The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Ftg. 44.—Flower of Cephalocereus leucostele. 45.—Fruit of same. Fir,. 46.—Flower of C. smithianus. 47.—Fruit of same. 14. Cephalocereus smithianus sp. now Stems weak and slender, 4 to 7 em. in diameter, simple or much branched, erect or more orless clambering; ribs 9 to 11, low and rounded, sometimes constricted between the areoles; areolesrather large, felted; radial spines short, white, acicular, 1 em. long or less; central spines several,nearly porrect, the longest ones 3 to 4 cm.
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Ftg. 44.—Flower of Cephalocereus leucostele. 45.—Fruit of same. Fir,. 46.—Flower of C. smithianus. 47.—Fruit of same. 14. Cephalocereus smithianus sp. now Stems weak and slender, 4 to 7 em. in diameter, simple or much branched, erect or more orless clambering; ribs 9 to 11, low and rounded, sometimes constricted between the areoles; areolesrather large, felted; radial spines short, white, acicular, 1 em. 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 to8 cm. long, 4 cm. broad across the mouth, with a short funnelform tube bearing a few broad ovatescales with reddish tips; inner perianth-segments short, rounded, white; ovary with a few minutescales; fruit ovoid, 3 to 4 cm. in diameter, red, splitting on one side when mature; areoles on thefruit each represented by a horizontal line 8 mm. long, subtended by a minute brown scale; pulpwhite; seeds black. Coll
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