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Cacti. — Orcatt. 



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acid,. like a strawberry, tb,e pulp the 

 color of a ripe wa:termelon, with the 

 small black seeds scattered' throufjliout. 

 The flowers are 4 to 5 inches long, pur- 

 ple, and' quite handsome. The stems 

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

 diameter, armed w'ith stout angular., 

 bMckish spines. 

 CERE US HAAG£^ANUS S. 

 CEREUS H^\MATUS Scbeidw.. 



Ntar Orizalia. Mexico. 

 CEREUS HANKE.ANUS Web. 

 CEREUS HETERACANTHUS Tweed. 

 CE-REUS HILDM-iNNIANUS KS. 



btate of KiO'de Ja-eiio, Biazil= 

 CEREUS HIRSCEITIANUS KS- 

 CEREUS HOILIAI^US Weber. 



•'tracMng fiom base. 4 5 m Irgh anl 

 .'tout, dark-green: ribs 10-12, acute,- often: 

 oblique, with aieo'.ae 1-3 cm aj art: lanal 

 spirtfs about 12, iri*32-u:ar, 1-1.5 ^m long: 

 centra:s 3, the lower one ."-10 cm long and 

 def exed: flowers near the summit, white, 

 10 fm long: fruit 'as large as a goose 

 egg', dark pun^lish-red. bear.ng wool and 

 spines Type Weber fpecim^ns in hb Mo 

 bot gard. Common abcut Tehuacan. Pu*— 

 bia Important for its wood, \^ hieh forms 

 long, Ftraight lods used for poles in helg- 

 fs and Vineyards.'— Coulter, Cont Na hb* 

 3:411 



CEREUS HORIZQXTALIS GilU 

 CEREtTS HUASCHA Web. 



Arjenfine Republic. 

 CEREUS HYLACANTHUS KS- 



A,rgenti.ie Republic 

 CEREUS HYPAGAiJUS Web, i 



CEREUS INEBMIS P DC. 



Near La Guayr^,, Venezuela). 

 CEREUS INVERSUS Otto. 

 CEREUS TRRADIANS Lem- 

 CEREUS ISOGONUSi KS. 



Andes, Eotith America. 

 CEREUS JACQX-INII Rebut. t 



CEREUS JAMACARU P DC- 



Brfzil, Souih America. 

 CEREU6 JUSBERTII Rebut. 

 CEREUS KARSTENIT S. 

 CilREUS KARWINSKII Hge- 

 CEREUS KERBII KS. 



Colima, Mexico. 

 CEREUS LAMPROCHLORUS Lem, 



Argentine Republic. 

 CEREUS LANCE ANUS Hort. 

 CEREUS LANlCEiPS KS. 



Bolivia, South America. 

 CEREUS LEMAlREI Hook- 

 West Indies. 

 CU.REUS I.RPIDOTUS S 



Near La Guayra,, Venezuela. 

 CEREUS LEPTACANTHUS S. 

 CEREUS LINDBERGIANUS Web. 



Paraguay Republic. South America, 

 CEREUS LINDMANNII Web. 



Paraguay Republic, South America. 



CE'REUS PEX:TINATUS Bngeln/-, 



CEEEUS. LINK13 Hort. 

 CEREUS LONGIFOLIUS Karw. 

 CEREUS LORMATUS Grus. 

 Ci'REUS MACDONALDIAE Hook. 

 CERE'JS MACROGONUS S. 



btate of Kio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 CEREUS MADLETI.ANUS Cels. 

 CEREUS MALLISONI Hart. 

 CEREUS MARTIANUS Zucc. 

 CEREUS MARTINII Lab. 

 CEREUS MAYNARDII Paxt. 

 CEREUS MELANURUS KS. 



Brazil, South America. 



CEREUS MICRACANTHUS P DC. 

 CEREUS MONVIL.LEANUS Web. 

 CEREUS MULTANGULARIS Haw. 



Ande.s, South America, probably Peru. 

 CEREUS MULTIPLEX Hort. 



CEREI\S NAPOLEONIS R. Graham. 



West Indies. 

 Cereus Nickels! Hort, is Cephalocereus: 



columna-trajani. 



CEREUS NYCTICALUS Link. 

 CEREUS OBTUSANGULUS KS. 



State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 CEREUS OCAMPONIS S. 



Climbing over trees, fences or houses- 

 :o nts .3- to commonly 4-sided. 1 or 2toSfeet 

 long, young growth "ven C-ribbed: areolae 

 1-11/2 inches apart, tomentose, commonly 

 I raiia s and 1 central spines; radials 

 rarely over 1 mm .central rarely 6 mm 

 long, stout, straight or slightly curved. 



