. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. TIIIv CACTACKAK. Tlic vegetative characters of the first 9 species here recognized, natives of Florida and the West Indies, are very much alike; their showy yellow or orange-red fruits are edible. The young stem-areoles are subtended by subulate small deciduous leaves in several FIG. 215.—Harrisia eriophora. KEY TO SPECIES. A. Fruit yellow or orange-red, not splitting (Euliarrisia). B. Plants erect. Hairs of the flower-areoles white. Perianth-segments entire. Hairs of the flower-areoles copious, j to cm. long. Fruit yellow i.
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. TIIIv CACTACKAK. Tlic vegetative characters of the first 9 species here recognized, natives of Florida and the West Indies, are very much alike; their showy yellow or orange-red fruits are edible. The young stem-areoles are subtended by subulate small deciduous leaves in several FIG. 215.—Harrisia eriophora. KEY TO SPECIES. A. Fruit yellow or orange-red, not splitting (Euliarrisia). B. Plants erect. Hairs of the flower-areoles white. Perianth-segments entire. Hairs of the flower-areoles copious, j to cm. long. Fruit yellow i. H. criophora Fruit orange-red 2. //. fragrans Hairs of the flower-areoles few and short. Flower-buds depressed-truncate; fruit yellow 3. H. porloricensis Flower-buds pointed. Flower-buds obovoid, short-pointed; color of fruit un- known 4. //. tniihii Flower-buds ovoid, very long-pointed; fruit yellow 5. //. brookii Perianth-segments denticulate. Fruit yellow 6. H. gracilis Fruit orange-red 7. H. simpsonii Hairs of the flower-areoles tawny or brown. Hairs of the flower-areoles i to cm. long; color of fruit unknown; spines up to 6 cm. long 8. H. fernowl Hairs of flower-areoles 7 mm. long or less; fruit yellow; spines much shorter g. //. aboriginum BB. Plants prostrate and pendent on rocks 10. //. carlci A A. Fruit red, often splitting (Eriocereus). Joints several-ribbed or subterete. Ribs of the joints prominent. Ribs not tubercled. Plants bright green 11. H. tortuosa Plants bluish green 12. H. pomanensis Ribs of old joints strongly tubercled. Central spine i, much longer than radial spines 13. //. niarlinii Spines of nearly the same length 14. H. adscendens Ribs of the joints low and broad 15. //. platvgona Joints 3 to s-angled. Scales of the perianth-tube copiously woolly in the axils 16. H. bonplandii Scales of the perianth-tube scarcely woolly in the axils 17. //. giidicliii. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digita
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