166 CACTEX. 
Straight Torch-thistle. Clt. 1822. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
27 C. Hawérrat (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 495. under Cédclus) 
plant erect, large, 5-angled, with profound furrows; spines nu- 
merous, usually an inch long, brown. h. D.S. Native cf the 
West Indies. C. ndbilis. Haw. syn. 179. This species is more 
formidable than the rest in the prickles being very large and 
numerous. The rest unknown. The Cactus nébilis, Lin. Haw. 
and Lam. are very different from each other, and constitute 3 
distinct species. 
Haworth’ s Torch-thistle. 1811. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
28 C. AU'REUS (Salm-Dyck. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3, p- 465.) 
plant erect, green, 7-8-angled ; ribs compressed, very prickly ; 
prickles yellow, rising from straw-coloured tomentum, with 8 
radiating ones in each fascicle, and some central longer ones. 
k. D. S. Native country and flowers unknown. Differs 
from C. Hawérthii, in the prickles being yellow, and in their fas- 
cicles being more closely crowded. 
Golden-spined Torch-thistle. Shrub. 
29 C. nicer (Salm-Dyck. hort. dyck. cat. 1822.) plant erect, 
blackish, 7-angled ; ribs rather compressed ; prickles slender, 
fulvous, rising from white tomentum : with 7 radiating ones in 
each fascicle, the 3 lowest of these longer than the rest, and 2 
or 3 central ones, the lowest one very short. h. D. S. Native 
of South America. Cactus niger, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 495. 
Céreus niger, Haw. rev. 70. Said to be allied to C. repandus. 
Top rather woolly ; wool grey. 
Black Torch-thistle. Clt. 1820. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
30 C. ruxvispinésus (Haw. syn. 183.) plant erect, tall, 
usually 9-angled, simple or branched; prickles strong, yellowish, 
when full grown nearly an inch long. h.D. S. ‘Native of 
South America. Cactus Royéni, Mill. dict. ed. 8. 
Tanney-spined Torch-thistle. Clt. 1796. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 
31 C. rravisrinus (Salm-Dyck. obs. bot. 1822.) plant erect, 
pale green, 8-10-angled; ribs rather compressed; prickles 
slender, yellowish, rising from white tomentum: with 8 radiating 
ones in each fascicle, the upper ones of these very small, and 
3-4 central ones, the upper one of these erect and very long. 
h. D. S. Native of South America. Perhaps the sameas C. 
Alavispinus of Colla, hort. rip. p. 24. Stem hardly woolly at the 
apex; wool grey. There is a variety of this species with 6- 
angled stems and longer prickles. Salm-Dyck. in litt. 
Yellow-spined Torch-thistle. Clt.? Shrub 2 to $ feet. 
32 C. Curror’nsts (Colla, pl. rar. hort. ripul. app. 2. p. 342.) 
plant ovate, erect, 10-angled ; angles blunt ; prickles pale, pel- 
lucid, middle one of each fascicle the strongest ; wool very 
short. kh. D. S. Native of Chili. C; Coquimbanus, Hort. 
but not of Molin. 
Chiloe Torch-thistle. Shrub. 
33 C. rupHorsioipes (Haw. suppl. p. 75.) plant erect, usually 
10-angled ; angles strong ; spines unequal, nearly naked at the 
base. h.D.S. Native of tropical America. There are 3 mid- 
dle-sized spines, 2 about 2 lines long, and 1 about 7 lines long 
in each fascicle. 
Spurge-like Torch-thistle. Clt.? Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
34 C. Royrnt (Haw. syn. p. 102.) plant erect, bluntly 9- 
angled ; spines a little longer than the wool, from which they 
issue; floral tube unarmed: outer lobes acuminated, inner ones 
the shortest. k. D. S. Native of the West Indies. Cactus 
Royéni, Lin. spec. 668.—Royen, lugd. bat. 279.—D. C. pl. 
grass. t. 143. C. lanugindsus, Mill. dict. no. 7. Floral tube 
greenish. Calycine lobes rufescent ; inner or corolline ones the 
longest, acuminated, and white. Stigmas 12. Fruit red, ac- 
cording to Herm. 
Royen’s Torch-thistle. Clt. 1728. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 
85 C. tanuernosus (Haw. syn. 182.) plant erect, bluntly 8-9- 
angled ; spines shorter than the wool from which they issue. 
k. D.S. Native of the West Indies. Herm. lugd. bat. par. 
