Tas. 5100. 
PHYLLOCACTUS anauticer. 
Angle-stemmed Phyllocactus. . 
Nat. Ord. Cactacrz: Tribe Payttocactnx.—IcosanDRIia MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Perigonii tubus ultra germen plus minusve et seepe longissime pro- 
ductus, gracilis, flexuosus, glaberrimus. Phylla sepaloidea remota, sparsa, axil- 
lis nudis ; petaloidea numerosa, elongata, varie expansa, corollam rosaceam in- 
fundibuliformem eemulantia. Semina numerosa, orificio tubi adnata, exteriora 
longiora, inéeriora gradatim breviora. Stylus filiformis, stamina superans. Stig- 
ma wultiradiatum, radiis linearibus. Bacca umbilicata, anguloso-costata, gla- 
berrima. Cotyledones connate, suffoliaceze.—Plante pseudo-parasitice. Caulis 
ramigue compressissimi, foliaceo-dilatati, ad margines remote crenati, omnino gla- 
bri, basi etate teretes, lignosi. Flores'e crenis lateralibus nocturni, ephemeri: aut 
per aliquot dies aperti. Salm-Dyck. 
Puytuocactus anguliger ; caule ramisque foliaceis rigidis planis crassis pinna- 
tifidis, lobis fere rectangulari-triangularibus, floris tubo elongato crassiusculo, 
sepalis subcoloratis, petalis albis, stigmatibus 9-10. 
Puyttocactus anguliger. Lem. in Jardin Fleuriste, v. 1. p. 6. Lindl. et Paxton, 
Fl. Gard. p. 177. t. 34. 
A very handsome plant of the Cactus family, whose large flow- 
ers are highly fragrant. The species belongs to a group of the 
old genus Cactus, which have the large and long tube of the 
Cereus group, but with singularly compressed and almost leaf- 
like, more or less lobed stems and branches. ‘To this division 
belongs the Cereus phyllanthovdes, DC. (Bot. Mag. t. 2092); 
Cereus Akermanni, Pft. (Bot. Mag. t. 3598); Cereus phyllan- 
thus (Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2692), ete. ; and these now constitute 
the genus Phyllocactus of Link. Five species are enumerated by 
the Prince of Salm-Dyck in his useful ‘ Cacteze in Horto Dyck- 
ensi culte, anno 1849.’ Since the publication of that work, 
the present species has been imported from Western Mexico, — 
and received from M. Lemaire the name of anguliger, from the 
numerous lobes of the flattened stems, many of them, forming 
very nearly rectangular triangles. We received our living plant 
from the Horticultural Society of London. It flowers readily in | 
the early winter months. 
Descr. Our plant is a foot and a half high; the older and 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1859. 
