( 3914 ) 
OPUNTIA DECUMBENS. DercuMBENT OPUNTIA; 
or Prickly Fig. 
KEKE KEK EEE EE EKER EE 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—CactTeEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala numerosa ovario adnata foliiformia, summa plana 
brevia, intima petaliformia obovata, expansa, tubo supra 
ovarium nullo. Stamina petalis breviora; filamentis tenui- 
bus, tactu subirritabilibus. Stylus cylindricus, basi con- 
strictus. Stigmata 3—8 erecta crassa. Bacca ovata apice 
umbilicata, tuberculosa, sepius spinifera. Embryo subspi- 
~~ s flavidi 
This plant has been for Ke time an inhabitant of the 2 
Cactus-House in the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, whee | 
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