. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 280.—Selenicereus macdonaldiae. Type locality: Cited as Honduras. Distribution: According to Dr. Spegazzini (Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4:484), it is found in Uruguay and Argentina, and he thinks that Maldonado, near Montevideo, is the type locality; we know only plants in cultivation. Cereus donatii (Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 185. 1903), first listed in Haage and Schmidt's Catalogue, seems to belong here. Cereus grusonianus Weingart (Monats- schr. Kakteenk. 15: 54. 1905) is apparently a race of this species, judging from
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 280.—Selenicereus macdonaldiae. Type locality: Cited as Honduras. Distribution: According to Dr. Spegazzini (Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III. 4:484), it is found in Uruguay and Argentina, and he thinks that Maldonado, near Montevideo, is the type locality; we know only plants in cultivation. Cereus donatii (Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 185. 1903), first listed in Haage and Schmidt's Catalogue, seems to belong here. Cereus grusonianus Weingart (Monats- schr. Kakteenk. 15: 54. 1905) is apparently a race of this species, judging from the descrip- tion and from small plants at the New York Botanical Garden. Illustrations: Cact. Journ. 2: 135; Curtis's Bot. Mag. 79: pi. 4707 ; Fl. Serr. 9: pi. 896, 897; Cassell's Diet. Card, i: 194; Monats- schr. Kakteenk. 14:57, all as Cereus macdon- aldiae: Contr. U. vS. Nat. Herb. 12: pi. 76. Figure 280 shows a flower of a plant in the collection of the United States Department of Agriculture; figure 279 shows a piece of a branch from a plant in the New York Botan- ical Garden; figure 281 shows a fruiting branch. ii. Selenicereus hamatus (Scheidweiler) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 430. 1909. Cereus hamatus Scheidweiler, Allg. Gartenz. 5: 371. 1837. Cereus rostratus Lemaire, Cact. Aliq. Nov. 29. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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