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Cacti. — Orcntt. 



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acid, like a strawberry; the pulp the 

 color of a ripe watermelon, with the 

 small blaclt seeds scattered throuKliout. 

 The flowers are 4 to' 5 irrches loits, Pur- 

 ple, and quite handsome. The stems 

 are 4 to 10 feet high, 3 to 5 inches in^ 

 diameter, armed wfth stout angular, 

 blsfckish spines. 

 CERE US HAAGEANUS S. 

 CEREUS' HAMATUS Scheidw.. 



JJedr Orizata, Mexico. 

 CEREUS HANKEANUS Web. 

 CEREUS HETERACANTHUS Tweed; 

 CEREUS HILDMA'NNlANtrS KS. 



btate of Ri«5 de Jaieiio, Biazit 

 CEREUS HIRSCHTIANUS KS. 

 CEREUS HO[.LIA>US Weber. 



"tra-C'iing- I'rom bdse. 4 o m h.g-h ana 

 ftout, dark-green; ribs 10-12, acute,, oftens 

 oblique', with aieolae l'-.3 cm apart; ra lial 

 spines abom \2, irrsgular, 1-1.5 ■'■m long; 

 centrals 3, the lower one 5-10 cm long, and 

 defexed; flowers near the summit, white; 

 to cm IcJrig; frtrit 'as large as a goose; 

 egg', dark puri^lish-red. bearing wool and 

 spines. Type Weber specimens in hb Mo 

 bot gard. Common abctft Tehuacan, Pue- 

 bla- important for its wood, which forms 

 long, straight rods used for poles in heig- 

 (S and vineyards."— Coulter, Cont Na hlV 

 3:411. 



CEREUS HORIZONTALIS Gill. 

 CEREUS HUASCHA Web. 



Ar.'ient'ne Republic. 

 CEREUS HYLACANTHUS KS, 



ArgeAtine Republic 

 CEREtJS HYPAGAEUS Web, \ 



CEF.EUS INERMIS P DC. 



Near La Guayra,,- Venezuela. 

 CEREUS INVERSUS Otto. 

 CEREUS IRRADIANS Lem, 

 CEREUS ISOGONUSi KS. 



Andes, South America. 

 CEREUS JACQUINII Rebut. ! 



CEREUS JAMACARU P DC, 



Brazil, South America. 

 CEREUS JUSBERTJI Rebut. 

 CEREUS KARSTENII S. 

 CfiREUS KARWINSKII Hge, 

 CEREUS KERBII KS. 



Golim^, Mexico. 

 CEREUS LAMPROCHLORUS LeffT, 



Argentine Republ.c. 

 CEREUS LANCE ANUS Horl 

 CEREUS LANICEPS KS. 



Bolivia, South America. 

 CEREUS LEMAIREI Hook, 



West Indies. 

 CrREUS LEPIDOTUS S 



Near La Giiayra,, Venezuela, 

 CEREUS LEPTACANTHUS S. 

 CEREUS LINDBERGIANUS Web. 



Paraguay Republic, South America, 

 CEREUS LINDMANNII Web. 



Paraguay Republic, South America, 



CE'REUS PEXDTINATUS Eiigelmt. 



CEREUS LINKIl Horti. 

 CEREUS LONGIFOLIUS Karw. 

 CEREUS LORMATUS Grus. 

 CtREUS MACDONALDIAB Hoofe. 

 CERB'JS MACROGONUS S. 



State of Hio de Jane'ro, Brazil. 

 CEREUS MALDETIANUS Cels. 

 CEREUS MALLISONI Hort. 

 CEREUS MARTIANUS Zucc. 

 CEREUS MARTINII Lab, 

 CEREUS MAYNARDII Paxt, 

 CEREUS MELANURUS KS. 



Brazil, South America. 

 CEREUS MICRACANTHUS P DC. 

 CEREUS MONV3LLEANUS Web. 

 CEREUS MULTANGULARIS Haw. 



Andes, South America, probably Peru, 

 CEREUS MULTIPLEX Hort. 



CEREUS NAPOLEONIS R, Graham. 



West Indies. 

 Cereus Nickelsi Hort, Is Cephalocereus 



columna-trajani. 



CEREUS NYCTICALUS Link. 

 CEREUS OBTUSANGULUS KS. 



State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 CEREUS OCAMPGNIS S. 



Climbing over trees, fences or houses; 

 jonts 3-tocommonly4-sided. 1 or 2t(iSfeet 

 long, young growth «>ven e-ribbed; areolae 

 1-11/2 inches apart, tomentose, commonly 

 7 raiia's and 1 central spines; radials 

 rarely over 1 mm .central rarely 6 mm 

 long, stout, straight or slightly curved. 



