The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ownvery much. A cristate form of Cereus aragonii was named as a variety (palmatus) by Weber(Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:456. 1902). Illustrations: Boletin de Fomento Costa Rica 4:117; Iberica 48: 339, both illustrationsfrom the same source as the one used as figure 135. Figure 135 is from a photograph taken by Otto Lutz at Tres Rios, Costa Rica, 1,350meters altitude. 11. Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 426. 1909. Cereus stellatus Pfeiffer, Allg. Gartenz. 4: 258. 1
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ownvery much. A cristate form of Cereus aragonii was named as a variety (palmatus) by Weber(Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 8:456. 1902). Illustrations: Boletin de Fomento Costa Rica 4:117; Iberica 48: 339, both illustrationsfrom the same source as the one used as figure 135. Figure 135 is from a photograph taken by Otto Lutz at Tres Rios, Costa Rica, 1,350meters altitude. 11. Lemaireocereus stellatus (Pfeiffer) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 426. 1909. Cereus stellatus Pfeiffer, Allg. Gartenz. 4: 258. 1836. Cereus dyckii Martius in Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 87. 1837. Cereus tonelianus Lemaire, Illustr. Hort. 2: Misc. 63. 1855. Stenocereus stellatus Riecobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 253. 1909. Stenocereus stellatus tonelianus* Riecobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 254. 1909. Plant 2 to 3 meters high, branching at base, rarely branching above, pale bluish green; ribs 8to 12, low, obtuse; radial spines 10 to 12; centrals several, often much longer than the others, some-. -Iyemaireocereus godingianus. *Riccobono in error spells it tenellianus. LEMAIRE< (CEREUS. 93 times 5 to 6 cm. long; areoles i (. 2 cm. apart; flowers appearing at or near the top of the plant,red, small, narrowly campanulate, about 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales subtending wooland bristly spines; fruit red, spiny, globular, about 3 cm. in diameter; spines deciduous; seeds dull,pitted. Type locality: Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico. The fruit is known in the markets as joconostle and sometimes as tuna. The above description is drawn from Dr. Roses specimens, which seem to representL. stellatus, but the identification has not been confirmed by reference to the type specimen. (ereus joconostle Weber (Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 79. 1897) is known only as asynonym of this species.
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