. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. IS2 TIIIv CACTACKAE. 6 to 7 cm. thick, the base ilat, the lup bluntly pointed, strongly tuberclcd when young, the tubercles low-conic, about 4 nun. high, about cm. from tip to tip, bearing a deciduous triangular-lanceo- late scale (i to S mm. long, becoming confluent, the fruit finally smooth or nearly so, yellow. 7"r/v lo<\ility: British Islands of America. Distribution: Jamaica. The following names were referred to Ccrcits re pan Jus as synonyms by Schumann: ( \-icns tinci Todaro (Ind. Sem. Hort. Panorm. 39. 1857 ; C. cossyrensis
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. IS2 TIIIv CACTACKAE. 6 to 7 cm. thick, the base ilat, the lup bluntly pointed, strongly tuberclcd when young, the tubercles low-conic, about 4 nun. high, about cm. from tip to tip, bearing a deciduous triangular-lanceo- late scale (i to S mm. long, becoming confluent, the fruit finally smooth or nearly so, yellow. 7"r/v lo<\ility: British Islands of America. Distribution: Jamaica. The following names were referred to Ccrcits re pan Jus as synonyms by Schumann: ( \-icns tinci Todaro (Ind. Sem. Hort. Panorm. 39. 1857 ; C. cossyrensis Tineo in Todaro, Ind. Sem. Hort. Panorm. 39. 1857), said to have come from Brazil, and Ccrcus ercctits Pfeiffer (Enum. Cact. 95. 1837), stated definitely to have come from Mexico. Illustrations: Trew, PL Select, pi. 14, as Ccrcus etc.; Loudon, Encycl. PI. 411. f. 6862; Edwards's Bot. Reg. 4: pi. 336, as Cactus rcpandus; De Candolle, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: pi. 13, as ('crcus rcfuiinliis; Pfeiffer and Otto, Abbild. Beschr. Cact. i: pi. 23, as Ccrcus 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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