172 
Deceiving Indian-fig. Clt. 1830. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
7 O. Kierniz (D. C. 1. c.) plant erect, branched, greyish 
green; branches erect, cylindrical, without tubercles; fascicles 
disposed in a spiral manner to the left; areola velvety ; prickles 
of two forms, with numerous bristle-formed whitish brown ones 
in each fascicle, and one large spreadingly deflexed slender white 
one at the lower side of the fascicle. h.D.S. Native of 
Mexico. Coulter, no. 21. Stem more than a finger in thick- 
ness, like the stem of Cacdlia Kleinie. Leaves small, oblong, 
deciduous. Large prickle an inch long. 
Kleinia-like Indian-fig. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
8 O. rerrTocav'ins (D.C. 1. c.) plant erect, branched; branches 
cylindrical, erect, without tubercles ; fascicles disposed in spiral 
lines to the left; areolz rather tomentose ; prickles of two forms, 
the 3 lower ones in each fascicle setaceous, blackish, spread- 
ingly deflexed, the rest bristly, crowded, and rufescent. h. D. 
S. Native of Mexico. Coulter, no. 22. Stem the thickness 
of the small finger. Referrible to the preceding species. 
Slender-stemmed Indian-fig. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
9 O. revco’rricna (D. C. 1. c. p. 119.) joints oblong, erect, 
when young velvety; areola when young convex, velvety ; 
prickles of two forms, 2 or 3 of which in each fascicle are very 
long, setaceous, unarmed, white, and spreading, and 4-5 very 
small, bristle-like, straight, yellow ones. h. D. S. Native of 
Mexico. Coulter, no. 2. Larger prickles 10-12 lines long. 
Intervals between the fascicles of bristles distant. 
White-haired Indian-fig. Shrub. 
10 O. Orrdnis (Link et Otto, pl. rar. hort. berol. t. 16.) 
stem nearly cylindrical, with 12 bluntish ribs; the 3-4 middle 
spines in each fascicle are erectish, slender, brownish, longer 
than the rest, which are 10-14 in number, very slender, and 
spreading; petals acute, rather serrulated, cuspidate. h.D.S. 
Native of Brazil. 
Otto’s Indian-fig. Shrub. 
11 O. putvina’ra (D.C. 1. c.) joints oval, erect, velvety ; 
areolz convex, pulvinate, the whole occupied by innumerable, 
straight, crowded, yellow, fragile bristles, without any true 
prickles intermixed. h.D.S. Native of Mexico. Coulter. 
A very distinct species. O., macrodasys, Lehm. hort. hamb. ex 
Salm-Dyck in litt. 
Pulvinate Indian-fig. 
Secr. II. Drivarica‘tz (from divaricatus, divaricated ; 
branches). Haw. syn. 195. Stems humble; branches diverg- 
ing ; joints linear-lanceolate, thick, nearly terete. Prickles strong, 
in fascicles. 
12 O. toneisrina (Link et Otto, hort. berol. Haw. in phil. 
mag. Feb. 1830. p. 109.) joints compressedly terete: spines pur- 
plish, some of them small and fulvous, and a slender terete one 
(which is when full grown 3 inches long) in each fascicle. R. 
D.S. Native of Brazil. 
Long-spined Indian-fig. Clt. 1829. Shrub. 
13 O. cLomera ra (Haw. in phil. mag. Feb. 1830. p. 110.) 
branches disposed in crowded tufts; central spines solitary in 
each tuft, linear, acuminated, flat on both sides, very long. Rh. 
D.S. Native of Brazil. Branches thick, teretely lanceolate, 
greenish, hardly half an inch broad. 
Glomerate-branched Indian-fig. Clt. 1829. Shrub. 
14 O. roròsa (Salm-Dyck in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 471.) 
joints compressed, branched, pale green, when young leafy, when 
old prickly ; prickles 1-2, elongated, pale straw-coloured, rising 
from yellowish tomentum. kh. D. S. Native of South Ame- 
rica. O. pusilla, Haw. syn. 195. but not of Salm-Dyck. Các- 
tus folidsus, Willd. enum. suppl. 32. Flowers almost like those 
of O. vulgaris. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 8-10, yellow. Stigmas 
8-4, white, 
CACTES. 
Shrub. 
