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2. Talinum Indicum, W. and A. 11 12; Don's sysl. 3, p 77. — 

 An erect-growing plant, with flat fleshy wedge-shaped leaves ; 

 stem red ; flowers reddish coloured. Native of Arabia. 



3. PoRTDLACAHiA Afra, Pentandria Monogyiiia. — With 

 cuneate, obovate, fleshy veinless leaves ; stems red, succulent, 

 rapidly tapering. Native of South America (?) ; has not been 

 seen in flower. Common as a pot-plant about bungalows. 

 (Fit/eDonsj/si. 3, p 80.) 



XLIL— FICOIDE^, W. k A. Prod. 1, p 361. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM, Icosandria Tetragynia, Gaert. t. 

 126; Lam. «. 438. 



1. M Crystallinum.— The Ice plant, DC. Prnd. 3, 448. Na- 

 tive of the Cape ; common in gardens, and recognisable by the 

 crystalline-hke drops which stud the thick fleshy leaves. 



2. Tetragonia Expansa, Icosandria Trigyiiia. New Zealand 

 Spinach, DC. Prod. 3, p 452; Don's syst. 3, p 151. — Occasionally 

 reared in gardens as a spinach ; it does not succeed well. 



XLIIL— CACTE^, DC. Prod. 3, p 457. 



THE INDIAN FIG TRIBE, Lind. Nat. Syst. p 55. 



CEREUS. — DC, Icosandria Monogynia. From cereus, pHant; 

 in allusion to the pliant shoots of some of the species. 



1. C Pentagonus, DC. Prod. 3, p 468. — An erect plant ; 

 stems jointed, 5-angled; flowers large, white. In gardens. Native 

 of South America. 



2. C Grandiflorus, DC. Prod. 3, p 468 ; Don's syst. 3, 168 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3381. — Night-blowing Cereus; a climber, 5 or 6- 

 angled ; stems rooting at the joints ; flowers large, white, with 

 yellow stamens, very showy. Native of West Indies. In gardens. 



3. C Truncatus, DC. Prod. 3, p 470; Bot. M ag. i. 2562 ; 

 Bot. Reg. t. 696. Epiphyllum truncatum, Don's syst'. 3, p 171. — 

 All of the above (natives of Brazil) have been introduced into the 

 Botanical Gardens by cuttings, chiefly from Calcutta. Numerous 

 other varieties of various forms and fantastic shapes are to be seen 

 in the Botanical Gardens Dapoorie. 



OPUNTIA, Tourn., Icosandria Monogynia. From the town 

 Opus, where some species grow. 



4. O DiLLENii, W. and A. 1127; Roxb. Fl. 2, p 475; Bot. 

 Reg. t. 255; Don's syst. 3, p 173.— Prickly Pear. Native of 

 Brazil ; now too common about most of the Deccan villages, where 

 it forms a nidus for snakes, filth, and malaria of every description. 



