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LEPISMIUM COMMUNE. ComMMON LepIsMIUM. 
ERE ERE KEKE KEE EKER EK 
Class and Order. 
IcosanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cactes,. ) 
Generic Character. a 
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Sepala ovario subnudo pyriformi adnata, in tubum bre- 
vissimum concreta, exteriora 4—5 subimbricata, interiora 
5—7 petaliformia, lanceolata, acuta, recurvato-patula, alba 
vel rosea. Stamina filiformia pluriserialia, externa longiora, 
petalorum basi adnata, antheris minutis reniformibus. 
Stylus crassiusculus columnaris, staminibus intimis longior. 
Stigma 4—5-radiatum. Bacca subglobosa, levis, calyce 
marcescente coronata. Semzna in pulpa nidulantia. Coty- 
ledones \ate, acuminate, foliacez. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
LepismiuM commune ; articulatum erectum subradicans lete 
viride 3—angulare, costis valde compressis repando- 
crenatis ad crenas squama ovata-acuta pilisque nume- 
rosis albis instructis. D C. 
Lerismium commune. Pfeiff. “ in Otto, Gz. 1835. n. 40.” 
Enum. Cact. p. 138. 
Cereus squamulosus. Salm, in D C. Prodr. 2. 3. p. 469. 
Cereus elegans. Hort. 
The Glasgow Botanic Garden owes the possession of this 
plant to Mr. Hrrcusy, a well-known and highly-successful 
cultivator of succulent plants, who probably received it 
from the Prince de Saum Dyk. It is said to be a native of 
Brazil. Its flowering season is October. As a Genus, I 
fear the characters are very slight. The flowers seem to 
me to be altogether those of Rurpesauis, and the habit very 
similar to R. alatus, Preirr. (Cactus alatus, Bot. Mag. t. 
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