551 552 



CEBATOFH-ZT.X.UM L, syst ed 1 (1735). 7> 2:102, 157, 245. Par 379. 



C. APICULATUM Cham in Linnaea 4: Variety GLABER Wat B 1:175. A 1: 



504. = demersum fide B 2:78. 320 as betulaefolius. 



C. DEMEBSUM L, sp pi 982. A 1:285 d. CEBCOSPOBA POSTOBICENSIS M 



B 2:78. Ab 151. Da 16. 1:15. 



CEBATOCHLOA Beauv, Agrost 75 t 15 CEBCOSPOBIDITJM HELLEBI M 1:16. 



f 7 (1812). Bromus. Genus CEitEUS Haworth. 



fl 2:253. B 2: .. about , ong wlde or elou . 



TTTMTni nTnT^5 np Pat Wnrt A/Trn?r> gated. Scales of the ovary distinct, with 



9* B ?%2 = B unio^lde? ftde^K P naked or woolly axils, or almost obsolete 



CEBATODON Bridel Most and the axils spiny. Berry succulent, 



C. PTTBPTJBEUS Bridel B 2 '365 Cal covered with spines or scales or almost 



jsj- ev naked. Seeds black, without albumen. 



Variety XAKTHOPUS S & L, B 2 -365 Embryo short and straight or curved or 



Pedicels w. On rts and stumps of both hooked; cotyledons usually contrary to 



sp of Sequoia (Bolander). tne sides of the seed. Plants of all sizes, 



CEBCIDIUM Tul in Arch Mus Par 4- iow or climbing or erect, sometimes enor- 



133 (1844). = Parkinsonia fide B 1:162. nious; spine-bearing areolae on vertical 



C. FLORIDUM Bth ex G PI Wright 1: ribs. Flowers from the older or, at least, 



58. Mex. T Pac Ry R 5-360 t 3 (not fully formed parts of the plant, not from 



Bth) - Parkinsonia Torreyana fide B 1: any preformed areolae, but bursting 



182.) = Parkinsonia florida. through the epidermis just above the 



^ v _,_.___ bunches of spines; some open only in 



Genus CERCIS Linnaeus. sunlight, others only at night, others 



L, sp pi 374 ed 1 (1753). A 1:303 d. again are not thus influenced. Fruit of- 



C. CALIFORNICA T ex Bth 361. B 1: ten edible, sometimes of very large size." 



161 as occidentalis. E. 



C. CANDENSIS L, sp pi 374. B 1:161. C. AI.AMOSENSIS Coulter. A 1:381 d, 



CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS Torrey. CEREUS AMECAENSIS Heese. 



G, Bost J nat hist 6:177 (1850). Tex. Similar to C. speciosissimus in habit 



Par 204. A 1:303 d. B 1:160. and spi, but the fls pure w, 5 i across. 



C. RENIFORMIS E ex G, Ic. B 1:161 Small plants produce 4-6 fls. Mexico. 



as occidentalis. CEREUS AMECAMENSIS. 



C. SILJQUASTRUM L, sp pi 374. Eu. <c 1904; 35:246. See C. amecaensis. 



Bth 307 (var), = occidentalis fide B 1: CE>REUS BAVOSUS Weber. 



161. Erect, rarely branching, 8-12 or more 



Genns CERCOCARPDS H. B. K. stems from the same root, 10 or more feet 



xr^ r-^n At csn fi-939 t f^q M 89<M A high, 4 inches in diameter; ribs 9, slightly 



1 -319 d obtu&e with sharply defined intervals; 



Q" ABIZONICUS Z 2 '245 areolae an inch apart on the older stems; 



CEiROCARPUS BETULAEFOLIUS Nutt radial spines 15, %-% inch long, the lower 



Hooker Ic t 323. A 1:32 d. Da 5. Ab ones the longer on the old growth all 



oft' s^hiwHhclean trunk ^ fl mOT ,?' * " en , 8 inches long, 



1VS 



* broad- young owe 2 ches 



twigs Wifh Ihe odor a^d fla^r o^hl ovary 4 inches long; petals white, obtuse, 



black birch * * *" anthers pale yellow, filaments white; 



Hall IT 85 Mt Mahoeanv style 2 inches long. Fruit said to be red, 



Cruz; "toees oftS !%&' ft high" 4 inches, long, with black seeds; immature 



(Greene) fru ' :t w 1 ^ about 130 woolly areolae with 



Cercocarpus parifolius glaber. Watson, capillary spines in the axils of obsolete 



bot Cal 1:175. scales or tubercles. State of Puebla, 



Cercocarpus betuloides T & G Fl Mexico (|Orcutt 2635). Called 'cardon' by 



1-427 the Indians, perhaps erroneously. 



C." BETULOIDES Nutt. T & G Fl 1 : CEREUS BAXANIENSIS Karw. 



427. A 1:320 as parvifolius. Mexico. 



C. BBEVIFIiOBUS G PI Wright 2*54 CEREUS BENECKII Eh. 



Z 2:14, 244. Arborescent and branching, after the 



C. XNTBICATT7S Wat 10-1346 Z 2'14 habit of Cereus geometrizans, 6-7 ribbed; 



244 areolae % inch apart, woolly, bearing 8 



CFJRCOCARPUS LEDIFOLIUS Nutt. radial spines % inch or less long, and 1 



Nuttall, Sylva 2:28 t 51. central 1-3 inches long, curved upward, 



T & G Fl 1-427 A 1-320 d B 1-174 Z all ash colored; fruit globose, % inch in 



2:14, 244. diameter, dull purple; remains of flower 



"Mt Mahogany;" SBer mts, usually deciduous, leaving a large ash- 



Ore; Mountain Mahogany. colored scar; seeds large, 36-80 in each 



Hooker, Ic PI t 324. berry. The be-ta-zo-vo of the Indians. 



Watson, bot King Exp 83. In aspect of plant and fruit this closely 



Hall. U 85. resembles the garambullo (Cereus geo- 



CERCOCARPUS PARVIFOLIUS Nutt. metrizans). Near Oaxaca, Mexico (Or- 



ex H & A bot Beech 337. B 1:174, 2:144. cutt 2700). 



