The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ibs 12 to 17, 1 to cm. high, acute, separated by acute intervals; spines acicular,vellow, the longest ones 3 cm. long; pseudocephaliumon one side of the branch, of a dense white felt, 2 to3 cm. thick, intermixed with long yellow bristles, 4 to7 cm. long; areoles close together, circular, with shortwhite wool but with no long hairs; flowers 6 to 7 ; style long-exserted; fruit bright red to purple,obovoid, 3 cm. long, naked, almost hidden in the massof white wool of the pseudocephalium; seeds black, 1mm. i
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ibs 12 to 17, 1 to cm. high, acute, separated by acute intervals; spines acicular,vellow, the longest ones 3 cm. long; pseudocephaliumon one side of the branch, of a dense white felt, 2 to3 cm. thick, intermixed with long yellow bristles, 4 to7 cm. long; areoles close together, circular, with shortwhite wool but with no long hairs; flowers 6 to 7 ; style long-exserted; fruit bright red to purple,obovoid, 3 cm. long, naked, almost hidden in the massof white wool of the pseudocephalium; seeds black, 1mm. in diameter, tuberculate. Type locality: On island in harbor of Rio deJaneiro, Brazil. Distribution: On rocky cliffs and islands alongBrazilian coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio. This plant was first collected and figured by ,, , 11^ 7 Fig. 26.—Fruit of Cephalocereus tlummensis. VeUOZO about I79O and named CactUS melOCactUS, —Flower of Cephalocereus purpureus. a name which had already been used by Linnaeus FlG- ^.—Cluster of spines of same.
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