. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PHTLLOCACTUS PHYMATODES 1319 lanceolate, often very longand large, undulate branches: Us., including the tube, nearly 1 ft. long, 5-G in. in ex- pansion, opening, according to Schumann, in the day- time. Honduras; also said to be found in Cuba. crenatus, Lem. In cult, commonly not much more than 3 ft. high, fre
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PHTLLOCACTUS PHYMATODES 1319 lanceolate, often very longand large, undulate branches: Us., including the tube, nearly 1 ft. long, 5-G in. in ex- pansion, opening, according to Schumann, in the day- time. Honduras; also said to be found in Cuba. crenatus, Lem. In cult, commonly not much more than 3 ft. high, freely branching from the lower part of the stem: branches thick, with a strong midrib, but thinning to the edges, which are rather deeply crenate: fls. greenish yellow outside, (^10 in. long, and about as much in expansion, day-blooming. Hunduras. angiiliger, Lem. About 3 ft. high, many-stemmed: basal stems cylindrical, hard and woody, the large leafy branches deeply cut in the margins, like the teeth of a very coarse saw: fls. 5-8 in. long, the tube very slender. South Mexico. 5100. BB. Stifle red. stenop6talus, Salm-Dyck. (P. Jdtifrons, Zucc. l). Branches very long and large, crenate or somewhat serrate, acute or acuminate: midrib and usually side ribs evident; areolae with rather large scales and dark bristles: fl. 8-10 in. long, spreading and in full bloom bent back- wards; petals narrow. Perhaps from JVlexico, —Much advertised as the Queen Cactus. Hookeri, Salm-Dyck. Branches long but narrow,crenate-serrate, in age darker bluish green, often reddish on the mar- gins; midrib strong and side riVjs evi- dent: fls. 6-8 in. long, yellowish white within, reflexed in full bloom. Brazil and Guiana. strictus, Lem. Erect, branching, reaching a height of 10 ft., with long cylindrical branches and shorter, leaf- like secondary branches: crenatures or teeth rather deep, unequal on the oppo- site sides; bristles wanting: tube of the fl. very long and slender, outer sepals brownish,
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