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Lepismium Myosurvus. Movse-TaiL Lepis- 
MIUM. : 
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Class and Order. 
IcosanpRiA Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord—Cacrez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala ovario subnudo pyriformi adnata, in tubum bre- 
vissimum concreta: ext. 4—95 subimbricata ; int. 5—7 peta- 
liformia, lanceolata, acuta, recurvo-patula, alba v. rosea. 
Stamina filiformia, pluriserialia, externa longiora, petalorum 
basi adnata; antheris minutis reniformibus. Stylus crassi- 
usculus, columnaris, staminibus intimis longior. Stigma 
4A—}-radiatum. Bacca subglobosa, levis, calyce marces- 
cente coronata. Semina in pulpa nidulantia. Cotyledones 
late, acuminate, foliacee. Pfeiff. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Lerismium* Myosurus ; diffuso-suberectum subarticulatum, 
articulis elongatis gracilibus 3—4-gonis, marginibus 
acutis crenulatis purpureis, crenulis subremotis albo- 
pilosis, squamula foliacea suffultis. Pfezff- 
Lerismium Myosurus. Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. 1. 139. 
Cereus tenuispinus. Haw. m Phil. Mag. 1827. 
Cereus Myosurus. Salm-Dyck in De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 
Cacrus tenuis. Schott. 
A native of Brazil, according to Dr. Preimrrer. It flow- 
ered in July of the present year, in the collection of 
T. Brock1e- 
lili aadimermcnesninin—e ae en - on 
* Aims, a scale: so named, I presume, from the little scale at the crena- 
tures. 
