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PereskiA BLEo. RosE-COLOURED 
PERESKIA. 
SKK RK KK EK EEE KEKE EK 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpRiA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacrea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala plurima ovario adnata et super fructum sepe per- 
sistentia foliiformia. Corolla rotata fere Opuntia. Stamina 
numerosa petalis multo breviora. Stylus filiformis. Steg- 
mata spiraliter aggregata. Bacca globosa aut ovata. Se- 
mina in pulpa nidulantia.—Frutices aué arbores, ramis 
teretibus. Aculei ad axillam foliorum solitarit aut m caule 
fasciculati. Folia distincta plana in ordine maxima, Flo- 
res subpaniculati solitarti ramulos terminantes aut sublate- 
rales. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
Pereskia * Bleo; foliis ellipticis acutis, aculeis axillaribus 
fasciculatis, pedunculis in axillis supremis 3—5-floris, 
petalis obovatis retusis demum reflexis. | 
Peresx1s Bleo. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. 2. 6. p. 69. 
De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. #74. Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 
1473. 
A very handsome stove plant, which few at the first sight 
with its large, glossy, nerved leaves, and spreading and even 
reflexed petals, would take for one of the Cactus family. 
It appears to have been discovered on the banks of the 
Magdalena, 
* In honour of Nicotas Fasricius PEIRESKIUS, Counsellor in Par- 
liament of Aix en Provence. “Son nom seul fait son éloge, dit TouRNE- 
FoRT.”—Théis. 
