By George Engelmann
This old booklet can have various typos and lacking textual content. buyers can obtain a loose scanned replica of the unique e-book (without typos) from the writer. no longer listed. no longer illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...E., var.? Rigidissimus: ovato-cylindricus; costis 20-22 interruptis; areolis lineari-lanceolatis confertissimis, junioribus parce lanosis; aculeis omnibus radiantibus arete adpressis subrecurvis e basi bulbosa subulatis acutissimis rigidissimis albidis flavidis rubellisve subpellucidis, lateralibus 12-16 longioribus robustioribus, infimo singulo vix breviore, 8uperioribus 3-6 setaceis brevibus fasciculatis; floribus sub vertice lateralibus; ovarii pulvillis 50-60 aculeolos 8-12 rigidos gerentibus; sepalis tubi forty inferioribus subulatis advert axillam aculeiferis, superioribus 20 lanceolatis acuminatis; petalis sub-20 spathulatis acutiusculis incisota-dentatis purpureis; stigmatibus sub-12; bacca ovato-globosa aculeolata; seniinibus tuberculatis. within the Sierras of Pimeria Alta in Sonom, and farther west, A. Schott: fl. June and July.--Stems 4-8 inches excessive, 2 inches in diameter; areolae 2-2 strains lengthy within the higher full-grown specimens, three or four inside one inch of the rib; in a small specimen, with in basic terms 15 ribs, smaller areolae and smaller and extra quite a few spines (30-35, purely 1-1 line long); 12 or extra bunches of spines are crowded in the related house. Spines all radiating and interlocking, super inflexible and acute, variegated, the most recent ones of every season being rose-colored, and the earliest ones a light yellowish, therefore forming variegated earrings round the stem. Lateral spines 3-4 strains lengthy, decrease one 2 strains lengthy, higher ones nonetheless shorter. flora close to the depressed vertex, simply at the periphery of the rounded best, 2-3 inches lengthy, vibrant crimson, or pink. Fruit subglobose, approximately an inch lengthy, pulpy and fit to be eaten; the fleshy a part of the stem is additionally eaten by means of the population, who name this plant "Cabeza del Viejo." Seed (not rather ripe) 6 traces long,...
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Wright, only from the upper and wider part of the tube, the lower and narrow part 3–4 lines long, naked. 7 line long, very oblique, irregularly pitted by the tubercles, as it were, running together in twisted lines. 10. C. enneacanthus, E. in Wisl. : ovato-cylindricus, obtusus, læte viridis, simplex seu plerumque dense cæspitosus; costis 7–10 obtusis infra dilatatis sursum compressis tuberculatis sulco transverso sæpe interruptis, sinubus profundis acutis; areolis orbiculatis remotis; aculeis rectis, radialibus 7–12 (plerumque 8) albis subpellucidis, inferioribus longioribus, centrali singulo (raro 2 superioribus tenuioribus additis) basi bulboso teretiusculo seu plerumque plus minus compresso triangulatoque albido stramineo seu obscuriore radialibus longiore; floribus subterminalibus seu lateralibus; ovarii pulvillis 25–35 in squamæ triangularis axillis villosis aculeolos 6–12 albidos seu fuscatos gerentibus; sepalis tubi inferioribus 18–20 cam aculeolis longioribus paucioribus, superioribus 10–18 oblanceolatis acutis; petalis 12–15 oblongoobovatis erosis obtusis acutisve; stigmatibus 8–10 viridibus elongatis erectiusculis; bacca cactaceæ.
Spines in var. α. appressed so that the plant resembles somewhat, and has been confounded with, Cereus viridiflorus. In var. β. the spines are loosely patulous, forming a tuft on the top; the whole plant is very similar to Mam. dasyacantha; the entire similarity of flower and fruit, and the intermediate forms of the spines, leave no doubt of both plants belonging together, though their external appearance is so very dissimilar. III. CEREUS, Haw. Subgen. 1. * 1. C. viridiflorus, E. in Wisl. Rep.
Seeds nearly or quite one line long, with a very large hilum. Var. β. has the flowers and fruit of var. α, but is a larger plant with much longer and slenderer spines, lower central spine almost as long as the others. Spines in var. α. appressed so that the plant resembles somewhat, and has been confounded with, Cereus viridiflorus. In var. β. the spines are loosely patulous, forming a tuft on the top; the whole plant is very similar to Mam. dasyacantha; the entire similarity of flower and fruit, and the intermediate forms of the spines, leave no doubt of both plants belonging together, though their external appearance is so very dissimilar.