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PERESKIA* Bléo. 
Rose-coloured Pereskia. 
'" ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
ER ord. Cactex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 
p. 54. 
PERESKIA.—Sepala plurima ovario adnata et super fructum sepé 
persistentia, foliiformia. Corolla rotata, feré Opuntie. Stamina numerosa, 
petalis multó breviora. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata spiraliter aggregata. 
Bacca globosa aut ovata. Semina in pulpa nidulantia. Frutices aut 
arbores ramis teretibus. Aculei ad axillam foliorum solitarii, aut in caule 
fasciculati. Folia distincta, plana, in ordine maxima. Flores subpani- 
on solitarü, ramulos terminantes aut sublaterales.—De Cand. prodr. 
P. Bleo ; foliis oblongis acuminatis, aculeis axillaribus 5-6 fasciculatis, floribus 
ad apicem ramulorum 2-4 breviter pedunculatis, petalis obovatis retusis. 
De Cand. l. c. 
P. Bleo. Humb. et Kunth nov. gen. et sp. pl. p. 69. 
A native of the hottest parts of America, Humboldt 
found it on the banks of the Magdalena, near Badillas, in 
New Granada, where it was called Bleo; and Mr. Staples 
sent it to Mr. Tate, in 1827, from the plains of Mexico. 
It is a very handsome plant, and a free flowerer, pro- 
ducing its blossoms in January and the succeeding months. 
Our drawing was made in Mr. Tate’s Nursery in January 
1831. 
Requires the heat of a dry stove, and the soil and 
management usually applied to similar succulent plants, 
except that it will bear more water than many. Fn 
* Named in honour of Nicolas Fabrice Peireskius, a gentleman of Aix, 
in Provence, and contemporary of Tournefort. 
