414 
ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Class XII. 
6903 truncatus Link. 
truncate 
«*-— Igr 
1 
jn 
Pk 
Brazil 
1818. 
C 
s.p 
Bot. reg. 693 
6904 Peres'kia L. 
Barbad.Gooseb.llL □ er 
5 
o.n 
W 
W. Indies 1696. 
C 
s.p 
Dil.el, t.227.t'.294 
6905 grandifolius Haw. 
large-leaved 
ZD gr 
3 
Brazil 
1818. 
c 
s.p 
6906 longispinus Haw. 
long-spined 
**- □ gr 
2 
S. Amer. 
1808. 
c 
s.p 
1112. RHIP'SALIS. GcsH. Rhipsalis. 
Cacti. 
Sp.5 
6907 Cassutha G. 
naked 
*~ ZD cu 
1 
Y 
W. Indies 1758. 
c 
s.p 
Hook. ex. fl. 20 
Cactus pendulus W. 
6908 parasiticus Haw. 
parasitic 
large-flowered 
S~ ZD cu 
1 
Y 
S. Amer. 
1800. 
Q 
s.p 
xriajiz, grass, oij 
6909 grandiflorus Haw. 
1 
jl"* 
W 
1818. 
c 
s.p 
6910 fasciculatus W. en. 
bundled 
)tv. !!□ cu 
1 
Y 
S. Amer. 
1817. 
c 
s.p 
6911 salicornoides Haw. 
salt-wort 
n. 1 cu 
Y 
E. Indies 1817. 
c 
s.p 
Bot. mag. 2461 
1113. BARTONIA. Ph. 
Bartonia. 
Loasece. Sp. 2. 
6912 ornata Ph. 
naked-seeded 
£ OJ or 
2 
jl.s 
W 
Missouri 
1811. 
c 
s.p 
Bot. mag. 1487 
6913 nuda Ph. 
winged-seeded 
jg iCDI or 
2 
jl.s 
W 
Missouri 
1811. 
Q 
s.p 
1114. PHILADEL'PHUS. W. Syringa. 
Myrtacece. 
Sp. 4—6. 
6914 coronarius W. 
common 
31 or 
8 
my.jn 
W 
S. Europe 1596. 
Li 
CO 
Bot. mag. 391 
(3 nanus 
dwarf 
m or 
2 
my.jn 
W 
L 
CO 
6915 inodorus W. 
scentless 
Sfe or 
2 
jn.jl 
W 
Carolina 
1738. 
L 
CO 
Bot. mag. 14/8 
6916 grandiflorus PA. 
large-flowered 
m or 
6 
jn.jl 
W 
Carolina 
1811. 
L 
CO 
Bot. reg. 570 
6917 hirsutus Nuti. 
hairy 
^ or 
3 
jn 
W 
N. Amer. 1820. 
L 
CO 
Dend. brit. 47 
1119. LEPTOSPER'MUM. fF. Leptospermum. 
Myrti. 
16—20. 
6918 scoparium W. 
6919 flavescens W. 
New Zeal. Tea 
aSL-Jor 
6 
jn.jl 
New Zeal. 1772. 
c 
pi 
Bot. rep. 622 
yellowish 
*ti_Jor 
5 
my.jl 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1787. 
c 
p.l 
Sch.s. ha.24.t.l4 
6920 attenuatum W. 
fine-branched 
*t 1 1 or 
5 
my-ji 
W 
N. S. W. 
17H5. 
c 
pi 
6921 lan'igerum H. K. 
hoary 
«t l_J or 
5 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W, 
1774. 
c 
p.l 
6922 pubescens W. 
pubescent 
*i_J or 
5 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1774. 
c 
p.l 
6923 grandifolium L. T. large-leaved 
*l_Jor 
5 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1803. 
c 
p.l 
Bot. mag. 1810 
6924 parvifolium W. 
