figured in the London Flor. and Bat. Magazines. 103 



ed with us last season, but we w^ere then uncertain of its 

 true name ; since, however, we have seen that of Mr. Wild- 

 er's, we are perfectly satisfied that they are bolh one, 

 and the same variety. C. corallina is also flowering in gor- 

 geous beauty ; some of the petals are considerably blotched 

 with Avhite : we admire the style in which this variety ex- 

 pands, it being more like the common cabbage rose, than 

 like any cameUia ; the petals are not reflex ed, as is general 

 with other kinds, but are completely cup-shaped, and the 

 flowers open at once, to the centre, exposing a few brilhant 

 yellow anthers, which contrast admirably with the deep cor- 

 al color of the handsomely formed petals. C. eximia, of the 

 French catalogues, and C. elegans of the English are now in 

 bloom at our garden : we noticed them at p, 23, and both 

 were exhibited before the Horticultural Society. They were 

 somewhat similar, but not sufficiently so to be considered 

 synonymous. Those, however, which are in flower with 

 us, convince us that they are one and the same kind. As 

 it is subject to sport, undoubtedly it did, in the above case, 

 which accounts for the diflerence. A notice of a beautiful 

 new seedling, will be found in another page. 



XL VI. Caclacc(B. 



CE'REUS (literally a torch or taper, trHnslated by the English, torch Ihistle; given to these 

 ))larits ill ciinsequeiice of tlie uprifcht kinds resembling the appearance of the tapers used in 

 the ceremonies of the Roman I'athulic religinii). 

 triangnliris Linn. Sp PI. 666 ; Jac(j. .4mer., ISS ; Ilaworlh Synopsis, 180 ; Decandolle Prod. 

 Triangular Torch-Thistle. A stove plant (?); tlowers white, a native of Mexico. Bot. 

 Reg., t. 1807. 



This is a rather common species, cultivated in our gardens 

 under the name of Cactus triangularis ; but we have never 

 seen a flower of it, and we infer, from Avhat Dr. Lindley 

 states, that it has never blossomed here, as in England, 

 where it was introduced many years ago, it flowers so rare- 

 ly that it "has never been represented from an European 

 specimen" till the present time. This painting Avas taken 

 from a flower which opened on a plant that had been grown 

 upwards of fifteen years, in the collection of Sir George 

 Staunton, Bart., at Leigh Park, near Havant, in September, 

 1834. Two flowers only Avere perfected : one of them Avas 

 sent to London by coach immediately after it opened, and 

 from it the drawing Avas made. It is said to have the largest 

 floAver of all the species, not even excepting the common night- 

 blowing cereus. Dr. Lindley describes it as a "beautiful 

 object, its petals of the most dazzling Avhiteness, the effect 

 of Avhich was greatly heightened by the dense mass of yel- 

 low stamens occupying the centre, and by the border of 

 olive green sepals, on Avhich the petals reposed." We hope 

 to see it flower in our gardens. [Bat. Reg., Nov.) 



