. 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. 1338 PILOCEREUS 7. Houll^tu, Lem. Trcv-likc-, attuiiiii branches divaricate; culii\;i^'l i !,ini diam: ribs 6-8, miiinl' 1. - i . : il spines 7-11, spreading yi in. Ii ii twice as long and stronKcr: .ii ih. -n i i ir ,i,iii witli more or less liairs, which m tlic truituii; iin-a art^ very n
. 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. 1338 PILOCEREUS 7. Houll^tu, Lem. Trcv-likc-, attuiiiii branches divaricate; culii\;i^'l i !,ini diam: ribs 6-8, miiinl' 1. - i . : il spines 7-11, spreading yi in. Ii ii twice as long and stronKcr: .ii ih. -n i i ir ,i,iii witli more or less liairs, which m tlic truituii; iin-a art^ very numer- ous, making a shaggy tract sometimes 1 ft. long: fls. 3 in. long, imbedded in the wool, turbinate, greenish red outside, rose-red within: red, depressed-globose. Mexico. 1862, pp. 427-430. AAA Fruiting aiea a prominent cephalium composed of denie locks of woolly hairs intermixed with bri'^tles, unilateral except sometimes in P. thiy .mallus B L iKi h iiri absent except m the cephalium. 8 Columna Trajini, Salm Dj ck Tree-like, attaining a height of jO tt and a diam of over 2 ft., simple below: areolae large, elliptic ; radial spmes 10-12, the upper very short the lower longest, nearly an inch long ; centrals 2, the upper an mch long, the lower 4-5 m fls. about 2 in. long, scarceh projecting from the unilateral woolly and bristly crphalmra Mex. 1890, p. 1 I The specific name refers to ih famous Trajan's Column. I u Long hairs covering all but the oldest parts of the plant q chrysomAUus, Lem. Tree- like with elect branches, reach- Ill, a height of JO ft.: ribs in cultivated plants 13: areolae w ith long h iirs, radial spines U-H the upper % m. long, the 1 w r t\\icp as long, centrals 4, till I H.,'ti all the spines am- I I \ II w becoming brown: 11 Uiiini terminal or some- tiim h unilateral, a foot long, « ) >lly and setose Mex. 10 senilis, Pfeiff Old Man C V( TUS. Columnar, reaching a blight of 35 ft and a diam. of 1 ft , branching at the very base, th
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