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CACTE.E. VI. OFUNTIA. 



Deceiving Indian-fig. Clt. 1830. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 O. KLEI'NLE (D. C. 1. c.) plant erect, branched, greyish 

 green ; branches erect, cylindrical, without tubercles ; fascicles 

 disposed in a spiral manner to the left ; areolae velvety ; prickles 

 of two forms, with numerous bristle-formed whitish brown ones 

 in each fascicle, and one large spreadingly deflexed slender white 

 one at the lower side of the fascicle, fj . D. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Coulter, no. 21. Stem more than a finger in thick- 

 ness, like the stem of Cacalia Klemice. Leaves small, oblong, 

 deciduous. Large prickle an inch long. 



Kleinia-]lke Indian-fig. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 O. LEPTOCAU'LIS (B.C. 1. c.) plant erect, branched; branches 

 cylindrical, erect, without tubercles ; fascicles disposed in spiral 

 lines to the left ; areolse rather tomentose ; prickles of two forms, 

 the 3 lower ones in each fascicle setaceous, blackish, spread- 

 ingly deflexed, the rest bristly, crowded, and rufescent. Tj . D. 

 S. Native of Mexico. Coulter, no. 22. Stem the thickness 

 of the small finger. Referrible to the preceding species. 



Slender-stemmed Indian-fig. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



9 O. LEUCO'TRICHA (D. C. I.e. p. 119.) joints oblong, erect, 

 when young velvety ; areolae when young convex, velvety ; 

 prickles of two forms, 2 or 3 of which in each fascicle are very 

 long, setaceous, unarmed, white, and spreading, and 4-5 very 

 small, bristle-like, straight, yellow ones. Jj . D. S. Native of 

 Mexico. Coulter, no. 2. Larger prickles 10-12 lines long. 

 Intervals between the fascicles of bristles distant. 



White-haired Indian-fig. Shrub. 



10 O. OTTONIS (Link et Otto, pi. rar. hort. berol. t. 16.) 

 stem nearly cylindrical, with 12 bluntish ribs; the 3-4 middle 

 spines in each fascicle are erectish, slender, brownish, longer 

 than the rest, which are 10-14 in number, very slender, and 

 spreading ; petals acute, rather serrulated, cuspidate. 17 . D. S. 

 Native of Brazil. 



Otto's Indian-fig. Shrub. 



11O. PULVINA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) joints oval, erect, velvety; 

 areolae convex, pulvinate, the whole occupied by innumerable, 

 straight, crowded, yellow, fragile bristles, without any true 

 prickles intermixed. Jj . D. S. Native of Mexico. Coulter. 

 A very distinct species, O. macrodasys, Lehm. hort. hamb. ex 

 Salm-Dyck in litt. 



Pulvinate Indian-fig. Shrub. 



SECT. II. DIVARICA'TS (from divaricatus, divaricated ; 

 branches). Haw. syn. 195. Stems humble ; branches diverg- 

 ing ; joints linear-lanceolate, thick, nearly terete. Prickles strong, 

 in fascicles. 



12 O. LONGISPINA (Link et Otto, hort. berol. Haw. in phil. 

 mag. Feb. 1830. p. 109.) joints compressedly terete: spines pur- 

 plish, some of them small and fulvous, and a slender terete one 

 (which is when full grown 3 inches long) in each fascicle, tj . 

 D. S. Native of Brazil. 



Long-spined Indian-fig. Clt. 1829. Shrub. 



13 O. GLOMERATA (Haw. in phil. mag. Feb. 1830. p. 110.) 

 branches disposed in crowded tufts ; central spines solitary in 

 each tuft, linear, acuminated, flat on both sides, very long. 1? . 

 D. S. Native of Brazil. Branches thick, teretely lanceolate, 

 greenish, hardly half an inch broad. 



Glomerate-branched Indian-fig. Clt. 1829. Shrub. 



14 O. FOLIOSA (Salm-Dyck in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 471.) 

 joints compressed, branched, pale green, when young leafy, when 

 old prickly; prickles 1-2, elongated, pale straw-coloured, rising 

 from yellowish tomentum. fj . D. S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. O. pusilla, Haw. syn. 195. but not of Salm-Dyck. Cac- 

 tus foliosus, Willd. enum. suppl. 32. Flowers almost like those 

 of O. vulgaris. Calyx of 5 sepals. Petals 8-10, yellow. Stigmas 

 3-4, white. 



