The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . CEPHALOCEREUS. 49 Illustration: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pi. 64. Figure 71 is from a photograph taken near Salama, Guatemala, by W. R. Maxon in 1905. 32. Cephalocereus piauhyensis (Giirke). Cereus piauhyensis Gurke, Monatssehr. Kakteenk. 18: S4. tree-like, 5 to 10 meters high; trunk woody, 3 to 5 dm. in diameter, with a smooth,nearly spineless bark; branches 20 to 100, slender, bluish green; ribs 13, low; areoles large, each flower-ing one bearing a tuft of long white hairs; spines numerous, yellowish
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . CEPHALOCEREUS. 49 Illustration: Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: pi. 64. Figure 71 is from a photograph taken near Salama, Guatemala, by W. R. Maxon in 1905. 32. Cephalocereus piauhyensis (Giirke). Cereus piauhyensis Gurke, Monatssehr. Kakteenk. 18: S4. tree-like, 5 to 10 meters high; trunk woody, 3 to 5 dm. in diameter, with a smooth,nearly spineless bark; branches 20 to 100, slender, bluish green; ribs 13, low; areoles large, each flower-ing one bearing a tuft of long white hairs; spines numerous, yellowish brown, acicular, unequal, thelongest 3 cm. long; flowers to 4 em. long, naked; fruit depressed, glaucous, 4 cm. broad, naked. Type locality: Rocks of the Serra Branca, Piauhy, Brazil. Distribution: On the dry hills in the caatinga along the Sao Francisco River in the Statesof Bahia and Piauhy, Brazil. It resembles Cephalocereus catingicola, but has more slender branches, more ribs, smallerflowers, and smaller fruits. The trunk is woody, very heavy, and is often sawed in
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