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- Cactus PHYLLANTHUS. SPLEENWORT-LEAVED 
\  Cacrus, * 
hr, Ada ata . yrds, Ses "age wptyt, 
FEE 
vos Ngee Class and Order. 
a IcosaNpRIA Monoeynia. 
an Ord —Cacrt. Div. Pavutaxri, » 
: : ” Genet? Character, \ % * : 
Cal. e squamis ‘numerosis imbricatis, pipers Petala 
numerosa calyci inserta, interiora majora, basi coalita. — 
Stigma multifidum. Bacca umbilicata, polysperma. Se- 
mina intra pulpam nidulantia. 
Frutices pingues, aphylli, sepius articulati, spinost vel 
fasciculatim pilost, raro nudi, compresst velangulatt. Flores 
| en PaEM, speciosi. 
- 
e: 
ramosis sinuato-serratis midis; 1 
simo, limbo quali laciniis inde laneoslnti (alba . 
Cactus phyllanthus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 670. Willd. Sp. 
Pl. v. 2. p. 946. Ait. Hort. ag ipsa lucie! £.t 180. 
De Cand. Pl. Grasses. t. 145. 
Eprpnyiium Phyllanthus. Haw. Syn. Succ. p. 197. Kjusd. 
Suppl. p. 84. 
“Sage plopendrii oa brachiato. Dill: Hort. Elth. ». 
1. p. 73. t. 64. fA 
Paytiaxmats americana ‘sinuosis foliis, &e. Plukn. Phyt. 
Descr. Plan ye to three feet high, jointed and 
branched in a woliferous manner, leafless, and destitute 
of fascicles of hairs or spines; joints compressed, linear 
or lined eaigedtote; fleshy, the margins, deep! y sinuato- 
serrate, 
Secohiausiis WAC. 