IV. Cereus. 
t. 115. without a flower. C. repandus, Mill. dict. ed. 8. Các- 
tus lanuginosus, Lin. spec. 667. The fruit, according to Herm, 
is red, not spiny. 
Woolly Torch-thistle. Fl. Jul. Clt. 1690. Sh. 1 to 2 ft, 
36 C. repa’Nous (Haw. syn. 183. D. C. diss. t. 13.) plant 
long, erect, with 8-9 blunt angles; angles rather undulated; 
spines longer than the wool from which they issue ; floral tube, 
and consequently the fruit, is unarmed: outer lobes of calyx 
narrow and much acuminated, almost exceeding the inner ones 
in length. h.D.S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Cactus 
repandus, Lin. spec. 667. Ker. bot. reg. te 336. Céreus grà- 
cilis, Mill. dict. ed. 8. no. 8.—Trew. ehret. t. 14, Tube of 
flower green; inner calycine or corolline lobes white. Stigmas 
8-10. Fruit yellow, white inside. 
Repand Torch-thistle. Fl. May. Clt. 1728. Sh. 10 to 20f. 
37 C. susrepa’Npus (Haw. suppl. 78.) plant erect, with 8 
angles ; angles compressed, repand; prickles strong, of a pale 
colour; wool very short. h.D.S. Native of the West Indies, 
Very distinct from C. crendtus. 
Subrepand Torch-thistle. Clt. 1817. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
38 C. #‘rutors (Haw. in phil. mag. feb. 1830. p. 108.) 
plant erect, bluntly 8-angled ; angles short ; fascicles of spines 
very black, as well as the short central wool. k. D.S. Na- 
tive of Brazil., Very like C. repándus, but much more dwarf 
and simple, and very green ; with about 12 spines in each facet 
This is a singular plant, from its black spines and black beard- 
like terminal brush. 
Black-spined Torch-thistle. Clt. 1829. Shrub. s 
39 C. roLycòxus (Lam. dict. 1. p. 539. under Cáctus) plant 
erect, branched, with 11 blunt angles, woolly at the oe 
prickles setaceous, grey; flowers short, with the limb hardly 
spreading. h. D. S. Native of St. Domingo.—Plum. $ 
Burm. t. 196. Flowers white. Fruit reddish brown, tubercle ; 
flesh reddish. Stem 10 feet high, and 6-7 inches in diameter. 
This species is allied to C. repándus, according to Lamarck, but 
Spreng. has joined it with C. griseus. 
Many-angled Torch-thistle. Shrub 10 feet. 
40 C. ma’enus (Haw. in phil. mag. feb. 1830.) plant yery 
strong, simple, with usually 12 deep furrows, and as many riigi 
spines unequal, very stiff, dark. h. D.G. Native of St. = 
mingo. Spines about 12 in each fascicle ; fascicles rather dis 
tant. Flowers large, white. 
Large Torch-thistle. Clt. 1829. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. ) 
41 C. pivarica‘rus (Lam. dict. 1. p. 540. under Caa 
plant erect, branched, very spiny, and bluntly 1o ; 
branches spreading. k. D.S. Native of St. Domingo.—P wn 
ed. Burm. t. 193. Flowers lateral, hardly known. Ernten 
bose, golden yellow, warted by large points, or unarmed ; pwp 
white and sweet. 
Divaricate Torch-thistle. Shrub. 
42 C. cuLoroca'rrus (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, ore 
68.) plant erect, branched ; branches fastigiate, 10-12-angie#; 
angles tubercled ; tubercles beset with starry prickles ; rr 
prickle in each fascicle 4 times longer than the rest. R- D. 
Native of South America. 
~ Green-fruited Torch-thistle. Shrub 10 feet. H 
43 C. rÆærus (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) plant erect, pale ae 
jointed ; joints 7-angled ; angles tubercled, each tubercle io 
nished with a fascicle of spines. h.D.S. Native of Quito, 
near Sondorillo. The rest unknown. 
Fruitful Torch-thistle. Shrub. 
° $» 
** * Stems with 3-4 or 5 angles, very rarely with 6 angle 
6. 
44 C. virens (D. C. mem. cact. in mem. mus. 17. p- pel 
plant simple, erect, pale green, with 5 vertical, oboi 
fascicles of spines remote, having the areola velvety when y 
