1473 



im:ui:skia* vAvo. 



Rose-colou red 1 *rreskia. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Cactf-T. Jnss. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 

 p. 54.) 



PERESh'IA.—Sepala plurima ovario adnata et super fructuin saopt: 

 persislentia, foliiformia. Corolla rotata, feiii Opiintice. Stamina numerosa, 

 petalis iniilto breviura. Stylus fililbrmis. Stigmata spiralitcr aggregata. 



Bacca globosa ant ovata. Scniina in pulpa iiidulantia. Frutices ant 



arbores ramis tcrctibus. Aculei ad axillam fuliorum solitarii, ant in caule 

 fascicnlati. Folia distincta, pl'inUy in online maxima. Florcs snhpani- 

 culati, solitarii, ramulos tcrminantes aut sublaterales. — Dc Cantl. prodr. 

 3. 474. 



P. Bleo ; foliis oblongis acuminatis, aculeis axillaribus 5-6 fasciculatis, floiibus 

 ad apicem raniuloiuin 2-4 brevitor peduiiciilatis, petalis obovatis retusis. 

 De (,\ind. I. c. 



P. Bleo. Humb. et Kiinth nov. gen. et sp. pi. p. 69. 



A native of the hottest parts of America. Humboldt 

 found it on the banks of the Magdalena, near Badillas, in 

 New Granada, where it was called Bleo ; and JMr. Staples 

 sent it to Mr. Tate, in 1827, from the plains of Mexico. 



It is a very handsome plant, and a free flowerer, pro- 

 ducing its blossoms in January and the succeeding months. 

 Our drawing was made in Mr. Tate's Nursery in January 

 1831. 



Requires the heat of a dry stove, and the soil and 

 management usually applied to similar succulent plants, 

 except that it will bear more water than many. 



J. L. 



• Named in honour of Nicolas Fabrice Pcircskius, a gentleman of Aix, 

 in Provence, and contemporary of Tournefort. ^ 



