174 Icosandria Monog. Cactus. 
Cacíus nobilis. Willd. sp. pl. 9. 939. (ex- —— 
cluso. synonymo Miller.) —Hort. kew.. ed. 9. 
9. 9. p.175. | 
HanriraT in Peru. ; Sh. 
FronET.... 
Curr. ante 1768. : 
Ozs. Spinz longé majores quam in czeteris. —— — 
* This has two orders of thorns ; one of whichis 
straight and set on at the joints in clusters, 
spreading out from the centré each way likea 
star ; and in the middle of each cluster is pro- 
* duced one broad flat thorn near two inches in 
length, which stands erect, and is recurved at 
the point, and is of a brownish red colour, 
These thorns are, by the inhabitants of Mex- 
ico, set in gold or silver, and made use of for 
picking their teeth ; and the plant is by them 
called isnaga, that is, toothpick." — Ml. 
dict, l.c. : É 
intorlus, C? (Twisted) oblongus, 13—16-angularis; an- 
5. gulis superné in- spiram intortis ; spinis me- 
diocribus, subinde subcurvatis.— Cactus. (1n- 
- ortus) :subrotundus: quindecimangularis, an- 
: £u in spiram intortis, spinis erectis, —AMill. 
icL, ed.:8. mo. 2. 
* 
HanrTAT in Antigua. ; S. h. 
FroneT.... - : en 
Curr. ante 1768. i ; 
s. Sping subindé varié subcurvatze, fulve, 
demum fuscz., ES 
nobili; C? (Noble) oblongus multangularis, angulis 
m s spinisque mediocribus fectis. ^"^ — ^. 
0 Henr inMeieoss 05 S. E: 
FL RET... arc Hd 
IxzRobD. 1796. 
