. 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. Gardening. CEREUS CEREUS 281 by 3-5 in. in diam.), branches columnar : ribs mostly 7, sel- dom 8-9, thick, slightly undu- late, obtuse and with convex faces, about 1 in. high, bluish green, frequently having a de- pressed line near the areolae: areolEe about Kin. apart, large, gray: radial spines 6-9, radi- ate or spreadi
. 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. Gardening. CEREUS CEREUS 281 by 3-5 in. in diam.), branches columnar : ribs mostly 7, sel- dom 8-9, thick, slightly undu- late, obtuse and with convex faces, about 1 in. high, bluish green, frequently having a de- pressed line near the areolae: areolEe about Kin. apart, large, gray: radial spines 6-9, radi- ate or spreading, strong, sub- ulate, %m. long, horn color, later black ; central spines 1-3, somewhat stronger and longer than the radials, more or less conspicuously porrect: fls. from the lateral areolae, near the end of the branches, 2i4-3 in. long, tolerably fleshj', "white : fr. depressed-globose, 2 in. in diam. by little more than 1 in. long. "Brazil. C Pic ten - ahorighnim, Wats., is closely allied to the above. It is Sonoran, but not known to be in cult. G. F. 7:335. 19. ebumeus, Salm-Dyck (0. pruindsvs, Otto. C. idu- lis, Hort.). Stem simple and glaucous, with 7-10 ribs : spines subulate, rigid, ivory- white, with black tip (purplish when young), radials 8-10, central usually solitary (some- times 3^): fls. purplish. W. Ind., Mex., Cent Amer., S. Amer. 20. geom6tnza,Jis,'}ila,rt. {, liem.). Sim- ple, 4 in. in diam., with 5-9 obtuse ribs with broad in- tervals : spines 3-6, unequal, stout and blackish, the solitary central one (sometimes wanting) very long and stout: fls. pinkish white, about 1 in. long and 2 in. broad. Mexico. 21. C5chal, Orcutt. Stout at base, and repeatedly forking above, becoming i-10 ft. high: ribs 4-8, obtuse, with wide, shallow intervals : spines few and stout, the solitary central one stoutest: fls. purplish green, 1-13^ in. long : fr. the size and shape of an olive, not spiny, red (frequently grayish or yellowish brown). L. Calif.
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