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bilong Leaf, commonly called the 

 Cochineal Fig-tree. 



4. Op u NT 1 a folio minori, rotun- 

 diori, & comprejfioru Tourn. Indian 

 Fig, with a fmaller, rounder, and 

 flatter Leaf. 



5. Opuntia my or, <validijfmis 

 fpinis munita. Tourn. The greater 

 Indian Fig, armed with very ftrong 

 Prickles. 



6. Opuntia maxima, folio fpino- 

 fo, latijjlmo £ff longiffimo. Tourn. The 

 Jargeft Indian Fig, with a very broad 

 and long prickly Leaf. 



7 . Opuntia folio fpinofo, longijji- 

 mo, Iff anguflo. Tourn. Indian Fig, 

 with a very long narrow prickly 

 Leaf. 



8. Opuntia latifolia, craffo^-t 

 folio, fpinis albis numerofs armato. 

 Boerh. Ind. Indian¥\g, with a broad 

 thick Leaf armed with many white 

 Spines. 



9. Opuntia Curaffa<vica minima. 

 H. Beau'm. The fmalleft Indian Fig 

 from Curacoa, Commonly called the 

 Pin-pillow. 



10. Opuntia Americana, arbzr 

 txcelfa, fo/iis reticulatis, fore ftarve- 

 fcente. Plum. American Indian Fig, 

 which grows to be a tall Tree, with 

 netted Leaves, and a yellowim Flow- 

 er. 



1 1. Opuntia folio piano glabro 

 fcolopendritf. Boerh. Lid. Indian Fig, 

 with a plain fmooth Leaf, like Spleen- 

 wort. 



12. Opuntia maxima, folio oh- 

 hngo rotunda majore, fpinulis obtnf: 

 thollibus iff innoctntibus obfito, fore 



Jfriis rubris njariegato. Stcan. Cat. 

 The greateft Indian Fig, with greater 



I oblong rOundifh. Leaves, and fmall 

 foft blunt Spine?, with a Flower 

 ftriped with Red. 



13. OpunTia major /pin fa caule- 

 fcens,flore minore rukro claufo,frufiu 

 parvo coccineo. Hou/l. Greater ftalky 

 and prickly Indian Fig, with a fmaller 



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red Flower, which doth not expar. cf, 

 and a fmall fcarlet Fruit. 



14. Opuntia caulefcens,foliis am- 

 pliffimis tenuibus comprejfis, Jpinis lon- 

 giffmis, confertijfmis, graciiibus, Cif 

 albicantibus armatis. Houf. Stalky 

 Indian Fig, with large narrow com- 

 preffed Leaves, which are clofely 

 armed with very long llender white 

 Spines. 



The firft of thefe Plants hath been 

 a long time in England, and is the 

 mod common Sort in Europe: this 

 Mr. Ray, and Dr. Ribinfon, obferved 

 growing wild in the Kingdom of 

 Naples, by the Sides of the High- 

 ways, on the Sides of the Moun- 

 tains, and among Rocks in great 

 abundance ; but in thefe Northern 

 Parts of Europe it is generally pre- 

 ferved in the Green houfe% with 

 other Exotic Plants ; tho* I have 

 planted it under a warm Wall in a 

 very dry Soil, where it has continued 

 for feveral Years, and endured the 

 fevereft of our Cold without any Co- 

 ver ; and has produced a greater 

 Quantity of Flowers and Fruit thari 

 thofe which were houfed : fo that 

 the Cold is not fo great an Enemy 

 to this Plant as Wet, which, if fuf- 

 fered to lie long upon it, or given iri 

 too large Quantities to the Root, will 

 deftroy it in a flibrt time. 



The other Sorts are much tender- 

 er, being all of them Natives of the 

 warm Parts of the Weft- Indies. Thefe 

 are fome of them fo tender as not to 

 be prefer ved without the AITUtance 

 of a Stove, efpecially the ninth, tenth, 

 eleventh. twelfth, thirteenth. and four- 

 teenth Sorts, in any tolerable Degrre 

 of Health ; for if they have net f?me 

 additional Warmth to '.he Air of the 

 Houfe in Winter, their Stems w!U 

 fhrivel, and look yellowim and wi- 

 thered. 



The thirteenth Sort grows to be 

 very large, having tiiick vroo.iy 

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