. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Tin; CACTACRAE. 15. Cephalocereus bahamensis Britton, Contr. I'. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 415. 1909. ,,/i,;(M K:ikti-rnk. 23:23. I'lanl ', tn 4 meters ;h, ol'ti-n 20 cm. thick at the bast-; branches divergent-ascending, 7 to 9 cm. thick, dull green, imt pniinose, 10 or 11-ribbed, the ribs blunt or acutish, rather higher than wide; areolcs [ to J s cm. apart ; spines 15 to 20, acicular, radiately spreading and ascending, grayish brown to yellowish brown when old, i to cm. long, the young ones yellowish with dark
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Tin; CACTACRAE. 15. Cephalocereus bahamensis Britton, Contr. I'. S. Nat. Herb. 12: 415. 1909. ,,/i,;(M K:ikti-rnk. 23:23. I'lanl ', tn 4 meters ;h, ol'ti-n 20 cm. thick at the bast-; branches divergent-ascending, 7 to 9 cm. thick, dull green, imt pniinose, 10 or 11-ribbed, the ribs blunt or acutish, rather higher than wide; areolcs [ to J s cm. apart ; spines 15 to 20, acicular, radiately spreading and ascending, grayish brown to yellowish brown when old, i to cm. long, the young ones yellowish with darker bases, tin uppermost to 3 cm. long; wool very short, shorter than the spines, or none; flower 5 to 6 em. long, brownish outside, the tube bluish; inner perianth-segments creamy white, tinged with pink, acute; style pale greenish white, sometimes slightly exserted; fruit depressed-globose, 3 to 4 cm. in diameter. '/"r/Y li'i'iility: Frozen Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas. Distribution: Bahamas. Illiistiiiticn: Journ. N. Y. Bot. Card. ii: f. 20. Plate iv, figure 3, shows a cutting of the type plant which flowered in the New York Botanical Garden July 24, 1912. Figure 48 is from a photograph of the type plant in flower; figure 49 is from a photograph taken by Dr. Paul Bartsch on Andros FIG. 48.—Cephalocereus 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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