( 2741, 2742 ) 
CACTUS COCHINILLIFER. SPINELESS 
CocHINEAL Fic, 
EER KEKE KER EEE EEE KEEEE 
Class and Order. 
IcosANpRiA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacrt, _ Div. Opuntiz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. e squamis numerosis, imbricatis, superus. Pet. 
numerosa calyci inserta, interiora majora,. basi. coalita. 
Stigma multifidum. Bacea wnbilicata, unilocularis, po- 
lysperma. Semina intra pulpam nidulantia. 
_ Specific Character and Synonyms. -_ 
Cactus cochinillifer ; articulis obovatis compressis basi at- 
tenuatis inermibus, petalis conniventibus staminibus 
brevioribus. Be Py a fore 
Cactus cochinillifer.. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 670. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
v.2. p. 944. Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2.v. 3. p. 179. An- 
drews Repository, t. 533. Sprengel Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 
497 (non C. coccinellifer. De Cand. Plantes Grasses.). 
Opuntia cochinellifera, Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. p. 192. 
Opuntia maxima, &c. Sloane Hist, Jam. v. 2. p. 152. t. 8. 
Ficus indica major levis, &e. Pluken. Alm. p. 146. t. 281. 
Tona mitior flore sanguineo cochinellifera. Dull. Elth. p. 
ars ® 
2 is 
Descr. This Cacrus may almost be reckoned arbores- 
cent, for it grows to the height of nine feet. The lower 
and older parts of the stem and branches are cylindrical, or 
but slightly compressed, of a greyish ash colour, and woolly; 
the younger branches are every where proliferously jointed, 
their joints varying in size, from four to six inches, toa 
