Harrisia
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Read about Harrisia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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