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by 3-5 in. in diani. ), branches 

 columnar : ribs mostly 7, sel- 

 dom 8-9, thick, slightly undu- 

 late, obtuse and with convex 

 faces, about 1 in. high, bluish 

 green, frequently having a de- 

 pressed line near the areolae: 

 areol about 3^in. apart, large, 

 gray: radial spines 6-9, radi- 

 ate or spreading, strong, sub- 

 ulate, %in. long, horn color, 

 later black ; central spines 

 1-3, somewhat stronger and 

 longer than the radial s, more 

 or less conspicuously porrect: 

 fls. from the lateral areolae, 

 near the end of the branches, 

 2/4-3 in. long, tolerably fleshy, 

 white : fr. depressed-globose, 

 2 in. in diam. by little more 

 than 1 in. long. Brazil. 



C. Ptcten - aborigimtm, 

 Wats., is closely allied to the 

 above. It is Sonoran, but not 

 known to be in cult. G. F. 

 7 : 335. 



19. eburneus, Salm-Dyck 

 (C. pruinosus, Otto. C. tdu- 

 lis, Hort.). Stem simple and 

 glaucous, with 7-10 ribs : 

 spines subulate, rigid, ivory- 

 white, with black tip (purplish when young), 

 radials 8-10, central usually solitary (some- 

 times 3-4): fls. purplish. W. Ind., Mex., 

 Cent Amer., S. Amer. 



20. geom6trizans, Mart. (C. pugioniferus , Lena.). Sim- 

 ple, 4 in. in diam., with 5-9 obtuse ribs with broad in- 

 tervals : spines 3-6, unequal, stout and blackish, the 

 solitary central one (sometimes wanting) very long and 

 stout : fls. pinkish white, about 1 in. long and 2 in. broad. 

 Mexico. 



21. Cdchal, Orcutt. Stout at base, and repeatedly 

 forking above, becoming 410 ft. high: ribs 4-8, obtuse, 

 with wide, shallow intervals : spines few and stout, the 

 solitary central one stoutest : fls. purplish green, 1-1% 

 in. long : fr. the size and shape of an olive, not spiny, 

 red (frequently grayish or yellowish brown) . L. Calif. 

 The short and stout woody trunk is often 1ft. in diam., 

 the long branches 2-8 in. in diam. 



cc. JRils of stem strongly compressed laterally. 



22. Peruvianus, Haw. (C. monoclonos,DC.). HEDGE 

 CACTUS. Tall, 30-50 ft., branching freely toward the 

 base, columnar, 4-8 in. in diam., new growth dark green 

 and glaucous, becoming a dull green with age, and, in 

 old stems, becoming corky: ribs 5-8, compressed : are- 

 olae Yi-\ in. apart, in new growth covered with con- 

 spicuous, curly brown wool, becoming gray : radial spines 

 about 6-7, about %-% in. long ; central solitary, reach- 

 ing a length of 2% in.; the number of spines increases 

 with age to as many as 20, all are rigid, brown : fls. 

 abundant, from the lower part of the stem, white, noc- 

 turnal, 6-7 in. long by 5 in. in diam. Fla., W. Ind., Mex. 

 and S. Amer. G.C. Ill, 24: 175 (var. monstrosus). 



Var. Alacriportanus, K. Sch. (C. Alacriportanus, 

 Mart.). Of somewhat weaker growth, low, and less con- 

 spicuously pruinose in the new growth, which is con- 

 sequently nearly clear green. S. Brazil. 



23. Jamacaru, Salm-Dyck (C. vdlidus, Haw.). Stems 

 upright, robust, rigid, 12-16 ft. high by as much as 6 in. 

 in diam. ; young growth azure-blue, turning dark green 

 with age, glaucous: ribs 4-6, thin, compressed, crenate: 

 radial spines 5-7, stiff, needle-like, clear yellow with 

 brown points, or brown and finally black, about >-%in. 

 long; centrals 2-4, somewhat stronger, porrect, 54-3 in. 

 long: fls. large, 10 in. long by 8 in. in diam., white noc- 

 turnal. Braz., Venezuela. 



24. candelabrum, Weber (C. Belieuli, Hort.). Tall, 

 columnar, simple or branching only at the base, dark 

 green with a faint trace of blue, 30 ft. high by 4 in. in 

 diam. : ribs 9, blunt, strongly compressed, %in. high, 

 slightly crenate : areolae 1-2 in. apart, ovate, large, 



413. 

 Cereus giganteus 



forest 

 in Arizona. 



white: radial spines mostly 9, the under ones longest 

 and about an inch long, laterally compressed, the upper 

 ones shorter, round, all bulbose and black at the base, 

 ivory-white above ; central solitary, very large, 3-4 in. 

 long, dagger-like, laterally compressed and faintly an- 

 gled, porrect, ivory-white to gray, base black and 

 strongly bulbose : fls. from the lateral areolae, 3-4 in. 

 long, white: fr. the size of a small orange, covered with 

 small scales, in the axils of which are wool and bristles 

 Mexico. 



25. chalybseus, Otto. Stems upright, branching above, 

 arborescent, azure blue and pruinose, later dark green, 

 13^-4 in. in diam. : ribs 6, in young growth very much 

 compressed, later depressed till the stem is nearly cy- 

 lindrical : areolae about %in. apart, dark gray-brown ; 

 radial spines mostly 7, about %in. long; centrals 3-4, 

 similar but somewhat stronger and a little longer ; all 

 the spines are pointed, stiff, when young are black, 

 later brown to gray with black tips, bulbose at the base: 

 fls. very similar to those of C. ccerulescens. Argentine 

 Republic. 



AA. Stems erect, less than 2 in. in diam. 

 B. Itibis of stem 10 or more. 



26. serpentinus, DC. Stems columnar, tall, slender, 

 flexuose, 5-8 ft. high by l-l%in. in diam., tapering at 

 the point : ribs 10-13, low, obtuse : areolae about %in. 

 apart: radial spines 10-12,"slender,needle form, stiff, %in. 

 long ; centrals 1^4, pink and white when young, later 

 gray; the number of spines increases by new ones ap- 

 pearing later : fls. from the upper lateral areolae, slen- 

 der, green, spiny tube with funnel-shaped corolla, about 

 6 in. long by 3 in. in diam., white, nocturnal: fr. ovoid, 

 red, covered with deciduous spines. Cent. Mex. B.M. 

 3566. 



27. Baumannii, Lena. (C. cohibrlnus, Otto). Stems 

 dark green, slender, flexuose, columnar, reaching a height 

 of 6 ft. and a diam. of 1-1% in., the few branches ascend- 