VI. Opuntia. 
Leafy \ndian-fig. Fi. June. Clt. 1805. Shrub 4 to 1 foot, 
15 O. Curassa’vica (Mill. dict. no. 7. Haw. syn. 196.) plant 
erect ; joints brittle, cylindrically ventricose, compressed, very 
much divaricated, deep green; prickles 1-4 in each fascicle, 
whitish. b. D. S. Native of Curassoa. Bradl. succ. t. 4, 
Cactus Curassavicus, Lin, spec. 670. Flowers yellow, an inch 
and a half in diameter. Stigmas 3-5. 
Var. B, lénga (Haw. rev. p. 71.) branches more firm, and 
twice the length of those of the species. h. D.S. Native of 
Brazil. Perhaps a proper species. There are several other 
varieties mentioned by Haworth, but they appear to have sprung 
more from the state of the plants, and the manner of culture. 
Curassoa Indian-fig. Fl. June, July. Clit. 1690. Shrub 4 
to 6 feet. 
16 O. rra‘erus (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 296. under Céctus,) 
joints short, oblong, nearly terete, fragile, doubly spinose ; fruit 
dry and prickly. %.H. Native of North America, in sterile 
places about the river Missouri. Flowers smal), yellow, solitary 
on the tops of the branches. Truly distinct from all the rest, 
and will perhaps form a distinct section along with two other un- 
published species, which are now growing in the garden of the 
Prince de Salm-Dyck. 
Brittle Indian-fig. Clt. 1814. Shrub § to 1 foot. 
17 O. pusitta (Salm-Dyck, obs. bot. 1822.:et in litt. 1827.) 
plant prostrate, divaricate, of a dirty-green colour ; joints cylin- 
drical, cucumber-formed ; fascicles of prickles crowded ; prickles 
setaceous, white, rising from white tomentum, 1 or 2 in each fas- 
cicle are more elongated than the rest. h.D. S. Native of 
South America. Joints rather attenuated at the apex. 
Small Indian-fig. Clt. 1817. Shrub prostrate. 
Sect. III. Graxpisrixòsæ (from grandis, great, and spinosus, 
full of spines; in reference to the prickles being large and nu- 
merous). Haw. syn. 195. Joints compressed, ovate or obovate. 
Prickles variable, the smaller ones setaceous, and the larger ones 
much longer and stronger. 
18 O. Missourie’nsis (D. C. prod. 3. p. 472.) joints broad, 
nearly orbicular, very prickly; prickles of 2 forms, larger ones 
radiating and permanent; flowers numerous; fruit dry an 
prickly. h. H. Native of North America, in arid places about 
the Missouri, plentiful. Cactus férox, Nutt. gen. amer. l. P- 
296. but not of Willd. O. polyacdntha, Haw. rev. p. 82. 
Larger than O. vulgaris. Flowers pale yellow or sulphur-co- 
loured. Stigmas 8-10, greenish. Prickles white. 
Missouri Indian-fig. Fl. June, July. Clt.1814. Sh. 1 ft. 
19 O. re‘rox (Haw. suppl. p. 82.) joints oblong, elongated ; 
prickles strong and setaceous, numerous, whitish, in fascicles, 
longer than the wool from which they issue, one of which in eat 
fascicle is longer than the rest. h. D.S. Native of South 
America. Cactus férox, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 35. but not of 
Nutt. The rest unknown. 
Fierce Indian-fig. Clt. 1817. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. ee 
20 O. spinosi’ssima (Mill. dict. ed. 8. Haw. syn. 193.) joints 
oblong; prickles yellowish, setaceous, and subulate, very nu- 
merous, in fascicles, longer than the wool from which they issue 
h. D.S. Native of Jamaica. Cactus spinosissimus, Lam. dict. 
1. p. 537. Flowers yellow. 
Very-spiny Indian-fig. FI. July. Clt. 1732. Sh. 6 to 10 feet, 
21 O. Ho rRIDA (Salm-Dyck in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 472.) 
plant erect; joints cuneately obovate, repand, tubercled ; fas- 
cicles of prickles remote; prickles of various forms, yellow, 
painted with brown, rising from setaceous yellow tomentum, One 
in each fascicle longer than the rest, about 2 inches in lengt®. 
hk. D. S. Native of South America. O. himilis, Haw. sy? 
189. Cáctus himilis, Haw. misc. 187. but the name is deceit- 
ful, the plant growing to aconsiderable height. Flowers yellow. 