Leafy Indian-fig. Fl. June. Clt. 1805. Shrub ^ to 1 foot. 



15 O. CURASSA'VICA (Mill. diet. no. 7. Haw. syn. 196.) plant 

 erect ; joints brittle, cylindrically ventricose, compressed, very 

 much divaricated, deep green ; prickles 1-4 in each fascicle, 

 whitish. \) . D. S. Native of Curassoa. Bradl. succ. t. 4. 

 Cactus Curassavicus, Lin. spec. 670. Flowers yellow, an inch 

 and a half in diameter. Stigmas 3-5. 



Var. ft, longa (Haw. rev. p. 71.) branches more firm, and 

 twice the length of those of the species. T; . D. S. Native of 

 Brazil. Perhaps a proper species. There are several other 

 varieties mentioned by Haworth, but they appear to have sprung 

 more from the state of the plants, and the manner of culture. 



Curassoa Indian-fig. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



16 O. FRA'OILIS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 296. under Cdctns,) 

 joints short, oblong, nearly terete, fragile, doubly spinose ; fruit 

 dry and prickly. Ij . H. Native of North America, in sterile 

 places about the river Missouri. Flowers small, yellow, solitary 

 on the tops of the branches. Truly distinct from all the rest, 

 and will perhaps form a distinct section along with two other un- 

 published species, which are now growing in the garden of the 

 Prince de Salm-Dyck. 



Brittle Indian-fig. Clt. 1814. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



17 O. PUSILLA (Salm-Dyck, obs. bot. 1822. et in litt. 1827.) 

 plant prostrate, divaricate, of a dirty-green colour ; joints cylin- 

 drical, cucumber-formed ; fascicles of prickles crowded ; prickles 

 setaceous, white, rising from white tomentum, 1 or 2 in each fas- 

 cicle are more elongated than the rest. \i . D. S. Native of 

 South America. Joints rather attenuated at the apex. 



Small Indian-fig. Clt. 1817. Shrub prostrate. 



SECT. III. GRANDISPINOS.E (from grandis, great, and spinosus, 

 full of spines ; in reference to the prickles being large and nu- 

 merous). Haw. syn. 195. Joints compressed, ovate or obovate. 

 Prickles variable, the smaller ones setaceous, and the larger ones 

 much longer and stronger. 



ISO. MISSOURIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 3. p. 472.) joints broad, 

 nearly orbicular, very prickly ; prickles of 2 forms, larger ones 

 radiating and permanent ; flowers numerous ; fruit dry and 

 prickly, fj . H. Native of North America, in arid places about 

 the Missouri, plentiful. Cactus ferox, Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 

 296. but not of Willd. O. polyacantha, Haw. rev. p. 82. 

 Larger than 0. vulgaris. Flowers pale yellow or sulphur-co- 

 loured. Stigmas 8-10, greenish. Prickles white. 



Missouri Indian-fig. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1814. Sh. 1 ft. 



19 O. FE'ROX (Haw. suppl. p. 82.) joints oblong, elongated; 

 prickles strong and setaceous, numerous, whitish, in fascicles, 

 longer than the wool from which they issue, one of which in each 

 fascicle is longer than the rest. Tj . D. S. Native of South 

 America. Cactus ferox, Willd. enum. suppl. p. 35. but not of 

 Nutt. The rest unknown. 



.Fierce Indian-fig. Clt. 1817. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



20 O. SPINOSI'SSIMA (Mill. diet. ed. 8. Haw. syn. 193.) joints 

 oblong ; prickles yellowish, setaceous, and subulate, very nu- 

 merous, in fascicles, longer than the wool from which they issue. 



Tj.D. S. Native of Jamaica. Cactus spinosissimus, Lam. diet. 

 1. p. 537. Flowers yellow. 



Very-spiny Indian-fig. Fl. July. Clt. 1732. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



21 O. HO'RRIDA (Salm-Dyck in litt. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 472.) 

 plant erect ; joints cuneately obovate, repand, tubercled ; fas- 

 cicles of prickles remote ; prickles of various forms, yellow, 

 painted with brown, rising from setaceous yellow tomentum, one 

 in each fascicle longer than the rest, about 2 inches in length. 



P; . D. S. Native of South America. O. humilis, Haw. syn. 

 189. Cactus humilis, Haw. misc. 187. but the name is deceit- 

 ful, the plant growing to a considerable height. Flowers yellow. 



