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THE DICTIONARY OF. GARDENING, 
Cereus—continued. 
Fic. 231. FLOWER OF CEREUS GIGANTEUS. 
C. enneacanthus (nine-spined). jl. freely developed on the 
ridges near the top of the stem; petals deep purple, spreading ; 
tube spiny ; pistil and stamens yellow. Stem seldom exceeding 
6in. in height, less than 2in. in diameter, cylindrical, bright green, 
tufted in old specimens; ribs shallow, broad, irregular on the 
top, with Spine cushions on the projecting parts; spines fre- 
quently twelve (although the specific name implies only nine) to 
a tuft. Texas. A rare plant in cultivation. See Fig. 230. 
C. eruca (caterpillar-like). jl. yellow, 4in. to 6in, long. Stems 
prostrate, rarely branched, lft..to Sft. long, Sin. to Sin, in 
Fia, 232. PORTION OF STEM, WITH FLOWER, OF CEREUS 
. LEPTACANTHUS, 
Cereus—continued. 
diameter; ribs thirteen to twenty-one, with closely-set spine- 
tufts; spines stout, straight, the radial ones terete and nearly 
lin. long, the central ones thicker, angled, or flattened, one wide, 
one in each tuft pointing downwards. California. A curious 
plant, creeping over any obstacle. ‘The manner of growth, with 
uplifted heads and prominent reflexed spines, gives the plant a 
resemblance to huge caterpillars.” 
C. extensus (long-stemmed). jl. about 9in. across, developed all 
along the stems, tube green, thick, 3in. long ; largerscales yellow 
and green, tipped with ged; petals white, tinted with rose. 
August. Stems long, rope-like, bluntly triangular, less than lin. 
thick, with very short spines in pairs or.threes about lin. apart, 
and aérial roots. Trinidad, 1843. (B. M. 4066.) 
C. Fendleri (Fendler’s). 7. her sub-erect, 3in. in diameter; 
calyx tube and ovary bearing cushions covered with short spines ; 
inner sepals twelve to fifteen; petals sixteen to twenty-four. 
June. Stem ovoid or sub-cylindric, 5in. to 7in. high, 3in. to 4in. 
in diameter, pale green, simple or rarely branched at base; ribs 
nine to twelve, sin. deep; radial spines seven to ten, the central 
one ljin. long. New Mexico, 1880. (B. M. 6533.) 
Cc. giganteus (gigantic). jl. 4in. to 5in. long and wide, rarely 
roduced in cultivation. Stems piles when young, afterwards 
ecoming club-shaped or cylindrical, flowering when 10ft. to 
12ft. high, but attaining four or five times that height. Mexico 
and California. ‘he most gigantic of all Cacti, but a very slow 
grower, a cultivated plant, eight or ten years old, at Kew. 
See Fig. 251. 
heing only 6in. high. 
Fic. 233. CEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGINUM. 
C. Hempelii (Hempel’s). Stems dark green, ten-ribbed, furnished 
with brownish spines. Mexico, 1897. Syn. Hchinocereus Hem- 
pelit. 
C. hypogeeus (underground). jf. 2in. long, the tube short, 
with a few spine. tufts; petals purplish, margjned with yellow, 
oblong, mucronate. Aérial stems cylindric or clavate, seven- or 
eight-angled ; tubercles with two to five or_ more bristle-like 
spines and three to five longer central ones. Underground stem 
minute, unarmed. Chili, 1882. (R. G. 1085.) 
Cc. latifrons (broad-stemmed). A synonym of Phyllocactus 
latifrons. } 
C. Leeanus (Lee's). 7. brick-red, four or five at the top of the 
stem ; tube 2in. long, with yellowish, green-tipped scales ; anthers 
yellow. Summer. Stems lft. high, Sin. in diameter at base, 
