The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . II E. Baton del. 1. Top of flowering stem of Cereus alacriportanus. 2. Top of stem of Cereus peruvianus. 3. Flower of the same plant. (Natural size.) CEREUS. 7 This species has long been in cultivation in the New York Botanical Garden under thename of Cereus alacriportanus, where it has frequently flowered. It differs somewhat fromthe description of C. paraguayensis by Schumann in the color of the spines and closenessof the areoles. Cereus bonaricnsis is referred here by Forster (Handb. Cact. 388. 1846) as a syn-on
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . II E. Baton del. 1. Top of flowering stem of Cereus alacriportanus. 2. Top of stem of Cereus peruvianus. 3. Flower of the same plant. (Natural size.) CEREUS. 7 This species has long been in cultivation in the New York Botanical Garden under thename of Cereus alacriportanus, where it has frequently flowered. It differs somewhat fromthe description of C. paraguayensis by Schumann in the color of the spines and closenessof the areoles. Cereus bonaricnsis is referred here by Forster (Handb. Cact. 388. 1846) as a syn-onym. Sweet also used the name (Hort. Brit. ed. 3. 283. 1839) but does not associate itwith this species. Illustrations: Chodat, Veg. Paraguay 1: f. 90, as C. paraguayensis; Karsten, DeutscheFl. f. 501, No. 7. Plate 11, figure 1, shows the plant in the New York Botanical Garden above referredto, which flowered in April Fig. 7.—Cereus validus. Fig. 8.—Cereus letragonus. 4. Cereus validus Haworth, Phil. Mag. 10: 420. 1831. Cereus forbesii Otto in Forster, Handb. Cact. 398. 1846.*Cereus hankeanus Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 88. forbesii Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 228. hankeanus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 229. labouretianus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 231. validus Riccobono, Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 234. 1909. Shrubby, 2 meters high or more, somewhat branched, the branches 5 to 8 cm. thick, glaucouswhen young; ribs 4 to 8, compressed, obtuse; radial spines 5, short, stout, 1 to 2 cm. long, mostly *The date of publication of this name is usually given as 1845; this reference, however, is only to the use of thename, without a description, in a publication of that date. THE CACTACEAK. from the lower part of the areole; central spine single or rarely 2 or 3, stouter t
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