Be.” — ACosANDRIA MoxoorntA. ag 
— ant becomes hccsincty: spiny, “and. almost pice =| 
ie ‘numerous shoots issue from the root, - | 
ose aie which have withstood the intensity of a 
= frost, thus the plants becomes cespitose, forming 
rs fepactioieg 27-2 f 2 or 3 feet in breadth. In spite of 
____ its'armature antelope of the pene finds means to 
+ Pender it pe Ror ‘to its wants by ouyene it up with 
is hooves. 
The flowers are generally central, more meee an inch in Ee 
~ Jength; segments of ba calix linear, exterior ones revo- j 
’ ‘ute ‘eoyole ; petals numerous, narrow, li- 
near : te; ‘berry aboutthe tine of grape, smooth : 
ble; eed. pee none, (in the seeds 
germ) a tubercle similar to 
Rooms Indian: Fin, or Prickly-Pear. ) Ar- 
FAitalations compressed, ovate; spines double, exterior 
~ ones strong and subulate, often deciduous, interior seta- 
* ceous; fruit succulent, smooth. Has. Common in sandy 
| is from. New Jersey to Florida—Cotyledones 2, rolled 
a. ae ntally around the radicle, which is directed towards 
the umbilicus. © - 
& &. *ferox. Articulately proliferous;, articulations larger, 
early circular and very spiny; spines double, larger 
nes radiate pense flowers numerous; fruit dry and 
die Ber Has. In avid situations-on the plains of the Mis- 
. common. Ons. A much larger plant than C. opun- 
a Sk. pees ie omer maate, 
23 tr wee " situa ee: 
eS pe omer pan Ete ceen ~h thick, stig- 
Mas § to 10 greenish. recy distinct. Flowering 
fe duly.’ Upon this species 1 {i the Coccus coocinelli- 
% 5. * oe Articulately proliferows; artiewlations 
hort and and oblong, somewhat neh es sain spiny and fra-— 
lowers solitary, arall, at the point of the articula- 
mat fe z {sping Has. From the Mandans to : 
