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of many flat Leaves, nvbich expand 

 themfelves fomeavhat like a Marigold: 

 in the Centre of the Flonver is pro* 

 duced a great Number of Stamina ( or 

 Threads) which appear very Jpecious : 

 the Fruity which is fle/hy, foft, and 

 like to that of the Indian Fig, is pro- 

 duced from the Side of the Plant, 

 without any Footfalk, immediately un- 

 der the Flower. 



The Species are ; 

 t. Cereus ereclus altijjimus Syra- 

 nnw.nfts. Far. Bat. The large up- 

 right Torch- thiftle from Surinam. 



2. Cereus ereclus quadrangulus, 

 cojlis alarum injlar affurgentibus. 

 Boerh. Lid. The four-cornered up- 

 right Torch-thiftle. 



3. Cereus ereclus, fruclu rubro 

 turn fpinofo, lamiginofus, lanugine fa- 

 wfccnte. Par. Bat. The upright 

 Torch-thiftle, with yellow Down, 

 and red Fruit without Spines. 



4. Cereus ereclus cfafjijfimus ma- 

 xime angulojus, fpinis a Ibis pluribus 

 longijjimisy lanugine fla<va. Boerh. 

 Ind. The large ft upright Torch- 

 thiftle, with large Angles, and white 

 Spine?, having a yellow Down on 

 the Top. 



C. Cereus ereclus gracilis fpino- 

 ( fjjimus, fpinis flanjis polygonis, la- 

 I 7iugivc alba pall fcente . Boerh. Ind. 

 The letter upright Torch - thiftle, 

 with many Angles, and yellow 

 Spines, with a white Down on the 

 Top. 



6. Cereus eredus gracilior fpi- 

 vofij/imus, fpinis albis f polygonus. 

 Boerh. Ind. The letter upright Torch- 

 thiftle, with white Spines. 



7 .Cere us altijjimus gracilior, fru- 

 clu extus luteo, intus ntmco, feminibus 

 nigris pleno. Sloan. Cat. The leffer 

 f upright Torch-thiftle, with Fruit on 

 the Outfide yellow, and white with- 

 in, and ful! of black Seeds. 



8. Cereus maximus, fruclu Jpi- 

 nofo rubro. Par. Bat. The great- 



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eft Torch-thiftle, with red prickly 

 Fruit. 



9. Cereus fcandens minor trigo- 

 nes articulatus, fruclu fuamijjimo. 

 Par. Bat. The lefter triangular 

 creeping jointed Torch-thiftle, with 

 the fweeteft Fruit ; commonly called 

 in Barbados, The true prickly Pear. 



10. Cereus crijlatus ereclus, foliis 

 trigngularibus, profunde canaliculatis. 

 Pluk. Phyt. The creftcd triangular 

 Torch-thiftle, with deep Furrows. 



11. Cereus Jcandens minor poly- 

 gonus articulatus. Par. Bat. The 

 lefier creeping jointed Torch-thiftle, 

 with many Angles. 



12. Cereus minimus articulatus 

 polygonus fpinofus. Boerh, Ind. The 

 leaft prickly jointed Torch-thiftle, 

 with many Angles. 



13. Cereus fcandens minimus po- 

 lygonus fpinofus, fpinii mollibus, fiore 

 purpurea. The leaft climbing Torch- 

 thiftle, with foft Spines, and a pur- 

 ple Flower. 



14. Cereus fcolopendrire folio bra- 

 chiato. H. Elth. Torch- thiftle with 

 a Ceterach-leaf. 



The firft Sort is the hardieft, as 

 alio the moft common in England of 

 any of rhefe Sort?, and may be pre- 

 ierved in a good Green-houfe with- 

 out artificial Heat, provided the Froft; 

 is kept intirely out, and the Plant 

 kept very dry all the Winter ; for 

 Wet is the greateft Enemy to thefe 

 Plants. 



The fecond, third, fourth, fifth, 

 fixth, feventh, and eighth Sorts are 

 fomewhat tenderer, and require a 

 little artificial Warmth in very bad 

 Weather ; therefore thefe mould be 

 placed in a Stove, which is kept up 

 to a temperate Heat, marked on the 

 Botanic Thermometers ; thefe muft 

 alfo have very little Water in the 

 Winter-feafon. 



The ninth Sort is, by the Inhabit* 

 ants of Barbados, trained up againft 



their 



