ON CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS. 



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. flowers, which are pure white, have a long curved tube. P. cre- 

 natus has very large flowers of a pale cream colour, which exhale. 



Fig. 538. — Opuntia Rafinesquii. 



a beautiful fragrance. P. {Disocadits) biformis is small, having 

 an affinity to 

 Epiphyllum; 

 the notched 

 branches are 

 short and 

 drooping, a s 

 also are the 

 flowers ; the 

 berry-like fruit 

 is red. P. 

 grandis has very 

 creamy-white flowers, often 

 I ft. in length, which open 

 at night, and are strongly 

 scented. P. latifrons is 

 a large, quick - growing 

 species, with broad stems 

 and white flowers. P. phyl- 

 lanthoides grows from 2ft. 

 to 3ft. high, and has hand- 

 some bright rose-coloured 

 flowers. In addition to 

 the above there are many 



beautiful hybrids, a few of „ . 



, . , , ' 1 Fig. z.'ix). — Phyllocactus Ackermanni. 



which may be noted : 



P. albus-superbus^ P. aurafitiacus siiperbus^ P. Cooperi, P. grajidi 

 florus^ P. Haagei^ P. kermesina magmts^ and P. roseus grandifiorus. 



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