The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . FlG. 22.—Monvillea spegazzinii. teenk. 12: 193; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 5; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. ; Rev. Hort. Beige 40: after 184*, as Cereus spegazzinii; Bliihende Kakteen 2: pi. 107,as Cereus anisitsii. Figure 22 is from a photograph of the type specimen given to Dr. Rose by Dr. Spegazzini. *In the Revue de LHorticulteur for 1914 was published a number of plates, mostly of cacti grown by Frantzde Laet. These plates are not numbered and we have indicated their position by the page they follow
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . FlG. 22.—Monvillea spegazzinii. teenk. 12: 193; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 5; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. ; Rev. Hort. Beige 40: after 184*, as Cereus spegazzinii; Bliihende Kakteen 2: pi. 107,as Cereus anisitsii. Figure 22 is from a photograph of the type specimen given to Dr. Rose by Dr. Spegazzini. *In the Revue de LHorticulteur for 1914 was published a number of plates, mostly of cacti grown by Frantzde Laet. These plates are not numbered and we have indicated their position by the page they follow. Most ofthem were reproduced in De Lacts Catalogue 24 THE CACTAC3AE. 4. Monvillea phatnosperma (Schumann). Cereus phattiospermits Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 186. 1899. Decumbent, 1 to 2 meters long; branches 4 or 5-ribbed, bright green, cm. in diameter;ribs rounded, somewhat concave on the sides; spines brown, subulate; radial spines 5 or 6, spreading,15 mm. long; central spines, when present, straight or somewhat curved, up to cm. long; flowerswhite, 12 cm. long; ovary subnaked, narrow, cylindric, about 3 cm. long. Type locality: Near Porongo, Paraguay. Distribution: Paraguay. The plant is known to us only from the description above cited. 5. Monvillea diffusa sp. nov. Stems slender, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter, at first erect, afterwards with long arching branches,when growing in the open often forming thickets 2 to 5 meters in diameter; ribs high and thin,usually 8; areoles to 3 cm. apart, gray-felted; radial spines6 to 10, spreading,/ acicular, 6 to 12 mm. long; central spines 1 to 3, one usually much elongated, 2 t
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