. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ss THE CACTACEAE. I'lant S meters high or k-ss, sometimes branching at the base, Sometimes with a definite trunk up to vs dm. in diameter, smooth when old; branches 8 to io-ribbed, more or less glaucous; spines ac irulur, gray, the longer ones 4 cm. long; flower-bud obtuse or rounded at apex, covered with overlapping scales, these obtuse and brown; flowers pinkish, 7 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white; style exserted before the flower opens; fruit subglobose, about 5 iLility: South America, but no definite locality cited. I>is/nl>ii:
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. ss THE CACTACEAE. I'lant S meters high or k-ss, sometimes branching at the base, Sometimes with a definite trunk up to vs dm. in diameter, smooth when old; branches 8 to io-ribbed, more or less glaucous; spines ac irulur, gray, the longer ones 4 cm. long; flower-bud obtuse or rounded at apex, covered with overlapping scales, these obtuse and brown; flowers pinkish, 7 cm. long; inner perianth-segments white; style exserted before the flower opens; fruit subglobose, about 5 iLility: South America, but no definite locality cited. I>is/nl>ii: Northern coast of Venezuela and adjacent islands; Curacao; Aruba; Bonaire; Margarita; Patos Island, Trinidad; and now cultivated in many parts of tropical America for its delicious fruits. Ci'icns pulygoiiatns (PfeifTer, Emim. Cact. 91. 1837) was given as a synonym of C. i-hnniciis polygonus. ( \ictns coquimbanus, a Chilean species, has sometimes been confused with this species. Cereus gladiger* sometimes referred to Cels and sometimes to Lemaire as the author, seems to have come originally from Colombia. In this species as well as in many others, abnormal forms occur, among which is C. clntrncus monstrosus Salm-Dyck (De Candolle, Prodr. 3:465. 1828). Cereus enriquezii (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19:92. 1909) was sent to Europe from Jalapa, Mexico, by Sefior Murrilo. It is considered by W. Weingart to be C. cbunwus monstrosus. The common cultivated species of Mexico seems to belong here. According to Boldingh, this cactus is known in the Dutch West Indies as daatoe, kadoesji, and jaatoe. It is widely grown on Curasao Island as a hedge plant, where the branches are planted close together in rows. According to Captain Lens, poor people of Curacao use the fleshy branches as a vegetable. Mr. Harold G. Foss states that in the region of Coro, Venezuela, the natives use the wood in making the roofs and walls of their houses. The heart wood is split into two pieces and then tied to the raf
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