The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 118.—Top of branch ofLeptocereus sylvestris. Fig. 119.—Leptocereus quadricostatus. 8. Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. quadricostatus Bello, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 276. erect or arching, up to 4 meters high, with numerouslateral, usually elongated branches, often forming thickets; branchesdull, dark green, usually 4-ribbed, sometimes 3-ribbed, the ribs thinand low; spines acicular, 1 to 4 cm. long; flowers 4 cm. long, 2 at the mouth; out
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . Fig. 118.—Top of branch ofLeptocereus sylvestris. Fig. 119.—Leptocereus quadricostatus. 8. Leptocereus quadricostatus (Bello) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. quadricostatus Bello, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 10: 276. erect or arching, up to 4 meters high, with numerouslateral, usually elongated branches, often forming thickets; branchesdull, dark green, usually 4-ribbed, sometimes 3-ribbed, the ribs thinand low; spines acicular, 1 to 4 cm. long; flowers 4 cm. long, 2 at the mouth; outer perianth-segments green; inner perianth-segments greenish white or yellowish white, truncate, the apexlacerate or erose; ovary and flower-tube bearing a few clusters ofshort spines; style and filaments greenish; fruit subglobose to obovoid,3 to 5 cm. long, not very spiny, red. Type locality: Porto Rico. Distribution: Southwestern Porto Rico. Figs This plant inhabits hillsides and plains in the dry south- flowerwestern part of Porto Rico, sometimes forming dense thickets,penetrable only by the use of the machete; it is known a
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