Jcosandria Monog. Opuntia, 79 
-OPUNTIA, Miller, &$c.— Cactus, Linn, 
O. (Round-stemmed) caule tereti; ramis ovatis Brazili- 
compressis planis; spinis solitariis geminatisve, 75s. 
subulatis validis. J7 illd. enum. p. 33. 
HanrTAT in Brazilia. 
hes in horto celebr. Chels. ante A. D. I 
an. 
o" - Foliola: decidua a basi spinarum fasciculoru 
(state) conica vel graniformia. Spine mi- 
nutze, excepta l longa valida nivea apice pur- 
purea. Planta preesingularis nulle affinis. 
O. (Dillenian) erectus; articulis frugiferis obovato-  ji/]«pi;, 
subrotundis glaucis, spinarum validarum flavi- 
cantium fasciculis divaricatis et penicillo setoso 
baseos pluries longioribus; germine penicillis 
nonnullis vagis in summitate, breviore SENA: 
stigmate sexlobo. 
Cactus Dillenii. Bof. regist. 255. 
Tuna major, spinis validis flavicantibus, flore sul- 
phureo. Dust. s 398. t. 296. f 352. 
finis, at n 
HABrTAT.... 
Fro 
RET. Oct. p. S. 5. 
Curr. a Dom. Sherrard in celeberrimo horto El- 
thamernsi. In hortis Éboracensibus frequens, 
ubi crescit erecta, firma, ramosa, quinque-pe- 
icr et insipidum atro-sanguineum fructum, 
c flores, quotannis producit. 
6s: The able author of the Botanical Register 
has done well indeed in separating this noble 
Opuntia uz the Cactus "luna of Liunmeus: 
and his verf sound remarks thereon are worthy 
of iei. for ever, 
