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CACTUS tnmcatus. 

 Ringerd-Jlowpred Cactus, 



ICOSANDRIA MOffOGYNtA. 



Nat. ord. Cacti. Jimieu gat. 310. Div. U. Petala et stamina indefi-^ 



nita. 



NoPAlSjB. Jtitttea MB8.1 (fide Jhamd, tMor. bot. 340. ' 

 n. 05). 

 CACTUS. Suprdw}l%foLXm, 



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Din. Ph^minthi. 

 C. tnmcaiut, ramis recurrp-diraricatid, foliaceo-compressU, articulis apiee 

 lunato-truncatis ; floribus temunaUbas solitariis nutantibus, obliquato- 

 ringentibus, staminibus adscendentibus, stigmatibus compact^ coniu- 

 ventibas. 



Cactus truDcatus. Link enum. kort. beroL alt. 2. 24. 

 Epiphyllum truncatam. Haworth suppl. 85. 



Planta perennis, dichotoma, ffhateiuscula, kumiHtt caide brevi, ramis 

 articttiatigt recuroo-dwarieatUt gubfoUaeeo-eompreuis, articulis cuneato-ob- 

 longis, tabuncialibug, deniVmt paueis vagis axiUari-penicillati* lUrinque 

 MoratiSj apiee bmidato-pracui*. Flores wAfrtimctafef mperJiindHm coiu/t- 

 dum roseo-nUfottett terminale$, teuiksy toHtarii, nutantes: petala imMeata 

 twrbiHaio-comtivaUia, rietu refiexQ deonkm obliqmato ng»emi patentia. 

 Stamina numerosa, fasciaUaia, $iAad»cendetitiat petalii tequalia. Stigmata 

 plura (5-7?) a/ronnuirttMea m comin compaeta. Germ, viride, terfrmoto- 

 obbmgum, fiore pbariis brteint. 



The fine blossom of this newly imported species made its 

 first appearance, we believe, last summer in several of our 

 gardens together. 



The drawing was taken from Mr. Hood*s collection, 

 ( Vanxhall Road ; where it is cultivated in the hothouse. 



We were l&voured with an excellent representation of the 

 entire plant, by Mrs. Harrison, from a sample raised from 

 Brazil seed, at Aigburgh, near Liverpool, in 1821. We re- 

 gret, notwithstanding the size was too large for our work, 

 we had not inserted a diminished outline of that draw- 

 ing ; the divaricated flexure of the branches, evidently a 

 specific habit, b^ng skilfully characterized in it. In our 

 plate there is room only for the termination of the branches 

 with their flowers of the natural size, and these are 

 shown upright ; but in their place on the plant they termi- 



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