562 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



Spines 3-6, the longer 1.5 mm. long ; buds obovoid, 



very short-pointed. 5- H. Nashii 



Spines 9-15 ; buds ovoid to subglobose. 



Areoles I cm. apart ; spines I cm. long. 6. H. undata 



Areoles 2-3 cm. apart ; longer spines 2-5 cm. 



long. 

 Buds ovoid, long-pointed ; longer spines 



2.5 cm. long. 7- H. Brookiu 



Buds subglobose, short-pointed ; longer 



spines 4-5 cm. 8- # Ta ^ orL 



i . Harrisia eriophora (Pfeiff.) 



Cereus cvbensis Zucc; Seitz, Allg. Gartenz. 2: 244. 18 34- 



[Hyponym.] 



■>ph 



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Plant rather light green, the main stem 4 cm. in dia ™eter or 

 more, the branches nearly as thick, erect-ascending, 8 -ribbed or 

 9-ribbed, the ribs prominent, the depressions between them ratner 

 deep. Areoles 3-4 cm. apart ; spines 6-9, the longer ones 2.5 4 

 cm. long, light brown with nearly black tips ; buds ovoid sharp- 

 pointed, their scales densely covered with bright white woolly hairs 

 1-1.5 cm. long; flower about 18 cm. long; scales of the tuD 

 lanceolate, acuminate, appressed, 1-1.5 cm. long, bearing long 

 white hairs ; sepals pale pink outside, the outer greenish ; peta 

 pure white, tipped with a hair-like cusp 5 mm. long ; filamen 

 white ; anthers oblong, yellow ; pistil cream-colored. 



Description from N. Y. B. G. no. 28933, collected by G • 



Baker at Cajimar, Cuba, in 1907. 



Type locality : Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



Abb. u. Beschr. Cact //. 



2. Harrisia Fernowi sp. nov. 



Plant 2.5-3 m - h »g n ; branches slender, about 2.5 cm. ^ 

 light green, 9-ribbed, the ribs not prominent, the de P rcSS,on 8 _ II( 

 tween them shallow. Areoles about 2 cm. apart ; spines ^ 

 light brown with blackish tips, the longer ones 1 cm. lo " g t ' awny 

 subglobose-ovoid, its scales rather densely covered wi 

 curled woolly hairs 1 cm. long ; flower nearly 2 dm. long. 



Griceb Cat. PI. Cub. 1 16. 1866. Not C P< ' 



ens pellucidus Griset 

 lucidus Otto. 1837. 



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