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Cereus—continued. 
tapering gradually to the a ipex s ridges about twelve, sin. high, 
the angles sharp and clothed with clusters of pale brown spines, 
the central one lin. long. Mexico, 1848 +A desirable window- 
plant. 
Cc. Lemairii (Lemaire’s). tt very fragrant; tube covered with 
green, crimson-edged scales; sepals not spreading star-like, 
tinged with crimson. June. Stem bluntly triangular; angles 
marked with a row of distant spines. Otherwise like C. grandi- 
Jlorus. Antigua (?), 1854. (B. M. 4814.) 
Cc. leptacanthus (slender-spined).*» ji., several to a branch ; 
petals deep purplish-lilac in the upper half, the lower part 
white, forming a shallew cup, notched on the edges; stamens 
white; anthers and stigma orange. May and June. Mexico, 
1860. Habit as in C. Berlandieri. See Fig. 232. 
C. Mallisoni (Mallison’s). jl. bright red, 4in. long and broad, 
with pale yellow stamens protruding lin. beyond the throat, 
borne in abundance from the sides of the stems, lasting three or 
four days in beauty. Said to be a hybrid between C. speciosissimus 
and C. flagelliformis. 
C. monstrosus (monstrous). A variety of C. peruvianus. 
C. Napoleonis (Napoleon's). /., tube 6in. long, curved upwards, 
clothed with rose-tinted scales, widening into a whorl of greenish 
sepals; petals white, forming a shallow cup 8in. across; stamens 
yellow. Autumn. Stems triangular, light green, with clusters 
of short, stiff spines along the angles at intervals of 2in. 
Mexico (?), 1835. (B. M. 3458.) 
C. Paxtonianus (Paxton’s). /l. white, 3in. to in. across; calyx 
tube 2sin. long, unarmed ; petals very many, in several series, 
incurved. September. Stem (of the Kew specimen) 4ft. high, 
about lin. in diameter, erect, flexuous, branching towards the 
top, five- to six-angled, very lurid green, studded with spine- 
bearing pulvilli tin. apart. Brazil (?). (B. M. 7648.) Syn. 
C. Cavendishit. 
C. paucispinus (few-spined). fl. axillary towards the top of the 
stem, Sin. broad; calyx sub-cylindric, with ten or fifteen clusters 
of short, pale spines ; petalsabout thirty, dark red, tinged brown, 
elongute-spathulate, with concave tips. May. Stems 5in. to 9in. 
Fie. 234. Stem, BRANCHES, BuDs, AND FLOWER OF CEREUS 
PROCUMBENS, 
Cereus— continued. 
high by 2in. to 4in. in diameter ; ridges irregular in shape, sin. to 
Zin. in diameter ; tubercles variable ; spines three to seven, stout, 
pale red-brown. New Mexico, 1883. (B. M. 6774.) 
C. Pecten-aboriginum (aboriginal comb). /l. white, 2in. to 3in. 
long. fr. globose, covered with yellow Sep forming balls 3in. 
in diameter. Trunk lft. in diameter. Ribs ten, purplish, clothed 
with closely-set tufts of hairs and about ten stout, straight 
spines lin. long. hk. 20ft. to 30ft. Sonora, 1894.. See Hig. 3. 
The Indians use the bristly covering of the fruit as a hair-brush. 
(G. & F’., 1894, p. 334, f. 54.) 
C. pectinatus (comb-like). The correct name of Echinocactus 
pectiniferus. SYN. C. pectiniferus. 
C. p. rigidissimus (very rigid). =. bright rose-red, the lower 
part of the petals white. Stems lft. high, with reddish spines. 
C. p. robustus (robust). fl. bright rosy, with the lower part of 
the segments white. hk. lft. Mexico, 1890. A robust variety, 
growing 1ft. in height. 
C. pectiniferus (tooth-bearing). A synonym of C. pectinatus. 
Cc. pentalophus (five-winged). fl. 3in. across; petals rose- 
coloured, whise in the centre; anthers yellow ; stigma purplish- 
blue. Stem erect, about lin. in diameter, ridges five, very promi- 
nent, wavy, sharp-edged, with little clusters of small spines 
about sin. apart. Mexico, 1838. 
