" Onpen I.—MONOGYNIA. ; “+ p 
225. CACTUS. L. (Indian Figs Melon Thise 
tle, &c.) 
Calix superior, multifid, segments ubricate: 3 ca sil 
oe Petals numerous, arranged in several series, 
those of the interior larger. Stigma many- | 
cleft. Berry umbilicate, many-seeded. * 
x Atborescent, shrubby! and herbaceous : f various = 
ie forms, remarkably carnose, articulated ay roliferous, - 
but usually destitute of proper leaves, ey. produc 
divergent clusters of spines intermixed wit Ca eemeasn 
pungent bristles or pubescence. 
} MELocacrus. ie ca ta: 
Species. 1. C. mamillaris. 
bearded; flowers scarcely ie By, ase €1 
ie a with the tubercles. —On. the hi 
n iia Slane 2. oh Saag Cespitose; eiomerul 
“bose; tubercles cylindric-ovate, bearded, Eenien) bove 
ut with a —— grees flowers central 
: serted; € . ts of the calix ; fr 
