. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 290 THE CACTACEA^. Cactus reptans Willdenow (Ann. Hort. Berol. Suppl. 33. 1813) was taken up in this work by mistake as Cereus reptans. Cactus neglectus Dehnhardt (Rivist. Napol. i. 3: 166.), according to the Index Kewensis, is a species of Pereskia. Cereus erinaceus is credited to Haworth by Steudel (Norn. ed. : 334. 1840) and said to come from the West Indies. Steudel must have had in mind Cactus erinaceus Haworth; if so, the plant is from South America. Cereus torrellianus (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 42. 1910


. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 290 THE CACTACEA^. Cactus reptans Willdenow (Ann. Hort. Berol. Suppl. 33. 1813) was taken up in this work by mistake as Cereus reptans. Cactus neglectus Dehnhardt (Rivist. Napol. i. 3: 166.), according to the Index Kewensis, is a species of Pereskia. Cereus erinaceus is credited to Haworth by Steudel (Norn. ed. : 334. 1840) and said to come from the West Indies. Steudel must have had in mind Cactus erinaceus Haworth; if so, the plant is from South America. Cereus torrellianus (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 42. 1910) is probably a misspelling for C. tonelianus. Figure 263, shown below, gives a typical Arizona landscape in which Carnegiea gigantea is the dominant 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 Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-1934; Rose, J. N. (Joseph Nelson), 1862-1928. Washington : Carnegie Institution of Washington


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