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basket." Ribs eight to eleven, the spine -cushions closely set ; 

 spines thin, straight, white or grey \ inch long. Flowers deep 

 crimson, 1 to 2 inches long. Mexico. Syn., C. phjLniceus t 

 tfchinocere s pli'xnice s. A variety called inermis, introduced from 

 Colorado in 1896, differs in having no spines. 



C. Berlandieri. 



A beautiful dwarf plant (Fig. 13), of creeping habit, forming a 

 tuft of short, rather soft and watery stems 6 inches in length by J inch 



fig. 13. Cereus BerlandU**. 



