'Cacti.— Orcutt. 



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CEREUS BNNEACANTHUS Engelm. 



CEREUS COQUIMBANUS KS. 



Chile. South America. 

 CEREUS CORYNE Otto. 



Argentine Republic. 

 CERECS COS3IRENSIS Tineo. 

 CERErS CRENATUS I.ab. 

 Cereiis Cumeng-ei Web, is gummosus. 

 CEREUS CURVISPINUS Bert. 

 CEREl^S DAMARCARO Hge. 

 CEREUS DECORUS Lodd. 

 CEREUS DONKELAERI S. 

 CEREI'S DUMORTTERI S. 



Mexico, 

 CEREUS DUSSII KS. 



Guadeloujve Island, West Indies. 

 CERETS EBURNEUS S. 



Jalapa. Vera Cruz. Mexico. 

 CEREUS EMORYI E. 



San Diego's Velvet Cactus. This is one 

 of the best-known of California .'.acti, the 

 slender, thickly-set yellowish spines giving it 

 a peculiarly beautiful appearance. The sp'nes 

 on the young joints are shorter, soft and llexu- 



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 indi 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 and about San Jor^e. 

 Baja California. Its local name is 'chil- 

 eno'.a.' The manner of growth, with up- 

 lifted heads and prominent reflexed 

 spines, gives the plants a resemblance to 

 huge caterpillars."— Brandegee, Cal ac pr 

 sr 2. 2:163, t 7. 

 CEREUS EUCHLORUS Web. 



Brazil, South America. 

 CEREUS EIPHORBIOIDES Haw. 



Brazil, South America. 

 CEREUS EXTENSUS S. 

 CEREUS FASCICULARIS Meyen. 



Peru. South America. 

 CEREUS FLAGELLIFORMIS Haworth. 

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

 tus, so useful in hanging baskets or for graft- 

 ing on columnar speoies; tie brigM rose-ccul' 

 ored flowers are extremely attractive. 

 Variety LEPTOPHIS KS. 

 CEREUS FORBESII Otto. 



Argentine Republic. 

 CEREUS FUNKII KS. 

 CEREUS GEMMATUS 

 CEREUS GHIESBREGHTII KS. 



Mexico. 

 CERE IS GLAUCESCENS Tweed. 

 CEREUS GLA2IOVII KS. 



Brazil. South America. 

 CEREUS GLYCIMORPHUS Orcutt. 



Echinocereus glycimorphous Foerst. 

 CEREUS GRANDIFLORUS Haworth. 



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

 night-flawering cereus has gained a fame 

 which emtitles it bo prominent notice, and 

 plants might well be included In every garden, 

 for its flowering is a source of interest to the 

 feast 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 half 

 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 of 

 a bright crimson. 

 CEREUS GUMMOSUS Engelm. 



The pitahaya agria, or cord-wood 

 cactus, of Lower California, is noted 

 for its large, bright, scarlet fruit, pos- 

 sessing a delicious flavor, pleasantly 



