with Tong ош, NA M pem, triangular ; ribs com- 
г pressed, repand ; prickles — from yellow tomentum, radiating 
ones few, pilose, white, and four rather recurved, stiff, fulvous 
сеп! ones in each fascicle. Brazil, 1828. 
crenulate) Plant simple, erect, greyish-green; 
C. erenulatus | 
with eight blunt tubercular ribs, and narrow recesses ; areolæ, 
while young, convex and velvety ; prickles fourteen in each 
fascicle, white, setaceous, stiff, outer ten radiating, central four 
diverging, and longer NA the others. Stem 6in. high, and 2in. 
Mexico, s 
in diameter, 
E mE um 
Fig. 409. CEREUS PLEIOGONUS. 
; rose-coloured, сатрап! i 
few potio, which are fringed ; tube short; stamens very En 
Pu с, — "e x an se ety Sen prickly tubercles. 
„erect, bluntly eight-angled ; prickles setac i 
А. 18%. to 25%, ‘St. Domingo, 1828 > pee. 
(whip-formed).* fl. red or ink, very han: ; 
style gather, Shorter than the otals, March, tens an 
, u n angles; ing 
e. Peru, 16600" (епа HUN) ; tubercles crowded, bearing 
©. " 
Mod те, (glittering).* Ё orange-scarlet, having the inner petals 
à metallic lustre, 6in. to Tin. across, 
Маса 
when fully e 
July" Stems 
Th y 
Cereus— continued. 
Tropical America, 1870. А very handsome tall-growi lant, 
with three to four-angled stems, spiny at the nodes. (B. M. 5556.) 
C. grandiflorus (large-flowered),* fl. very large. June to August. 
Stems rooting, diffuse, climbing, five to six-angled ; bristles біп. 
to 8in. each, fascicled, hardly longer than the down from which 
they proceed. West Indian Islands, 1700. The flowers continue 
about six hours in full bloom. They begin to open between seven 
and eight o’clock in the evening, and are fully blown by eleven. 
By three or four o’clock in the morning, they fade; but, during 
their short existence, there is hardly any flower of greater beauty, 
or that makes a more magnificent — The m of the 
flower, when open, is nearly 1%. in diameter; the inside, being of a 
splendid yellow colour, appears like the rays of a bright star; the 
outside is of a dark brown. The petals, being of a pure white, 
contribute to the lustre; the vast number of recurved stamens in 
the centre of the flower make a fine appearance. Add to all this 
ihe strong, sweet fragrance, and there is scarcely any plant 
which so much deserves a place in the stove, as this, 
as it may be trained against the wall, where it will not 
y 
e up 
anyroom. See Fig. 407. (B. M. 3381.) 
; stam 
rge, usually with six strong ribs aere 
rickles 40ft. 
zed ; short, brown. h. 
с: without any branches. South America, 1690, 2209 Ofk, 
idus (livid). white, with a yellow- n tinge towards tt 
putside, 10in. in Pi June, Plant erect, very sper 
interme MN five to si c constri or jointed at 
a de k, ight, round-edged ribs, lin. or 
(Macdonald's).* Л. opening du the night. 
12in. to 14in. diameter ; =: үз Pee апа 
tems сунан, uresping prous; petala delicate е 
» branched, slender. 
is ia a maguificans specion (В. М. 4707.) " T 
