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ovatae vel semiorbiculares, aculiusculae, sorclicle virenles, tenuissime 

 crenulato-ciliatae, glabrae, superiores lineari-obJongae, acutae, glabrac, 

 carinatae, pallide sulfureae, extus apice sordide e viridi fuscescentes. 

 pctala circiter 40 linearia, acuta, apicem versus irregulariter denti- 

 culata, carinata, pallide sulfurea. Stamina valde numerosa e fundo 

 tubi, coroUa plusqjam dimidio brevlora, exteriora longiora; filamenta 

 erecta , glabra, sordide flavescenlia j antherae oblongae, ereclae, an- 

 tice quadriloculares, aureae. Stylus cylindricus , glaber, flaves- 

 cens, stamina parum superans; Stigmata 7 — 8> teretia, patentia, pallide 

 sult'urea. 



m. CEREUS. 



1. C. oxygoniis Link et Otto. 



Piiiclisichtlich der Definition auf Dr. Pciffer l. c. p. 70. n. 1. 

 verweisend, geben wir hier nur die ausführliche Beschreibung der 

 Blüthe zur näherer Begründung der S. 675 vorgeschlagenen Gattung 

 Ecln'nopsis. 



Flores laterales, solitarii, fere pedales ; tubus cylindricus superne 

 sensim infundibuliformi - ampliatus, basi viridis sursum virescenti- 

 roseus. Bracleae in ovario minutae, lineari- subulatae, acuminatae, 

 adpressae, in lubo corollae magis distantes attamen numerosae, line- 

 ari -lanceolatae, acuminatae, (andern in sepala mutatae; fasciculi pi- 

 lorum in braclearuoi axillis; pili in inferioribus crispuli, albi , in 

 superioribus stricti, alropurpurei. Sepala exteriora s. bracleae 

 summae interioribus quadruple breviora et angusliora, extus sordide 

 olivaceo-rosea intus pulchre rosea, lineari -lanceolata, glabra, integer- 

 rimaj sepala reliqua petalaque quadriseriata, 13 in quavis serie, 

 iude 52j oblonga, acuta et in mucronera excurrentia, apice irregulariter 



