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Class and Order. 
Icosanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacrez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sepala numerosa, ovario adnata, foliiformia, summa plana 
brevia, intima petaliformia obovata rosacea expansa, tubo 
Supra ovarium nullum. Stam. numerosa petalis breviora. 
Stylus cylindricus basi constrictus. Stigmata plurima, erec- 
ta, crassa. Bacca ovata, apice umbilicata, tuberculata, 
sepius spinifera. Embryo subspiralis teretiusculus. Coty- 
ledones semiteretes, germinantes foliacee plane crasse. 
Plumula parva.—Frutices, trunco demum tereti, juniore 
ramisque rarissimis cylindricis sepius plus minus compressis 
articulatis, articulis ovatis aut oblongis fasciculos aculeorum 
aut setarum ordine quincunciali seu spirali dispositos ge- 
rentes. Folia sediformia caducissima subquoque fasciculo 
juniore. Flores e fasciculis aut marginibus articulorum 
orti, flavi aut rubentes. Stam. tactu subirritabilia. shea 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Opuntia Brasiliensis ; arborea, caule erecto tereti stri 
elato recto, ramis abbreviatis patentibus s. declinanti- 
bus, articulis ultimis compressis foliaceo-planis obe 
spinis solitariis longis subulatis albis apice fu: 
matis lanugine obsoleta. 
Opuntia Brasiliensis. DC. Prodr. iii. p. 474. No. 33. 
The accompanying beautiful and very accurate delinea- 
tion is the joint production of two ladies, whose talent in- 
executing is only equalled by their zeal and readiness in 
undertaking 
