170 CACTEE. 
§ 3. Opuntidcei (plants having the habit of Opúntia). D. C. 
prod. 3. p. 470. Stems composed of globose joints, horrific 
from diverging prickles. Flowers tubular. Style much exserted, 
multifid at the apex. Perhaps a proper genus, intermediate 
between Céreus and Opiintia ? 
86 C. monizirórmIs (Lin. spec. 668. under Céctus) plant dif- 
fusely procumbent, much branched ; joints globose; prickles 
strong, diverging. h.D.S. Nativeof St. Domingo. Plum. 
ed. Burm. t. 198. Cactus moniliformis, Lam. dict. 1. p. 541. 
Flowers and fruit red; floral tube elongated, as in Céreus ; 
limb short, spreading. Style much exserted. Stigmas 8-10, 
spreading, 
Necklace-formed Torch-thistle. Shrub procumbent. 
87 C. se’rrens (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 68. 
under Céctus) plant creeping, branched, rather angular; areole 
6-angled, prickly at the apex; flowers tubular. h. D.S. Na- 
tive of Quito, on dry hills on the banks of the river Guanca- 
bamba, near Sondorillo. Flowers flesh-coloured ; petals 8-12, 
acute ; stigmas 8, approximate. Perhaps a species of Opúntia. 
Creeping Torch-thistle. Shrub cr. 
88 C. wa'nus (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. under Cáctus) plant 
creeping and jointed; joints terete, rather compressed, areolate, 
prickly, a little branched. X4. D. S. Native of Quito, near 
Sondorillo, on the banks of the Guancabamba. The rest un- 
known. 
Dwarf Torch-thistle. Shrub proc. 2 to 3 inches. 
89 C. cra‘citis (Haw. in phil. mag. feb. 1827. p. 126.) plant 
erectish, nearly terete; old spines solitary, straight, an inch 
long, but at first twin or more, white. h. D.S. Native of 
South America. Plant with the habit of Euphorbia hystrix, but 
less spiny and the spines shorter. It appears to be more nearly 
allied to C. ndnus than to any other species. 
Weak Torch-thistle. Clt.? Shrub. 
t The following species are in the gardens, but nothing is 
known of them but the names. 
1 C. rosàceus, Hort. berol. 
2 C. Déppü, Hort. berol. 
3 C. incrustàtus, Hort. berol. 
4 C. exérens, Hort. berol. 5 C. 
affinis, Hort. berol. 6 C. proteiformis, Hort. par. 7 C. Col- 
villi, Sweet. 8 C. ovatus, Gill. (under Céctus). 9 C. po- 
lymérphus, Gill. (under Cáctus). 
Cult. The same kind of soil recommended for Mammillària, 
p- 160. will answer the species of this genus; and they are 
easily propagated by cuttings, which if left to lie a few days 
after being separated from the mother plant, strike root readily. 
In order to have several species on one tree, insert them in a 
plant of Peréskia. 
V. EPIPHY' LLUM (from em, epi, upon, and ġvàdov, phyllon, 
a leaf: flowers rising from the flat branches, which appear like 
leaves). Herm. par. bat. add. (ex Dill.). Haw. 
197. phil. mag. aug. 1829. p. 108.—Phyllárthus, 
1. p. 85. Cèreus, § 3. Alata, 
species of Lin. and others. 
Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Tube of corolla very 
long, middle-sized, or very short, furnished with remote, un- 
armed scales, rising from the crenatures of the branches, among 
small innocuous spines. Limb of corolla fugaceous, deeply 
multifid, and as if it were polypetalous, rosaceous or more or 
less of a ringent form. Branched, slender, hardly climbing 
subshrubs, natives of South America, growing among rocks 
or on the trunks of old trees; branches much compressed, 2- 
edged, thin but fleshy, lobately crenated, green, smooth ; with a 
slender, woody, central axis. Flowers solitary, usually large 
and showy, white, rose-coloured, or scarlet, rarely sweet-scented. 
syn. succ. p. 
Neck. elem. 
D. C. prod. 3. p. 469. CActus 
IV. Cereus. 
V. Epirnyiium. 
The branches towards the roots are rather angular. The rest 
as in Cèreus, of which perhaps it is merely a section. 
