. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. MEDIOCACTUS. 211 KEY TO SPECIES. Flowers 25 to 30 cm. long; eastern coast of South America Flowers 38 cm. long; western Andes 1. Mediocactus coccineus (Salm-Dyck). Cereus coccineus Salm-Dyck in De Candolle, Proclr. 3: 469. 1828. Cereus setaceus Salm-Dyck in De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 469. 1828 Cereus setaceus viridior Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 65. 1834. Cereus lindbergianus Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 151. 1897. Cereus lindmanii Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 163. 1897. Cereus hasslcri Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 45. 1900. Stems u
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. MEDIOCACTUS. 211 KEY TO SPECIES. Flowers 25 to 30 cm. long; eastern coast of South America Flowers 38 cm. long; western Andes 1. Mediocactus coccineus (Salm-Dyck). Cereus coccineus Salm-Dyck in De Candolle, Proclr. 3: 469. 1828. Cereus setaceus Salm-Dyck in De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 469. 1828 Cereus setaceus viridior Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 65. 1834. Cereus lindbergianus Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 151. 1897. Cereus lindmanii Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 163. 1897. Cereus hasslcri Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 45. 1900. Stems usually climbing on trees, sometimes clambering over rocks or walls, developing many aerial roots, the joints pale green, various, sometimes 8 cm. broad, of ten only 2 cm. broad; angles usually 3, but sometimes 4 or evens on the same plant; young areoles 5 to 10 mm. apart, bearing brown felt and 10 to 15 white, radial, deciduous bristles followed by several spines; areoles of mature branches 2 to 3 cm. apart; spines at first pinkish, then brown or yellowish brown, conic, i to 2 mm. long, more or less swollen at base, usually only 2 or 3, sometimes more, rarely only i; flowers 25 1030 cm. long; outer perianth-segments linear, green, widely spreading; inner perianth-segments erect, broader than outer, upper margins serrate; style exserted, yellow; stigma-lobes about 16, linear, entire, yellow; the fruit somewhat pointed, 7 cm. long, edible, strongly tuberculate when young, its areoles bearing a cluster of spines i to 2 cm. long; flesh white; seeds black. Type locality: Brazil. Distribution: Argentina to Brazil. All writers on the Cactaccac, including Salm-Dyck, are agreed that the Cereus cocci- neus described by De Candolle (Prodr. 3: 469. 1828) is different from the plant after- . i. M. coccineus .2. M. megalanthus. FIG. 290.—Mediocactus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - color
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