. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 140 THE CACTACEAE. 7"v/v locality: Coquimbo to Paposo, Chile. Distribution: Along the coast of the province of Coquimbo, Chile. < VN- chilcnsis nigripilis (Hirscht, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 159. 1898) doubtless belongs here. Illustrations: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11:27; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 3, both as ('crcns nigripilis. Figure 201 is from a photograph of a plant brought by Dr. Rose from the Botanical Garden at Santiago, Chile, in 1914; figure 202 is from a photograph taken by Ur. Rose at Coquimbo, Chile, in 1914. 13


. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 140 THE CACTACEAE. 7"v/v locality: Coquimbo to Paposo, Chile. Distribution: Along the coast of the province of Coquimbo, Chile. < VN- chilcnsis nigripilis (Hirscht, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 159. 1898) doubtless belongs here. Illustrations: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11:27; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 3, both as ('crcns nigripilis. Figure 201 is from a photograph of a plant brought by Dr. Rose from the Botanical Garden at Santiago, Chile, in 1914; figure 202 is from a photograph taken by Ur. Rose at Coquimbo, Chile, in 1914. 13. Trichocereus terscheckii (Parmentier). Ct'reiis tfrsflirckii Parmentier in PfeifTer, Allg. Gartenz. 5: 370. 1837. Cereus ferclieckii Parmentier, Hort. Beige 5: 66. 1838 (fide Index Kewensis). Cereus fiih'ispinus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 46. 1850. Pilocereus terscheckii Rtimpler in Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 688. 1885. At first columnar, in age becoming much branched, 10 to 12 meters high; trunk woody, up to cm. in diameter; branches i to 2 dm. in diameter; ribs 8 to 14, prominent, 2 to 4 cm. high, obtuse; areoles large, i to cm. in diameter, felted, 2 to 3 cm. apart; spines 8 to 15, subulate, yellow, up to 8 cm. long; flowers very large, 15 to 20 cm. long, cm. broad; inner perianth-segments oblong, 7 cm. long, acute, white; scales on the ovary and flower-tube ovate, mucronate-tipped, their axils filled with long brown FIG. 203.—Trichocereus tcrscheckii. a, tlower; b, fruit. 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 Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington


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