. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Fig. 203.—Tip of branch with flower of Disocactus biformis. X 5. DISOCACTUS Lindley in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31: pi. 9. 1845. Disisocaclus Kunze, Bot. Zeit. 3: 533. 1845. Irregularly branching, spineless epiphytes, the stem terete; branches numerous, flattened; areoles marginal; flowers diurnal, borne near tips of branches, nearly regular; tube shorter than limb; perianth-segments few, elongated, spreading; ovary small, cylindric, elongated, bearing a few minute scales; fruit globular to ovoid, not at all angle
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Fig. 203.—Tip of branch with flower of Disocactus biformis. X 5. DISOCACTUS Lindley in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31: pi. 9. 1845. Disisocaclus Kunze, Bot. Zeit. 3: 533. 1845. Irregularly branching, spineless epiphytes, the stem terete; branches numerous, flattened; areoles marginal; flowers diurnal, borne near tips of branches, nearly regular; tube shorter than limb; perianth-segments few, elongated, spreading; ovary small, cylindric, elongated, bearing a few minute scales; fruit globular to ovoid, not at all Fig. 204.—Disocactus biformis. Type species: Cereus biformis Lindley. We recognize two species, both from Central America. The name is from 8is twice, and kolktos cactus, and was given because the perianth- segments of the inner and outer series were equal in the type 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928. Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington
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