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4. Lemaireocereus chende (Goss.) Britt. & Rose, Cactaceae 2: 90. 1920. 

 Cereus cliende Goss. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 11: 506. 1905. 



Cereus delmoralii Pnrpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 89. 1909. 



Puebla and Oaxaca ; tjT)e from Cerro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Puebla. 



Plant 5 to 7 meters high, with a short indefinite trunk, very much branched 

 above, forming a large top ; branches rather slender, ascending or erect ; ribs 

 7 to 9, rather sharp, areoles on old branches 1.5 cm. apart, on young branches 

 perhaps closer together, radial spines usually 5, the centrals when present a 

 little longer than the radials, brown to bright yellow, in age grayish, acicular ; 

 flowers 3 to 4 cm. long ; fruit said to be deep red, very spiny. " Chende," 

 " chente," " chinoa." 



5. Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiff.) Britt. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



12: 426. 1909. 



Cereus stellatus Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenz. 4: 258. 1836. 



Cereus dyckii Mart. ; Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. 87. 1837. 



Cereus tonelianus Lem. Illustr. Hort. Lem. 2: Misc. 63. 1855. 



Stenocereus stellatus Riccobono, Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 253. 1909. 



Oaxaca and elsewhere in southern Mexico. 



Plant 2 to 3 meters high, branching at base, rarely branching above, pale 

 bluish green ; ribs 8 to 12, low, obtuse ; radial spines 10 to 12 ; centrals several, 

 often much longer than the others, sometimes 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles 1 to 2 

 cm. apart ; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant, red, narrowly 

 campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wool 

 and bristly spines ; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter ; spines 

 deciduous ; seeds dull, pitted. " Tuna," " joconostle." 



6. Lemaireocereus treleasei (Vaupel) Britt. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 



12: 426. 1909. 



Cereus treleasei Vaupel, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 37. 1913. 



Oaxaca ; type collected between Mitla and Oaxaca. 



Plant 5 to 7 meters high, simple or with a few strict branches ; ribs about 

 20 ; areoles approximate with a peculiar V-shaped depression just above each 

 one ; spines rather short, yellowish ; flowers pinkish, 4 to 5 cm. long, diurnal ; 

 scales on ovary and flower tube subtending slender whitish bristles ; fruit red, 

 about 5 cm. in diameter, covered with clusters of deciduous spines ; seeds black, 

 dull, rugose. " Tunillo." 



7. Lemaireocereus weberi (Coulter) Britt. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb, 



12: 426. 1909. 



Cereus weberi Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 410. 1896. 



Cereus candelabrum Weber; Schum. Gesamtb. Kakt. 106. 1897. 



Puebla and Oaxaca ; type collected near TehuacSn, Puebla. 



Plant very large, 10 meters high or more, with a trunk short but thick and 

 often with hundreds of nearly erect branches rising from near the base, dark 

 bluish green, slightly glaucous ; ribs usually 10, rounded ; areoles large ; radial 

 spines usually 6 to 12, spreading, more or less acicular, 1 to 2 cm. long ; 

 central spine usually up to 10 cm. long, solitary, flattened, often more or less 

 deflexed, except in the upper areoles, at first brown to blackish, much longer 

 than the laterals; areoles white-felted; flowers 8 to 10 cm. long; scales on 

 flower tube narrow, thin, bearing long brown hairs in their axils ; inner 

 perianth segments oblong, 2 cm. long; ovary globular, covered by the dense 

 brown felt of its areoles; fruit oblong, edible, 6 to 7 cm. long, very spiny, 

 the spine clusters deciduous in ripening. 



Alcocer reports that the seeds are sold in the markets of Tehuacdn, to be 

 ground and mixed in tortillas 



