The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ovary densely lanate; fruit villous 2. L. melanurus Axils of scales on ovary sparsely lanate; fruit nearly naked 3. L. glaziovii 1. Leocereus bahiensis sp. nov. Somewhat branched, sometimes erect, sometimes clambering, up to 2 meters long, 1 to in diameter; ribs 12 to 14, low; areoles close together, circular, bearing white felt and spines;spines numerous, the central ones much longer than the radials, often 3 cm. long, acicular, yellowish,spreading; flowers 4 cm. long, densely woolly and spiny; inner perian
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . ovary densely lanate; fruit villous 2. L. melanurus Axils of scales on ovary sparsely lanate; fruit nearly naked 3. L. glaziovii 1. Leocereus bahiensis sp. nov. Somewhat branched, sometimes erect, sometimes clambering, up to 2 meters long, 1 to in diameter; ribs 12 to 14, low; areoles close together, circular, bearing white felt and spines;spines numerous, the central ones much longer than the radials, often 3 cm. long, acicular, yellowish,spreading; flowers 4 cm. long, densely woolly and spiny; inner perianth-segments small, white; fruit10 to 12 mm. in diameter; seeds mm. long. Living and dried flowers of this species were obtained from the Horto Florestal,Joazeiro, Brazil, through Dr. L. Zehntner (No. 266, type); later Dr. Rose obtained morematerial at Barrinha, Bahia, Brazil, and living plants were sent to the New York BotanicalGarden; in October 1917 Dr. Zehntner obtained fruit in the Chique-Chique district of Bahia. *By typographical error Bergcrocereus. LEOCEREUS. 109. It is called, in Bahia, rabo de raposa and tail of the fox. Figure 160 is from a photograph of a plant collected by Dr. Rose in Bahia in 1915;figure 161 shows a flower of an herbarium specimen received from Ur. Zehntner. 2. Leocereus melanurus (Schumann). Cereus melanurus Schumann in Martius, Fl. Bras. 4=: 200. 1890. Stems more or less cespitose from fibrous roots, slender, 1 meter longor more, 2 to em. in diameter; ribs 12 to 16, low, only 2 to 3 mm. high;branches 10 to 40 cm. long, often short-jointed, 2 to cm. in diameter;areoles approximate, 2 to 5 mm. apart, white-felted when young; spinesnumerous, very unequal; lower radials about 20, white, bristle-like, 5 to 8mm. long; upper radial spines and centrals about 15, all brown, stouterthan the lower radials and a little longer, except that 1 or sometimes 2of the centrals are much elongated (3 to 5 cm. long); flower narrow, 5to 6 cm. long, somewha
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