. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. THE CACTACEAE. apart; radial spines 6 or 7, 5 to ID an. long, grayish; central spine i ; flowers small, yellowish green; fruit spiny, globose, 2 to cm. in diameter, red both within and without; seeds small, black, with a basal hiluni. 7'r/v /ivd///v: Ccrro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Mexico. I >ist>-il<n!in: Pucbla and Oaxaca, Mexico. The plant is known as chichipe, or, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, chichibe. The fruit, which is sold in the Mexican markets, like many other Mexican cactus fruits, has a different name from the plant; i
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. THE CACTACEAE. apart; radial spines 6 or 7, 5 to ID an. long, grayish; central spine i ; flowers small, yellowish green; fruit spiny, globose, 2 to cm. in diameter, red both within and without; seeds small, black, with a basal hiluni. 7'r/v /ivd///v: Ccrro Colorado, near Tehuacan, Mexico. I >ist>-il<n!in: Pucbla and Oaxaca, Mexico. The plant is known as chichipe, or, according to Dr. C. A. Purpus, chichibe. The fruit, which is sold in the Mexican markets, like many other Mexican cactus fruits, has a different name from the plant; it is called chichituna. Illiittnitunis: Bull. Soc. Acclim. France 52: f. 7, as Ccrcns chichi pc; Monatsschr. Kak- teenk. 19:53, as (Y/r//.v FIG. 132.—L. eichlamii. FIG. 131.— longispinus. 8. Lemaireocereus chende (Gosselin). Cereus chende Gosselin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris n: 506. 1905. Cereus del morulii J. A. Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 89. 1909. Plant 5 to 7 meters high, with a short indefinite trunk, very much branched above, forming a large top; branches rather slender, ascending or erect; ribs 7 to 9, rather sharp; areoles on old branches cm. apart, on young branches perhaps closer together; radial spines usually 5, the centrals when present a little longer than the radials, brown to bright yellow, in age grayish, acicular • flowers small, about 3 to 4 cm. long including the ovary; fruit said to be deep red, very Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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