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CI. p. W. Collection. PLATE CVIII 



Cereus triangularis. 



NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS. 



Although this plant with its wonderful nocturnal blossoms may 

 be found growing almost everywhere in the Islands, the best 

 ■ipecmiens of its kind may be seen on the stone walls of Oahu 

 College. The beautiful creamy flowers with their yellow centers 

 are large, about a foot long, and when in full bloom about the 

 same in diameter. The tube is covered with large, leaf-like green 

 scales. The fruit, which is about 3j/2 inches long and 2 inches in 

 diameter, is covered with persistent, large, fleshy scales which 

 are scarlet colored when ripe, and the interior pulp is edible and 

 refreshing. Fruit, however, upon the night-blooming cereus in 

 Hawaii is rather rare, although a few fine specimens have ma- 

 tured. 



