. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 62.—Fruit of Cephaloce- reus arrabidae. FIG. 63.—Cephalocereus arrabidae. Plate vi, figure i, shows a flowering joint of a plant brought by Dr. Rose to the New York Botanical Garden from Iguaba Grande, Brazil, in 1915. Figure 62 shows the fruit collected by Dr. Rose at Bahia in the same year; figure 63 is from a photograph taken by Paul G. Russell on Juparyba Island, Bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the same year. 23. Cephalocereus urbanianus (Schumann) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12:420. 1909. Pilocereus urbanianus S
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 62.—Fruit of Cephaloce- reus arrabidae. FIG. 63.—Cephalocereus arrabidae. Plate vi, figure i, shows a flowering joint of a plant brought by Dr. Rose to the New York Botanical Garden from Iguaba Grande, Brazil, in 1915. Figure 62 shows the fruit collected by Dr. Rose at Bahia in the same year; figure 63 is from a photograph taken by Paul G. Russell on Juparyba Island, Bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the same year. 23. Cephalocereus urbanianus (Schumann) Britton and Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 12:420. 1909. Pilocereus urbanianus Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 193. 1897. Cereus urbanianus Berger, Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 16: 63. 1905. Not Giirke and Wemgart. 1904. .Simple and columnar or branching at base, sometimes 4 meters high, 3 cm. in diameter; branches 4 to 5 cm. in diameter, woolly at apex; ribs 8 to 12, obtuse; spines loto 13, spreading, stiff but flexuous; central spines distinct from the radials; flowers on one side of the stem, the flowering areoles bearing long brown wool and bristle-like spines often 4 to 6 cm. long; flowery to 4 cm. long; ovary bearing small scales; fruit depressed, 3 cm. broad; seeds black, smooth, shining. Type locality: Guadeloupe Island, West Indies. Distribution: Guadeloupe, Martinique, and, apparently, Grenada. We have not seen this species alive; it is based upon Pere Duss's No. 3506, of which material is preserved in the herbaria of the New York Botanical Garden and the United States National Museum. Specimens from Woodlands, St. George's, Grenada (W. E Broadway, No. 1766) appear to be referable to this 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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