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rinam. — C. alatus. (Cactus alatus, Swz. B. M. 55. t. 2820.) "fe Rio 

 Janeiro. — Opuntia polyantha, Haw. (Cactus polyanthos, Sims ; B. M. 

 53. t. 2691.) "b S. America. — Lepismium myosurus, PfeifF. ; B. M. 66. 

 t. 3755. ^ Brazil.— L. commune, Pfeiff. ; B. M. QQ. t. 3763. "S Brazil. 



ORDER XXXIV.—HOMALIACE^,— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 55. 



Trees or shrubs, of 9 genera, embracing 28 species : 1 2 from Mada- 

 gascar and Mauritius ; 3 from S. Africa ; 6 from S. America, and the W. 

 Indies ; 1 from China ; and 5 from the E. Indies. The latter all belong to 

 Blackwellia. — Properties unknown. 

 Blackwellia, Commers. (DC. pr. 2. p. 54.) 



1. spiralis. Wall. (DC. I. c. p. 55 ;— Wall. As. Research, 13, p. 400, 

 with a plate.) L. b Pegu. Fl. very small, whitish, January and Feb. ; 

 fr. 0. 



2. foetida. Wall. (Ludia faetida, Roxb. fl. ind. 2, p, 508.) b Amboina. 

 Fl. small, whitish, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



3. propinqua, Wall. Cat. b Penang. In H. C. G., fl. Feb. 



4. cochinchinensis, R. Br. (Astranthus cochinchinensis, Lour. ; — DC. 

 pr. 2, p. 55 ;— J5. M. 53, t. 2659.) 5 Cochin-China. Fl. small, 

 whitish. Introduced into H. C. G. Fl. 



* B. nepalensis, Wall. (PI. as. rar. 2. t. 179.) b DeyraDhoon.— B. ^amj- 

 culata. Lam. (" Bois (I Scarce blanche.") 5 Bourbon. — B. padiflora, 

 Lindl; B. Reg. 16. t. 1308. B China. The finest species of the 

 genus. — Homalium racemosum, Jacq. ; B. Reg. 6, t. 519. 5 Jamaica. 



ORDER XXXV.— MESEMBRYANTHEMACE^, 

 MESEMBRYACE^,— LindL Nat. Syst. p. 56. 



Shrubby or herbaceous plants, rarely annual, referred by Lindl. to 4 

 genera : Mesembryanthenum, Glinus, Orygia, and KoUeria. Exclud- 

 ing from Harvey's genera 21 species, they contain of S. African forms 

 alone, 477. Only a few have been found in N. Holland, Van Diemen's 

 Land, China, Chili, Peru, S. Europe, N. Africa, and the E. Indies. The 

 latter consist of 3-4 species of Glinus. — Properties, as far as they are 

 known, of no importance. 

 Mesembryanthemum, L. (DC. pr. 3, p. 415.) Fig-marygold. — Nearly all 



natives of C. G. H. 



1. crystallinum, L. (DC. o. c. p. 448.) © c(^ C. G. H. FL small, 

 white, H. S. ; fr. 0. — Also a native of the Canaries. 



2. cordi/olium, L. (DC. o. c. p. 449 ; — Jacq. ic. rar. 4, t. 487.) t C. 

 G. H. Fl. smallish, crimson, nearly throughout the year ; fr. 0. 



