Harrisia

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Read about Harrisia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Harrisia(named for William Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens and Plantations. Jamaica). Cactaceae. Upright tall cacti, little planted.

Stems rather slender, sometimes weak: branches fluted and having 8-11 rounded ribs: areoles bearing slender needle-like spines: fls. tubular, rather large, growing from near the tips of the branches, night- blooming: fr. naked, globose, yellow.—About 8 species known; these confined to the W. Indies.


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