. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . Fit;. 5.—Cereus hildmamiiunt FIG. 6.—Cereus hildmannianus. Although this species seems to be a common yard and park plant in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, it has never been well understood. It there forms bushy plants and is usually without spines. It is probably quite distinct from Ccrcns jainacaru, to which it has been referred by some authors; it grows in moister regions. Illustrations: Martius, Fl. Bras. 42:pl. 41, f. i; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 57. Text-figure 5 is from a photograph taken by Paul G. Russell near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 19
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . Fit;. 5.—Cereus hildmamiiunt FIG. 6.—Cereus hildmannianus. Although this species seems to be a common yard and park plant in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, it has never been well understood. It there forms bushy plants and is usually without spines. It is probably quite distinct from Ccrcns jainacaru, to which it has been referred by some authors; it grows in moister regions. Illustrations: Martius, Fl. Bras. 42:pl. 41, f. i; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 2: 57. Text-figure 5 is from a photograph taken by Paul G. Russell near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1915; text-figure 6 is from a photograph taken by Dr. Mills at Rio de Janeiro in 1916. 3. Cereus alacriportanus Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 87. 1837. (.'i-irns pcnnianus alncriportuniis Schumann, Gesamtb. Kaktccn 115. 1897. Cereus paraguayensis Schumann in Chodat and Hassler, Bull Herb. Boiss. II. 3: 249. 1903. Stems up to 2 meters high; ribs mostly 5, strongly compressed, 3 cm. high, separated by deep sharp intervals, rounded on the edge; areoles 2 to cm. apart, when young filled with white wool; spines 6 to 9, all spreading, when young golden yellow, but gray when older, red at the bases, subu- late, cm. long; flowers 21 to 22 cm. long, 10 cm. broad at mouth; outer perianth-segments narrow, i cm. wide or less; inner perianth-segments spatulate, obtuse to acute, fringed or entire, while with a rosy tinge; stigma-lobes 13, yellowish green; ovary cylindric, naked. Type locality: Porto Alegre, Brazil. Distribution: Southern Brazil and Paraguay. *Lemaire's plates are not numbered and there is more or less uncertainty as to their order. We have fol- lowed Schumann in referring this species to plate 8. In the only copy which we have examined it is plate Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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