Secr. I. Nocru’rna (from nocturnus, nightly, or in the night; 
in reference to the time at which the flowers expand). Haw. in 
phil. mag. aug. 1829. p. 107. Corollas fugaceous, sweet-scented, 
white, expanding alone at night; tube very long. 
1 E. puyzra'ntuus (Haw. syn. 197.) corolla small, much 
shorter than the tube, which is nearly a foot in length ; stigmas 
10. kh.D.S. Native of South America, in Brazil, Guiana, 
Surinam, Guadaloupe, &c. Cactus phyllanthus, Lin. spec. 670. 
D. C. pl. grass. t. 145. Opúntia phyllanthus, Mill. dict. no. 9. 
Céreus phyllanthus, D. C. prod. 3. p. 469.—Dill. elth. t. 64. 
f. 74. Flowers white, 9-12 inches long, expanding at night, 
sweet-scented. 
Leaf-flonering Epiphyllum. Fl. Ju. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 
2 E. Hooxe'‘rt (Haw. 1. c.) corolla middle-sized, much shorter 
than the tube, which is about half a foot long; stigmas 
usually 13. k.D. S. Native of South America. Flowers 
white, sweet-scented. Cactus phyllanthus, Hook. bot. mag. 
2692. Flowers white, sweet-scented. 
Hooker's Epiphyllum. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Sh. 2 feet. 
Secr. II. Div’rwa (from diurnus, belonging to the day-time; 
in allusion to the time of the blossoms expanding). Haw. in 
phil. mag. aug. 1829. Corollas scentless, open day and night; 
tube middle-sized or very short. 
3 E. puytiantuoipes (Haw. l. c.) corolla large, rosaceous; 
tube middle-sized, shorter than the oblong-lanceolate petals; 
stigmas 7. b. D. S. Native of Mexico. Cáctus phyllán- 
thoìdes, D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 84. Sims, bot. mag. 
2092. D.C. prod. 3. p. 469. Cactus specidsus, Ker. bot. reg. 
804. Bonpl. nav. t. 3. Epiphyll. speciòsum, Haw. suppl. P 
84. Cactus élegans, Link, enum. 2. p. 25. Cactus alatus, 
Willd. enum. suppl. 35.—Hern. mex. 292. f. 3. and t. 457.— 
Pluk. phyt. t. 247. f. 5. Flowers pale rose-coloured, 4 inches 
long, scentless. Branches flat, without any spines in the notches 
except when young. 
Phyllanthus-like or Common 
Clt. 1810. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. ; 
4 E. VANDE'sI (Hortul.) branches flat or triquetrous, with 
no spines in the notches, except when young, when there are 4 
few small ones at the base ; branches rather convex. 
D. S. A hybrid raised in the garden of the Count de Vandes 
at Bayswater, from the seed of Æ. phyllanthoides, impregnat 
by the pollen of Cèreus speciosissimus. The flowers are large, 
and of a deep red colour, and, upon the whole, it may be consi- 
dered the most splendid of the genus. 
Count De Vandes' Epiphyllum, or Hybrid Cactus. Fl. June, 
July. Hybrid shrub. 
5 E. Jenxtnsonm; branches round or triquetrous at the base, 
but always flat at the apex, with the notches more prominent: 
spiny than in any other species of the genus; the branches are like- 
wise more convex and firm. h.D.S. A hybrid, raised s 
the seeds of Cèreus speciosissimus, impregnated by the pollen o 
Epiphýllum speciòsum. Cactus Jenkensònii, Hortul. The 
flowers of this hybrid are large, and of a deep scarlet-colour, a 
are said even to outvie in splendour those of E. Vandèsii. ket 
are several other hybrids now in various gardens, raised fromt fj 
Same parents as the present plant, which may prove = 4 
superior in splendour to any of the genus, but they have not y 
flowered. 
Jenkinson’s Epiphyllum or Hybrid Cactus. Fl. Ju. July- Hy- 
brid. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. the 
6 E. oxyrr'raLum (Haw. 1. c.) tube of flower length of | 
acuminated lobes; flowers sessile ; fruit nerved longitudinal y: 
Epiphyllum. Fl. June, July. 
