132 ORDER 60. CACTACE^L 



10 B. MANICATA. Leaves oblique-ovate, cordate, angular, toothed, with purplo-fringed 

 scales on the petioles ; flowers flesh-colored, in open cymes, on long peduncles. Mex. 



1 1 B. PHTLLOMANICATA. Stem covered with leaf-like bulblcts ; leaves broad-ovate, 

 cordate, doubly dentate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ; flowers roseate. Brazil. 



1 2 JB. EVANSIANA. Leaves ovate, eubcordate, bristly denticulate, purple beneath ; 

 flowers rose-colored, 1', in cymes on long stalks. Our oldest species, from China. 



1 3 B. Rex. Leaves ample, ovate, cordate, variegated with zones of dark-green, silvery- 

 gray, and purple, sinuate-crenate ; scape 1 2f, with large roseate flowers. E. Ind. 



14 B. GKIFPITHII. Like No. 13, but densely downy all over, even the large whitish fls. 



1 5 B. XANTiiiNA. Lvs. like No. 13, but varied with metallic spots ; scape with yellow fla. 



ORDER LX. CACTACE^. INDIAN FIGS. 



Plants with a green fleshy caudex or stock, angular or jointed, mostly 

 leafless, armed with numerous prickles and terrible spines. Flowers soli- 

 tary, mostly very showy. Sepals oo on the surface. Petals and stamens oo 

 on the top of the ovary or calyx tube. Fruit fleshy, 1-celled, with parie- 

 tal placentse. Style filiform, with stellate stigmas. Figs. 472, 487. 



* Calyx tube not produced above the ovary. Stock jointed, branching OPUNTIA. 1 



Calyx tube produced above the ovary. a Joints flat, leaf-like, spineless... (x) 



a Stocks 3- 00 -angled or grooved, spiny. . .(y) 



x Flowers rose-red, obliqne, from the top of the short truncated joints EPIPHTLLUM. 2 



r Flowers pink to red, regular, from the notches of the long joints PHYLLOCACTUS. 3 



y Stock long-cylindrical, many-ridged. Flowers lateral, long-tubed CERECS. 4 



y Stock depressed-globular to oblong. Flowers subterminal, short-tubed ECHINOCACTUS. 



y Stock globular to conical. Flowers terminal, small, woolly-tubed MELOCACTUS. 6 



y Stock plobnlar to cylindrical, covered with tubercles. Flowers lateral MAMMILLAR'A. 



1. OPUNTIA, Mill. INDIAN FIG. Sep. and pet, oo adnate to the 

 ovary, not produced into a tube above it, longer than the stamens, the in- 

 ner obovate. Stig. 4 10. Berry smoothish or prickly. J> Branches com- 

 posed of fleshy, mostly flattened joints. Lvs. small, deciduous, alternate, 

 with tufts of prickles in their axils. Flowers large, yellow. 



Joints obovate or broadly oval. Stigmas 810. Seeds many* Fr. eatable. ..No s. 14 

 Joints oblong or nearly cylindrical. Stigmas 4 6. Seeds 1 6 Nos. 5, 6 



1 O. Ficus-Iiidicus Haw. Stock branches stout, erect-spreading, pale-glaucous ; 



Ivs. subulate, with pungent bristles, no spines ; fr. bristly, obovoid, purple. Florida ! 

 to San Diego I 3 :2Qf. Joints If. Fruit pleasantly acid. Trop. Am. 



2 O. vulgaris Mill. Stock prostrate, pale-glaucous; Ivs. minute, scale-like, with OO 



bristles and few spines ; fr. nearly smooth, ovoid, eatable, crimson when ripe. Dry 

 rocks, &c., Ct. to Fla. 1 2f. the joints 4 &. Flowers 2fr 4' broad. Pet. 710. Jn. 



3 O. Rafiiiesquii Eng. Stock prostrate, bright green : Ivs. spreading, subulate, longer 



(34"); spines 1-^5 in each axil ; petals 10-12, often purplish at base. Ky. to 111., and W. 



4 O. Missouriensis DC. Stock prostrate; leaves minute, the axils bristly and 



with whorl of many spines ; fruit prickly, dry. Wis., along the rivers, and YV. June. 



5 O. pol y aiitlia Haw. Erect ; joints oblong, the upper bearing many liowers at top ; 



spines strong, yellow, unequal ; stigmas 6 ; fruit small, 6-seeded. Wayside-i, Fla. Ju. 



6 O. Pes-Corvi Leconte. Stk. prostrate ; joints compressed-cylindric, small (2'); spines 



in pairs, unequal ; pet. few, spatulate ; stig. 4; fr. small, prickly, 1-4-seeded. Ga., Fla. 



7 O. BRASILENSIS. Stock cylindrical, 6 lOf ; branches short, bearing ovate joints,\vhich 



are thin and pomewhat leaf-like ; spines 1 3 together, sharp and strong. Brazil. 



2. EPIPHYLLUM TRUXCATUM. Stock consisting of short, flat, notched 

 joints, truncate at top ; flowers at top of the joints, 23' long, conspicuously obliqne 

 Style longer than the stamens or &-& 10 reflexed petals. From Brazil. 1 f. 



