. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . N^^ FIG. 44.—Flower of Cephalocereus leucostele. FIG. 45.—Fruit of same. FIG. 46.—Flower of C. smithianus. FIG. 47.—Fruit <if same. 14. Cephalocereus smithianus sp. nov. Stems weak and slender, 4 to 7 cm. in diameter, simple or much branched, erect or more or less clambering; ribs 9 to n, low and rounded, sometimes constricted between the areoles; areoles rather large, felted; radial spines short, white, acicular, i cm. long or less; central spines several, nearly porrect, the longest ones 3 to 4 cm. long, at first
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . N^^ FIG. 44.—Flower of Cephalocereus leucostele. FIG. 45.—Fruit of same. FIG. 46.—Flower of C. smithianus. FIG. 47.—Fruit <if same. 14. Cephalocereus smithianus sp. nov. Stems weak and slender, 4 to 7 cm. in diameter, simple or much branched, erect or more or less clambering; ribs 9 to n, low and rounded, sometimes constricted between the areoles; areoles rather large, felted; radial spines short, white, acicular, i cm. long or less; central spines several, nearly porrect, the longest ones 3 to 4 cm. long, at first black, in age black only at tips; flower 6 to 8 cm. long, 4 cm. broad across the mouth, with a short funnelform tube bearing a few broad ovate scales with reddish tips; inner perianth-segments short, rounded, white; ovary with a few minute scales; fruit ovoid, 3 to 4 cm. in diameter, red, splitting on one side when mature; areoles on the fruit each represented by a horizontal line 8 mm. long, subtended by a minute brown scale; pulp white; seeds black. Collected by Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Rose just below Zig Zag, between La Guayra and Caracas, Venezuela, October 25, 1916 (No. 21889, type) and by Dr. Rose and Major C. C. Smith near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, October 28 (No. 21852); also by Dr. Britton, Mr. W. G. Freeman, and Professor T. E. Hazen on Patos Island, Trinidad, a few miles from the Venezuelan Coast, March 13, 1920 (No. 532). In form its flower is not quite typical of the genus. This species is named for Major Cornelius C. Smith, U. S. Army, who accompanied and assisted Dr. Rose during some of his excursions in northern Venezuela in 1916. Figure 43 is from a photograph of a plant brought by Dr. Rose to the New York Botanical Garden from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, in 1916; figure 46 shows the flower and figure 47 the fruit, collected by Dr. Rose between Caracas and La Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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