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THE CACTACEAE. 



13. Epiphyllum strictum (Lemaire) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 259. 1913. 

 Phyllocactus strictus Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. i: Misc. 107. 1854. 



Plant up to 2 meters long; joints linear, green, 5 to 8 cm. broad, coarsely serrate, stiff; tube 

 of flower 13 to 15 cm. long, slender, green, bearing a few distant scales 8 to 12 mm. long; outer 

 perianth-segments pink, the inner white, narrow, acuminate, 6 to 8 cm. long; filaments white; 

 style pink or red; stigma-lobes yellow; fruit globose, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter; seeds black. 



Type locality: Cuba, but the plant was grown there from seed. 



Distribution: Southern Mexico and Guatemala to Panama. 



The plant was found in the wild state in Honduras by Mr. Percy Wilson in 1902. All 

 the other specimens studied by us are from cultivated plants. The species is common in 

 collections. 



Illustrations: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 41; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 6: 183; 

 Thomas, Zimmerkultur Kakteen 18, as Phyllocactus strictus. 



Fig. 202. — Epiphyllum stenopetalum. 



14. Epiphyllum stenopetalum (Forster) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 259. 1913. 

 Phyllocactus sleiiopetalus Forster, Handb. Cact. 441. 1846. 



Described as with the habit of Epiphyllum latifrons but with different flowers, these delicately 

 fragrant; flower- tube 12 to 15 cm. long, bearing small, spreading, rose-colored scales; outer perianth- 

 segments rose-colored to reddish green; inner perianth-segments white, elongated, linear (7 to 8 

 cm. long, very narrow, 4 to 7 mm. broad), spreading or recur\'ed; stamens somewhat exserted; 

 style slender, pink or purplish; stigma-lobes 12 to 14, yellow; fruit unknown. 



