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CACTUS POLYANTHOS F'REE-FLOWERING ) 
Cacrus, 45 € 
Class and Order. f 
Icosanpria Monoeynia. — Ye 
( Nat. Ord— Nopates. y . P ? 
Cal. e squamis numerosis, imbricatis, superus. Petala_ 
-mumerosa calyci inserta, interiora majora, basi coalita. 
Stigma multifidum. Baeca umbilicata, unilocularis, poly- 
sperma. Semina intra pulpam nidulantia. Div. Oruntiz. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cactus polyanthos; articulis obovatis spinis subtenuibus, 
majoribus subulato-setaceis (fuscescentibus) patulis, 
minoribus ciremnatis setaceis. ¢ \ 
_ Opuntia polyanthos. Haz. Syn. F . Suce. p: 100.6 
Cacrus Opuntia polyanthos. De Cand. Plantes Grasses, 
t. 138. oe is = = NZ 
Cacrus Opuntia, y, polyanthos. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 2. p. 23. 
_ Descr. Stems, in our plant, two to three feet high, 
_ proliferously branched : joints from two to four inches — 
long, obovate, compressed, dark green, with numerous 
clusters of spines of two kinds, the largest five to eight in 
- number and four or six lines long, subulato-setaceous, 
_ Standing out in a very patent manner, the smaller ones are 
_ Short, setaceous, and form a circle around the base of the 
_ larger ones.. The Flowers are rather large, showy, ter- 
 Minal, in our specimens one or two on a joint, in De Can- 
_Dotte’s figures many are represented from the same joint. 
Calyx ; scales small; brownish, but gradually passing into 
he large sulphur-yellow petals of the corolla. Stamens 
fumerous, erect, shorter than the petals, united at pes 
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