The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . -Flower of C. robinii. of same. Fig. 54.—Cephalocereus robin part of tube with a few small scales; upper scales broadly ovate with bluish purple tips passinginto greenish or eream-colored perianth-segments, the inner segments white; tube proper very short(1 em. long or less); throat cm. long, bearing stamens all over its surface; stamens white, 40 THE CACTACEAE. included, the inner row appressed against the style; style creamy white, 6 cm. long, exsertedbeyond the perianth-segments; fruit 4 c
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . -Flower of C. robinii. of same. Fig. 54.—Cephalocereus robin part of tube with a few small scales; upper scales broadly ovate with bluish purple tips passinginto greenish or eream-colored perianth-segments, the inner segments white; tube proper very short(1 em. long or less); throat cm. long, bearing stamens all over its surface; stamens white, 40 THE CACTACEAE. included, the inner row appressed against the style; style creamy white, 6 cm. long, exsertedbeyond the perianth-segments; fruit 4 cm. in diameter, flattened above, dark wine-colored; seedssmooth, black, shining. Type locality: Near Habana, Cuba. Distribution: Coastal regions of Matanzas and Habana, Cuba. This species was recorded by Grisebach as Cereus royenii armatus. Illustrations: Journ. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 11: 226, f. 28; Roig, Cact. Fl. [3], f. 1,as Cephalocereus bakeri. Figure 52 shows a flower of Cephalocereus robinii, and figure 53 its fruit; figure 54 isfrom a photograph of the plant obtained by Brother Leon at the type locality. 18. Cep
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