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CEREUS GIGANTEUS 
SOUTH EASTERN CALIFORNIA, 
AND SOME OTHER 
CALIFORNIAN CACTACEAE. 
Dr. GEORGE 
of St. Lot 
In Emory’s Notes of a military Reconnaissance , published in 
1848 by. order of Congress, I have ventured, from the data fur¬ 
nished t>y Col. Emory, to describe one of the largest Cacti ever 
known. Since then several travellers have met with this giant 
of the Gila country, and have confirmed the extraordinary ac¬ 
counts of the first discoverer. .But no further scientific details 
were obtained till Col. Emory, now again in those regions, as 
the chief of the scientific corps of the U. S. boundary commis¬ 
sion, had occasion early this spring (1852) to send an expediton 
down the Gila river. Dr. C. C. Parry, who was connected with 
this party, paid particular attention to the Cacti of that region, 
and made it an especial object carefully to examine the Cereus 
giganteus. From his very full notes, kindly communicated by 
Col. Emory, I have completed the description of the plant, with 
the exception of the flower and fruit, the account of which rests 
as yet on the verbal information obtained by Dr. Parry. 
Missouri botanical MISSOURI 
GEORGE ENGELMANN PA pERS BOTANICAL 
GARDEN. 
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