The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . S to 12, brown; flower 10 to 12 cm. long, the tube 5 to 6 cm. long; outer perianth-segments pinkish;inner perianth-segments white; ovary small, bearing a few very small scales, these broader thanlong, with minute brown chartaceous tips; fruit globular, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter. Type locality: Carthagene.* Distribution: Brazil northern Argentina and Paraguay. This is one of the best flowering species we have in cultivation. The flowers open atnight and appear more or less abundantly from April to September. The specie
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . S to 12, brown; flower 10 to 12 cm. long, the tube 5 to 6 cm. long; outer perianth-segments pinkish;inner perianth-segments white; ovary small, bearing a few very small scales, these broader thanlong, with minute brown chartaceous tips; fruit globular, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter. Type locality: Carthagene.* Distribution: Brazil northern Argentina and Paraguay. This is one of the best flowering species we have in cultivation. The flowers open atnight and appear more or less abundantly from April to September. The species was named for William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, whohad a magnificent collection of plants at Chatsworth. Cereus anguiniformis (Weingart, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18:6. 1908) and C. saxicolaanguinijormis Riccobono (Boll. R. Ort. Bot. Palermo 8: 252. 1909) probably belong here. We have referred here Cereus euchlorus, which originally came from Sao Paulo, have specimens growing which were obtained under this name from M. Simon, of , Paris, in
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