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green, without anv mixture of colour. The 

 truil IS about the size anjl shape ot a bergaiiiot 

 pear, liaviug many soil spines on the skm ; 

 the outside being of a pale yellow, the insule 

 very white, full of pulp, hHviiig a great number 

 of small black seeds lodged iu it. It frequently 

 flowers in July, ami in warm seasons perteets its 

 fruit, which 'has little flavour in this climate, 

 but is often eaten in the West Indies. 



The eisrhth has the stem upright, slightly 

 iiine-anjed, thick, and very spiny : the spines, 

 especialPy the younger ones, have a brownish 

 wool about them : the fruit is of the size and 

 form of a hen's egg, red on the outside and 

 without spines. It is a native of America. 



The nmih species has the stem from six to 

 eight feet in height, almost simple, upright, two 

 or'^three inches In diameter, blunt at the end, 

 bavmg ten deep angles set with thorns, crowded 

 eieht or tea together, about an inch in length, 

 sp'readins:, the inner ones shorter and tomentose 

 at the base : the angles at the top have the 

 spines concealed among the wool, and they 

 come out gradually as the stem grows up : the 

 wool is white and brown : flowers sessile, in 

 the very angles of the extremities, scattered ; 

 ovate at the base, two inches long, elongated, 

 red : the l)erry is unarmed, blood red within, 

 and eatable. 



'I'he tenth rises with an upright, nine-angled, 

 jointed stem. The joints are sub-ovate, and the 

 spines and down are nearly of equal length. 



The eleventh species, when of sufficient 

 strength, produces many exceeding large, beau- 

 tiful, sweet-scented flowers, of short duration, 

 scarcely ccmtinuing six hours full blown, nor 

 opening again when once closed ; they mostly 

 betjin to open about seven or eight o'clock m the 

 evening, are i\illy blown by eleven, and by 

 three or four in the morning fade, an.d hang 

 down in a decayed state; but, during their short 

 continuance, there is scarcely any flower of 

 greater beauty or more magniticent appearance ; 

 as the calyx of the flower, when open, is nearly 

 a foot in diameter ; the inside being of a splendid 

 yellow colour, appearing like the rays of a bright 

 star, the outside dark brown: the petals are ot 

 a pure white ; and the great number of recurved 

 stamens that surround the stjile in the centre ot 

 the flower make a fine apjiearance. The flowers 

 peifume the air to a considerable distance with 

 their fine scent. It may be trained against the 

 walls of the hot-house, where it takes up little 

 room. It usually flowers in July; and when the 

 plants are large,' many flowers open the saine 

 night, and there is a' succession of them for 

 several nights. Sometimes six, eight, or ten 

 flowers open at the same time oa one plant. 



which have a most magnificent appearance by 

 candle-light ; but none of them are succeeded 

 by fruit in this climate. It is a native of Ja- 

 maica, &c. 



The twelfth produces a greater nuinber of 

 flowers than the above, which come out iir May, 

 and sometimes earlier when the season is warm : 

 the petals are of a line pink colour both within 

 and without; they are not so numerous, and the 

 tube of the flower is longer than that of the 

 other. These flowers keep open thn e or four 

 days, provided the weather, or the place where 

 the plants stand, be not too warm ; and during 

 their continuance make a fine appearance. It 

 has very slender trailing stalks or branches, 

 which require support; they are not joinU'd, 

 nor do thev extend so far as those of the other 

 sort ; so that they may be easily trained to a^ 

 little wooden trellis, and conveyed into the 

 house whilst in flower. Tlie floweri are so 

 beautiful, and in such plenty, as to render it 

 one of the most valuable exotic plants. It does 

 not ripen fruit iu this climate. Jt grows jiatu- 

 rally in Peru. 



The thirteenth species climbs up trees or other 

 supports to a considerable height, supporting it- 

 self by throw ing out roots ; it also covers sliady 

 rocks. The stalks are triangular and jointed ; 

 the fruit is the best flavoured of any of the 

 sorts, being slightly acid, with a mixture of 

 sweetness, pleasant and cooling. It has no 

 leaves, but is somewhat irregular with scars. 

 The flowers are large, white, and beautiful. It 

 is a native of the West Indies. 



There is a variety in which the fruit is much 

 larger, and of a shining scarlet colour, and 

 which is clothed with leaves that are almost en- 

 tire. 



Inthe fourteenth species the joints or branches 

 are ovate, compressed, and have very small 

 leaves coming out in knots on their surfaces, as 

 also on their upper edges, w hich fall oft" in a 

 short time ; and at the same knots there are 

 three or four short bristly spines, which do not 

 appear unless they are closely vieweil ; but on 

 being handled they enter the skin, are trouble- 

 some, and very difficult to get out again. The 

 branches spread near the ground, and frequent- 

 ly trail upon it, putting out new roots, and thus 

 extending to a considerable distance, but never 

 risino- in'height; they are fleshy and herbaceous 

 whilst young, but as thev grow old become 

 drier, of a tough contexture, and have woody 

 fibres. The flowers come out on the upper 

 edges of the branches generally, though some- 

 times they are produced on their sides, and are 

 of a yellow colour. The skin or cover of the fruit 

 is set,,with small spines in clusters, and the iusidx 



