heptago- C, (Great seven-angled) we oblongus. sep" 
basi:  temang imn. hort. cliff. 
200 p. 176.— Royen. lug. bat. 219.—C 
b fus o tangula: 6: mis i "uc : ; 
Icosandria Menog.  Mattimillaria. 
HABITAT .... ' — 
FroRET .... 
CorT. ante 1800. 
Oss. Penultima duplo triplove major, atque 
distincta. | á 
Described from a plant in Mr. Vere's collection. 
CEREUS. (Torch-Thistle.) 
Miller- &c. — Cactus Linn. €9c. 
Calyx inferus. polyphyllus, imbricatus, foliolis 
inferné coalitis in tubum longissimum imbri- 
catum ; imis sensim minoribus squamzformt- 
bus: supremis gradatim majoribus corallinis 
eoloratis expansis. Stigma subtredecimfidum; 
radiatum, petalorum fere altitudine. 
BS. Frutices vel arbuseuli, aphylli, carnosi, axe 
. centrali ligneo durissimo emedullam includen- 
te: ramis remoté subarticulatis longis angula- 
to-sulcatis, angulis regulariter stellatim spino- 
sis. Flores e centro spinarum fasciculorum 
'solitarii magni speciosissimi nocturni fugacis- 
simi. Stamina numerosissima flore breviora 
basi coalita cum tubo calycino, — Stylus pre 
longus, stamina vix superans, Ceetera. Cacti; 
fructibus majoribus, 
* GRANDANGULARES erecti alie-sulcati. 
181.—2Lnn. 
* 
' Ld 
emangularis. 474 
sp. pl. 1. 666.—1Fil 
synops. 9. 92. 12.—Hort. kew. ed. 9. v. 9. 
— Cereus brec- 
