The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 478. upright, at first simple, later profusely branching at the base; branches ascending parallelwith the main stem, 6 to 9 dm. high by 5 to 6 cm. in diameter, columnar; ribs 10 to 15, obtuse, 132 THE CACTACEAE. rounded; areoles about i cm. apart, large, covered with curly yellow wool, becoming white; radialspines 8 to 10, 6 mm. to i cm. long, spreading, stiff, sharp, amber-yellow to brown; central solitary,stronger and longer than the radials; all the spines later bec
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4: 478. upright, at first simple, later profusely branching at the base; branches ascending parallelwith the main stem, 6 to 9 dm. high by 5 to 6 cm. in diameter, columnar; ribs 10 to 15, obtuse, 132 THE CACTACEAE. rounded; areoles about i cm. apart, large, covered with curly yellow wool, becoming white; radialspines 8 to 10, 6 mm. to i cm. long, spreading, stiff, sharp, amber-yellow to brown; central solitary,stronger and longer than the radials; all the spines later becoming gray; flowers about 20 cm. longby about 15 cm. in diameter, white. Type locality: Argentina, but definite locality not cited. Distribution: Western Argentina. This species was named for Edward Spach (1801-1879). Illustrations: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 93;Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16: pi. 8, f. 2, 3; Sunset 1915, p. 166; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 18,as Cereus spachianus. Figure 190 is from a photograph of a plant in thecollection of the New York Botanical
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