C. peruvianus (Peruvian). /. white within, reddish outside, 
solitary, 6in. long, scarcely expanded; sepals irregularly 
imbricated; stamens thirteen, rather long. July to October. 
Stem erect, six- to eight-angled ; angles obtuse ; prickles fuscous, 
short. h. 40ft. Tropical America, 1690. 
Cc. P: monstrosus (monstrous). /. much more expanded than in 
the type; outer sepals reddish, the inner ones pure white. Stem 
irregularly sulcate and tubercled ; tubercles oblong, compressed, 
unequal, prickly at apex. 
C. pheeniceus (scarlet). /. scarlet, less than 2in. long ; stamens 
shorter than the petals; stigmas five. April to June. Stems 
ovate or i ge 2in. to din. high, nine- to eleven-ribbed, 
obtuse, tufted, in its native haunts ‘‘forming dense masses, 
often 100 to 200 heads from a single base, the whole often of the 
shape and size of a bushel basket” (Engelmann); spines slender, 
almost bristly, the upper radial ones much shorter than the lower 
ones. North America, Syns. C. aggregatus, Echinocereus 
pheeniceus. 3 
C. p. inermis (unarmed). A variety having no spines. 1896. 
Cc. Phyllanthus (Phyllanthus). A synonym of Phyllocactus 
Phyllanthus. 
C. Pitajaya (native name). A synonym of C. variabilis., 
C. polyacanthus (many-spined).* jl. 2in. to 3in. long, lasting a 
week or more; tube spiny; petals deep blood-red, forming a 
shallow cup. Stem 10in. high, 2in. to 4in. in diameter, pale 
green or glaucous; ridges about eight, the spines placed along 
the angles in clusters of about half-a-dozen, Jin. apart. El 
Pago, Mexico. A beautiful species. 
C. Pringlei (Pringle’s). . white, tinged with green or purple, 
24in. to 3sin. long, not clustered at the summit, but scattered 
ene the ribs for about 2ft. below the top. Stem erect, very 
stout, becoming 18ft. to 45ft. high and 2ft. to 4ft. in diameter, 
irregularly branching above the base; ribs thirteen, with con- 
tiguous areole, which become spineless on older portions ; spines 
on younger areole terete, 4in. to Zin. long, those on the older 
areole about fifteen, flattened, lin. to 2sin. long. Lower 
California, &., 1889. (G. & F. 1889, ii., p. 364, f. 92.) 
C. procumbens (trailing).* jl. 3in. long and broad, developed on 
or near the ends of the branches; petals bright rose-purple, 
spreading and recurved; anthers forming a corona-like ring, 
enclosing the rayed stigma. May and June. Stems spreading, 
prostrate, emitting urpight branches 3in. to 4in. high, jin. thick, 
eealy only quadrangular or square, with small spines in 
ae coin the angles. Mexico. A pretty little Cactus. See 
ig. - 
C. pterogonus (wing-angled). /. pure white, sessile, 5in. to 6in. 
long and as much across, arising from just above the tuft of 
bristles at the margin ; stamens pale yellow. August. Branches 
articulated ; joints 3in. or more in thickness, 7in. long, usually 
four- (rarely five-) angled, the sinus of the lobes bearing a tuft of 
hair-like bristles and a spreading tuft of three or four prickles. 
Carthagena, South America, 1863. A straggling plant, needing 
Support. (B. M. 5360.) 
C. reductus (reduced). jl. three or four at the top of the stem, 
in. long and broad; petals white, slightly tinged with rose, 
serrated ; stamens bright yellow, filling the whole flower-cup. 
Summer. Stem erect, aft. high, 4in. in diameter; ridges about 
fourteen, tumid and irregular, dingy glaucous-green; spines ‘‘as 
thick and strong as on a hedgehog,” embedded in a tuft of grey 
wool, about a dozen in a cluster, most of them lin. long, a few 
4in. long. Mexico, 1796. 
C.repandus. This old inhabitant of our gardens is now rare in 
cultivation ; the flowers, which are very beautiful (see Fig. 235), 
unfortunately only last for a few hours. It requires a stove 
temperature. 
C. Royeni(Royen’s). A synonym of Pilocereus Curtisii. 
