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Cactus Opuntia. Common DwarF 
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Class and Order. | 
IcosanpRiA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
__ Cal. 1-phyllus, superus, imbricatus. Cor. multiplex. 
__ Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. 
Sect. 1V. Opuntiz, compresse, articulis proliferis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. — 
Cactus Opuntia; articulato-pro! ifer, laxus, articulis ovatis, 
spinis setaceis. Sp. PL 9. ed. Willd. 2. p. 943. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. V78. Knorr. Thesaur. 1. 
tab. F.a. Kniph. Cent.8.n.19. Dec. Plant. Grass. 
Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. 2. p. 23. 
Opuntia foliis ovatis compressis, spinis setaceis. Hail. 
Hist. n. 1099. °5 en ae ee 
Orunt1 vulgaris; reptans, prostrata, articulis ovatis, spinis 
uniformibus numerosissimis piliformibus. Haworth 
Succul..p. 190. s. = 
eens 
dividing them according c 
tions. Haworra has again separated them into as many 
distinct genera. | , 
Cactus Opuntia is a native of America, and, although’ 
how indigenous in many parts of the south of Europe, and 
in Barbary, was probably originally brought from thence. 
This species is sufficiently hardy to bear our os ; 
; without 
