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CERBUS BNNEACANTHUS Kngelm. 



CEREUS COQUIMBANUS KS, 

 Chile, South America. 



CEREUS CORYNE Otto. 



Argentine Republic. 

 CEREUS COBSIRE'NSIS Tineo. 

 CEREUS CRENATUS I^ab. 

 Cereus Cumeng-ei Web, is gummosus, 

 CEREUS CURVISPINUS Bert, 

 CEREUS DAMARCARO Hge. 

 CEREUS DECORUS Lodd. 

 CEREUS DONKELAERI S. 

 CEREUS DUMORTTERI S. 



Mexico, 

 CEREUS DUSSII KS. 



Guadeloupe Island, West Indies. 



cp:reus eburneus s. 



Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 

 CEREUS EMORYI E. 



San Diego's Velvet Cactus. This is one 

 of the best-known of California .yicti, the 

 slender, thickly-set yellowish spines giving it 

 a peculiarly beautiful appearance. The sp'nes 

 on the young Joints are shorter, soft and flexu- 



ous; the flowers are yellowish, followed by a 



small edible fruit. 



CEREUS ERUCA Brandegee. 



"Prostrate,, very rarely branched, 13- 

 ribbed, 3-4 feet long, 3-4 inches in diam- 

 ter; rooting from the under side of the 

 older growth, decaying at one end and 

 growing forward at the other, generally 

 in patches of 20-30, probably originating 

 from a common center; areolae 4-6 mm in 

 diameter, separated about the same dis- 

 tance; spines about 20, stout, ash-colored, 

 less than an Indh long, the exterior cylin- 

 drical, the interior stouter, angular, some- 

 what and the lower central one much flat- 



tened, more than an inch long, angular, 

 strongly reflexed. Common on the sand 

 of Magdalena island an^ about San Jorge, 

 Baja California. Its local name is 'chib- 

 enola.' Tlie manner of growth, with up- 

 lifted heads and prominent reflexed 

 spines, gives the plants a resemblance to 

 huge caterpillars.'^— Brandegee, Cal ac pt 

 sr 2, 2:163, t 7. 

 CEREUS EUTCHLORUS Web. 



BraziU South America. 

 CEREUS EUPHORBIOIDES HaW. 



Brazil, South America, 

 CEREUS EXTENSUS S. 

 CEREUS FASCICUL.ARIS M«yen. 



Peru. South America. 

 CSREUS FLAGEI-LIFORMIS Hawort^. 

 The well-known whip-cord or Rat's-tail Cac- 

 tus, so usefal in hanging baskets or for graft- 

 ing on columnar species; the bright rose-col- 

 ored flowers are extremely attractive. 

 Variety LEPTOPHIS KS. 

 CEREUS FORBESII Ott<>. 



Argentine Republic. 

 CEREUS FUNKII KS. 

 CEREUS GEMMATUS 

 CEREUS GHIEiSBREGHTlI KS. 



Mexico. , 



CEREUS GLAUCESCENS Tweed. 

 CEREUS GLA2IOVII KS. 



Brazil, South America. 



CEREUS GLYCIMORPHUS Orcutt. 



Echinocereus glycimorphous Foerstv 

 CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS Haworth. 



Miller, Gafd Dictionary, ed, n 11. "The 

 night-flaweTing cereus has gained a fame 

 which entitles it bo prominent notice, and 

 plants might well be included In every gardem, 

 for Its flowering is a source of interest to the 

 least observant persons," — Castle. 

 CEREUS GRANDIS HaW. 

 CEREUS GREGGII Engelm. 



Gregg's night blooming cactus occurs 

 In the arid regions of Southern Ari- 

 zona, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua 

 and Sonora, and is notable for its large 

 tuberous root and slender inconspic- 

 uous stems, 1 to 3 or 4 feet high, a halt 

 inch in diameter. Flower 6 inches long, 

 2 inches in diameter, with pale, purple 

 petals, followed by the smooth, oval, 

 acuminate, scarlet fruit, succulent, 

 crowned with the remains of the cor- 

 olla, and suported by a distinct stipe ot 

 a bright crimson. 



CEREUS GUMMOSUS Bngelm. 



The pitahaya agria, or cord-Wood 

 cactus, of Lower California, is noted 

 for its large, bright, scarlet fruit, pos- 

 sessing a delicious flavor, pleasantly 



