THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 
CEREUS CHALYRAEUS. 
the outer bracts, a foot in diameter. 
The inner petals are pure white and 
the outer ones have an inclination to 
pale lemon yellow, which becomes more 
decidedly emphasized in the radiating 
bracts. The species is essentially re- 
pent in its habits, and has been exten- 
sively introduced as an ornamental 
creeper on verandahs and trellises 
throughout the suburbs of Perth and 
The 
remarkably fine blossoming example 
Fremantle, Western Australia. 
represented by the upper of the two 
figures here reproduced is one growing 
in the grounds of the Perth Govern- 
ment Gardens, which, after scaling 
a high brick wall on the further side, 
hangs in flowering festoons over the 
one presented to view. That this grand 
spectacular display should be enacted 
but one night each year, and then for 
the delectation only of the bats and 
moths or phenomenally early birds, 
W. Saville-Kent, Photo, 
CEREUS NITENS. 
