The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . i 1 il £~M. 40^ L-i^i fLJM iizi Pi •wm H Fig. 66.—Cephalocereus barbadensis. Type locality: Cave Cay, Exuma Chain,Bahamas. Distribution: Bahamas; Cays of northernCuba. Figure 67 is from a photograph, taken byMarshall A. Howe in 1907 on the island Mari-guana, Bahamas; figure 68 represents the fruitof the type specimen. 27. Cephalocereus swartzii (Grisebach) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 420. 1909. FlG 6g Cereus swartzii Grisebach, F\. Brit. W. Ind. 301. i860. 9 Fig. 67.—Cephalocereus millspaughi;. -F
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . i 1 il £~M. 40^ L-i^i fLJM iizi Pi •wm H Fig. 66.—Cephalocereus barbadensis. Type locality: Cave Cay, Exuma Chain,Bahamas. Distribution: Bahamas; Cays of northernCuba. Figure 67 is from a photograph, taken byMarshall A. Howe in 1907 on the island Mari-guana, Bahamas; figure 68 represents the fruitof the type specimen. 27. Cephalocereus swartzii (Grisebach) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 420. 1909. FlG 6g Cereus swartzii Grisebach, F\. Brit. W. Ind. 301. i860. 9 Fig. 67.—Cephalocereus millspaughi;. -Fruit of Cephalocereus millspaughii. ,-Flower of Cephalocereus royenii. Tall, 2 to 7 meters high, often simple; branches obtuse at apex; ribs 10, obtuse, strongly indentedbetween the areoles; spines 8 to 10, or in young plants 20 or more from an areole, the longer ones long, slightly spreading; flowers pinkish to greenish yellow, sometimes borne on all the ribs,usually near the tops of the branches, surrounded with masses of white hair and long bristles;perianth 5 to 6 cm. long, the inner perianth-segments obtuse; fruit depressed-globose, 3 cm. indiameter, perhaps larger. Type locality: Jamaica. Distribution: Southern side of Jamaica. Cephalocereus swartzii, which is confined to the dry southern portions of Jamaica,has frequently been confused with Lemaireocereus hystrix, which is very commonly used asa hedge plant along the country roads about Kingston. eiIIIALOCKKKlS. 47 Schumann (Gesamtb. Kakteen 184. 1897) by mistake attributed the name Pilocereusswartzii to Gris
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