. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. IS Tim CACTACEAE. about 2 dm. apart; ribs usually 9 or 10, rather low for this genus, about i cm. high; areoles 5 to 15 cm. apart, small; spines numerous, gray, acicular, the longest ones 5 cm. long; flowers nocturnal, narrowly fmmelform, 7 to 8 cm. long, the limb to 3 cm. broad, dark green except tips of inner perianth-segments; ovary bearing a few small ovate scales with a little felt in their axils; fruit dark red (occasionally white), oblong, 3 to 4 cm. long, with white flesh; seeds dull black, tuberculate Imality: Tropical America. Dis
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. IS Tim CACTACEAE. about 2 dm. apart; ribs usually 9 or 10, rather low for this genus, about i cm. high; areoles 5 to 15 cm. apart, small; spines numerous, gray, acicular, the longest ones 5 cm. long; flowers nocturnal, narrowly fmmelform, 7 to 8 cm. long, the limb to 3 cm. broad, dark green except tips of inner perianth-segments; ovary bearing a few small ovate scales with a little felt in their axils; fruit dark red (occasionally white), oblong, 3 to 4 cm. long, with white flesh; seeds dull black, tuberculate Imality: Tropical America. Distribution: Curasao, Aruba, and Bonaire. Schumann (Englcr and Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 3'": 181) has confused this species with Cephalocereus lanuginosus and has published it under Pilocereus rcpanilns. Common on Curacao, where it often grows in thickets, sometimes forming the dominant feature of the landscape and there known as kadoesji and breebee. Figure 18 shows a fruit of a plant on Curacao; figure 19 is from a photograph of the same plant taken by Dr. Britton and Dr. Shafer in FIG. 17.—Fruiting branch of Cereus aethiops. FIG. 18.—Fruit of Cereus repandus. 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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