6925 stellatum Cav. 
small-leaved 
*fci_J or 
5 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1789. 
c 
p.l 
short-leaved 
*s 1 i or 
5 
jn.jl 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1790. 
c 
p.l 
Cav. ic. 4. t. 330 
6926 arachnoideum W. 
cobweb 
L_.l or 
3 
my.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1795. 
c 
^\ 
Geer. sem. 1. 1.35 
6927 flexuosum Link. 
flexuose 
SfciJor 
10 
my.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1823. 
c 
p.l 
6928 juniperinum W. 
6929 baccatum W. 
Juniper-leaved ^ \ | or 
2 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
17P0. 
c 
p.l 
Vent. malm. 89 
berry-fruited 
«lt 1 1 or 
3 
jn.jl 
W 
N S. W. 
1790. 
c 
p.l 
Ca.ic. 4. t.331.f.2 
6930 porophy'llum Cav. 
dotted 
( 1 or 
3 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1800. 
c 
p.l 
6931 triloculare V. 
trilocular 
ati lor 
2 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1800. 
c 
p.l 
Bot. cab. 791 
6932 ambiguum 
hook-leaved 
ifflt l_J or 
3 
jn.jl 
W 
N. S. W. 
1791. 
c 
p.l 
Exot. bot. 1. 1.59 
1116. FABRFCIA. W. 
Fabricia. 
Myrtacece. 
Sp.2. 
cms myrtifolia W. 
opposite-leaved *t i 1 or 
3 
Y 
N. HoU. 
c 
s.p 
Ges. se.l.t.355.f.4 
6934 l£Evigata IV. 
smooth-leaved 
fitL-Jor 
3 
my.jn 
Y 
N. S. W. 
1788. 
c 
s.p 
Bot. mag. 1304 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
C. tuna [tyn the Arabic name for fig) is used as a hedge plant in Spain, South America, and the West 
Indies. When the island of St. Christopher was to be divided between the English and the French, three rows 
of the tuna were planted by common consent between the boundaries. (Sloane.) Sir J. E. Smith informs us, that 
the stamens of the flower are very irritable ; and that if a feather be drawn through them, in two or three seconds 
they begin to lie down gently on one side, and in a short time become recumbent at the bottom of the flower. 
C. cochinillifer is the species on which the cochineal insect chiefly feeds. The insect feeds on other succu- 
lent plants besides those of the Cactus genus, but this species is cultivated because least annoying by its 
prickles. It produces an edible fruit larger than that of C, opuntia. On the top of the fruit there grows a red 
flov/er : this when the fruit is ripe, falls down on the top of it, and covers it so that no rain or dew can wet 
the inside. A day or two after, the flower being scorched up by the heat of the sun, the fruit opens wide, and 
the inside appears full of small red insects. The Indians, when they perceive the fruit open, spread a large 
linen cloth, and then with sticks shake the plant, to disturb the insect, so that they take wing to be gone, but 
keep hovering over the plant, till by the heat they fall down dead on the cloth, where the Indians let them 
remain two or three days till they are dry. The cochineal plants are called by the Spaniards Toona. They 
are planted in the country about Guatimala, Chiape, and Guaxaca, in the kingdom of Mexico. 
The difference, in point of goodness, observable in the cochineal, is entirely owing to the plant it feed.s 
upon. The prickly pear (C. tuna) so abundant in Jamaica, is covered with the insects, but not having their 
proper food, they are in general diminutive, and have very little red tincture in their bodies. The delicate red 
colored juice of the fruit is the natural food of the insect. The exuviae and animal salts of the insect are, 
from the minuteness of its parts, inseparable from the essential principles of the dye, and must diminish the 
brilliancy of the color : and this has put some persons upon inspissating the juice of the fruit itself. The 
ripe fruit is said to check fluxes by its mild restringency ; it is also a powerful diuretic, and sometimes imparts 
a tinge to the urine. 
C. pereskia, so called from the generic name of Plumicr, who made this species a distinct genus, in memory 
of N. F. Peiresk of Aix, whose name, as Tournefort says, is his only monument, has fruit about the size 
of a walnut, having tufts of small leaves on it, and within a whitish mucilaginous pulp. 
In our stoves, according to Sweet, " sandy loam, or loam mixed with a little brick rubbish, is the best soil 
for all the Cacti : the pots should be as small as the plants will allow, and well drained with potslierds. They 
