Archive image from page 30 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 ECHINOCEREUS Var. conoideus, Engelm. (Echinocereus conoUJeus, RUmpI. Ceretts conoideus, Engelm.). Central spine long and robust : fls. large, red. Southern Calif, and northwest Mex. 18. polyacnthus, Engelm. {Ceretis polyac
Archive image from page 30 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame02bail Year: 1906 ECHINOCEREUS Var. conoideus, Engelm. (Echinocereus conoUJeus, RUmpI. Ceretts conoideus, Engelm.). Central spine long and robust : fls. large, red. Southern Calif, and northwest Mex. 18. polyacnthus, Engelm. {Ceretis polyacdntltns, Engelm.). Stems clustered, forming thick masses, cy- lindrical to ellipsoidal: ribs 9-13: radial spines 8-12, robust, subulate, stiff and sharp, under one the longest, nearly 1 in., upper ones scarcely K in., white to red- dish gray with dark tips ; centrals 3-4, bulbose base, stronger, about the length of the radials or the lowest .sometimes reaching 2 in., horn-colored; later all the spines become gray: fls. lateral, aboutl?i-2} in. long, dark scarlet to blood-red: fr. spherical, about 1 in. long, greenish red, spiny. Tex. to Calif, and northern Mex. 19. ioifer, Lem. (Cereus dcifer, Otto). Stems thickly clustered, 6-8 in. high by 1-2 in. in diam., becoming gray and corky with age : ribs 9-11, usually 10: radial spines usually 9, spreading, under pair long- est, about K in., in young growth white, later horn-col- ored to gray, the upper ones brownish ; central soli- tary, straight, porrect, at first ruby red, later brown, 1 in. long: fls. lateral, 2 in. and more long, clear scarlet- red, with a yellow throat and sometimes a carmine bor- der. Northern Mex. BBB. Sibs of stem IS or more. 20. chlordnthus, Riimpl. {Cereus chloranthus, Engelm.). Fig. 747. Stems in small clusters, cylindri- cal, slightly tapering above, 4-9 in. high by 2-2> in. in diara.: ribs 13-18, straight or rarely spiral: radial spines 12-20, horizontally spreading and appressed, sharp, the shortest
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