412 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class XII. 
6854 hexagonus L. four-angled J 
6855 peruvianus W. Peruvian tt. 
6856 tetragonus i. six-angled «»- 
6857 speciosissimus Besf. beautiful 
6858 pentag6nus L. 
6859 Royeni i. 
6860 albisp'inus Salm. 
6861 lanuginosus L. 
6862 repandus i. 
6863 obtusus Haw. 
6864 imbricatus Haw. 
6865 niger Salm. 
6866 cylindricus i. 
6867 serpentinus W. 
6868 multangularis W. 
6869 heptagonus W. 
6870 triangularis L. 
6871 triqueter W. 
6872 trigonus Haw. 
6873 grandiflorus L. 
6874 reptans W. 
6875 flagelliformis i. 
five-angled it- 
nine-angled «. 
white-spined tt. 
woolly tt. 
wavy-angled tt. 
blunt tt. 
imbricated tt. 
black tt. 
cylindric tt. 
serpentine tt. 
many-angled tt. 
seven-angled tt- 
great-triangul. tt- 
least-trian gular tt. 
small-triangul. tt. 
night-floweringtt. 
trailing tt. 
creeping 
6876 quadrangularisHazv.quadrangular 
6877elatior W. 
6878 Ttina L,. 
6879 nigricans Haw. 
6880 polyanthus Haw. 
6881 brasiliensis W. 
6882 humilis Haw. 
6883 Dillenii Ker. 
6884 opuntia L. 
6885 strictus Haw. 
6886 decumanus W. 
OpHntia maxima Haw 
6887 tuberculatus W. warted 
6888 cochinillifer L. 
6889 monacanthus W. 
6890 elongatus W. 
6891 triacanthos W. 
6892 lanceolatus Haw. 
6893 tomentosus iew/f. 
6894 subinermis Link. 
6895 spinosissimus Z.. 
6896ferox W. 
6897 curassavicus i. 
6898fragilis Nutt. 
6899 foliosus fF. 
6900 pus'iUus Haw. 
6901 phyllanthus X. 
6902 phyllantholdes Dec. winged 
C. aldtus W, 
great-bk. -spin 'dtt. 
yellow-spined tt- 
lesser-bk.-spin. tt. 
many-flowered tt. 
thin-branched tt. 
humble tt. 
Dillenius's tt. 
Indian Fig tt. 
oval-upright tt. 
great-oblong tt. 
Cochineal Fig 
single-spined 
long 
three-spined 
spear-shaped 
downy 
few-spined 
cluster-spined 
ferocious 
Pin-pillow 
brittle 
glaucous 
small Indi. Fig 
Spleenwort 
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3 jl.au 
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Surinam 1690. C s.p Bot. rep. 513 
Peru 1728. C s.l Plant, grass. 58 
S. Amer. 1710. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1816. C s.p Bot. reg. 486 
S. Amer. 1769. C s.l 
S. Amer. 1728. C s.l 
S. Amer. 1820. C s.l 
W. Indies 1690. C s.p Herm. par. 1. 115 
W. Indies 1728. C s.p Bot. reg. 336 
1820. C s.p 
1820. C s.p 
1820. C s.p 
Peru 1799. C s.l 
Peru ... C s.l 
S. Amer. 1815. C s.l 
W. Indies 1728. C s.l 
W. Indies 1690. C s.p Bot. mag. 1884 
S. Amer. 1794. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1809. C s.p Plu.am. t.200.f.2 
Jamaica 1700. C s.p Bot. rep. 508 
1813. C s.l 
Peru 1690. C s.l Bot. mag. 17 
S. Amer. 1809. C s.l Plu.am. t.l99. fl 
S. Amer. 1731. C s.l Dil.el. t.294.f 379 
S. Amer. 1731. C s.l Plant, grass. 138 
S. Amer. 1795. C s.l Bot. mag. 1557 
S. Amer. 1811. C s.l Plantgrass. c.ic. 
Brazil 1816. C s.l 
1795. C s.l 
1810. C s.l 
S. Europe 1596. C s.l Bot. mag. 2393 
1796. C s.l Plantgrass. etc. 
S. Amer. 1768. C s.l 
1818. C s.l 
S. Amer. 1688. C s.l Bot. rep. 533 
S. Amer. 1816. C s.l 
1817. C s.l 
S. Amer. ... C s.l 
S. Amer. 1796. C s.l 
1820. C s.l 
1819. C s.l 
Jamaica 1732. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1817. C s.p 
Curassao 1690. C s.p Knor.the.2. t.s.2 
N. Amer. 1814. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1817. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1805. C s.p 
S. Amer. 1710. C s.p Plant, grass. 145 
Jamaica 1817. C s.p Bot. mag. 2092 
6877 
6876 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
flowering is in July, and when the plants are large, many flowers will open the same night, and there will be a 
succession of them for several nights together. Sometimes six, eight, or ten flowers open at the same time on 
one plant, making a most magnificent appearance by candle-light : but none of them are succeeded here by 
any appearance of fruit, 
C. flagelliformis produces a greater number of flowers than the foregoing sort : they come out in May, and 
sometimes earlier, when the season is warm. The petals are of a fine pink color both within and without ; they 
are not so numerous, and the tube of the flower is longer than that of the other. These flowers keep open 
three or four days, provided the weather, or the place where the plants stand, be not too warm ; and during 
their continuance they make a fine appearance. This sort has very slender trailing branches, which require 
a support : they are not jointed, nor do they extend so far as those of the other sort. Fruit sometimes 
succeeds the flowers, but seldom ripens. 
C. triangularis, the strawberry pear. Fairer de Chardon, Fr., bears the best flavored fruit of any of the 
sorts ; it is slightly acid, and at the same time sweet, pleasant, and cooling ; in Martinique and other West 
India islands it is much esteemed. 
C. opuntia, native of the country of the OpUntiani, whose chief town was Opus, in the vicinity of Phocis, 
though like the others a native of America, is now found growing wild on the sides of the roads between 
Rome and Naples and other parts of Italy, and even in the Valais. Gerarde says, it was brought from 
Virginia into England, and Collinson had it from Newfoundland. It was fruited in Scotland in a stove by 
