The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . north side); flower described cm. long, whitish, with rosy tips, bell-shaped; fruit not known. Type locality: Zapotitlan, near Tehuacan, Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico. This plant is clearly a close relative of Cephalocereus senilis. 28 THE CACTACEAE. So far as we know, the type has not been preserved. The species is sometimes culti-vated, but it has never done well with us under glass. Mr. Berger was able to grow it atLa Mortola, Italy. There has long been considerable confusion regarding the characte
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . north side); flower described cm. long, whitish, with rosy tips, bell-shaped; fruit not known. Type locality: Zapotitlan, near Tehuacan, Mexico. Distribution: Southern Mexico. This plant is clearly a close relative of Cephalocereus senilis. 28 THE CACTACEAE. So far as we know, the type has not been preserved. The species is sometimes culti-vated, but it has never done well with us under glass. Mr. Berger was able to grow it atLa Mortola, Italy. There has long been considerable confusion regarding the characters of this species,partly because other cacti have been confused with it. For instance, the only specimens(several flowers) in the Bngelmann Herbarium, so named, although from the region of thisspecies, are those of a Pachycereus. Illustrations: Knippel, Kakteen pi. 29; Grassner, Haupt-Verz. Kakteen 29. 1912;Mollers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 29: 355. f. 10; Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. f. 38, as Piloce-reus hoppenstedtii; Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f. 15, as Pilocereus 4.—Cephalocereus senilis.
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