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Cactus flagelliformis. CreepingCereus. 
Clafis and Order. 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. 
Calyx l-phyllus, fuperus, imbricatus. Corolla multiplex.’ Bacca 
l-locularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Character. 
CACTUS Jlagelliformis repens decemangularis. Linn. Syjl- 
Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 460. 
CEREUS jlagelliformis. Miller’s Gard . Diet. ed. 6. 4I0. 
Grows fpontaneoufly in South- America, and the Weft- 
Indies, flowers in our dry ftoves early in June, is tolerably 
hardy, and will thrive even in a common green-houfe, that 
has a flue to keep out the fevere frofls. 
It is fuperior to all its congeners in the brilliancy of it* 
colour, nor are its biofioms fo fugacious as many of the other 
fpecies. 
No plant is more eafily propagated by cuttings; thefe 
Miller recommends to be laid by in a dry place for a fortnight, 
or three weeks, then to be planted in pots, filled with a mixture 
of loam and lime rubbifh, having Tome (tones laid in the bottoiR 
of the pot to drain off the moifturc, and afterwards plunged 
into a gentle hot-bed of Tanners bark, to facilitate their 
rooting, giving them once a week a gentle watering*, tbi* 
bufineis to be done the beginning of July. 
It is feldom that this plant perfects its feeds in this country • 
Miller relates that it has borne fruit in Chelfea gardens. 
