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angles armed with fliort fpines, placed at farther diflances 
than thole of the other forts, and tlie channels between 
the angles not near fo deep. The flowers are produced 
from the angles, in the fame manner as the lixtli; but 
they are fmaller, and the calyx is of a light green, without 
any mixture ot colour. The fruit is about the fizc and 
fiiape of a bergamot pear, having many foft fpines on the 
Ik n ; the out fide is a pale yellow, the infide very white, 
full of pulp, having a great number of fmall black feeds 
lodged in it. This fort frequently flowers in July, and in 
warm feafons will perfect its fruit, which has very little 
flavour in this country. It is however frequently ferved 
tip at table in the Weft-India iflands. Linnreus doubts 
Whether this may not be a variety of the next fpecies. 
9. Cabins lanuginofus, or woolly upright torch-thiitle : 
erect, long, with about nine angles; angles obfolete; fpines 
ftiorter than the wool. This is very fpiny. The lpines, 
el'pecially the younger ones, have a brovvnifli woo! about 
them, The fruit is of the flze and form of a hen’s egg, 
red on the outfide, and without fpines. Native of Ame¬ 
rica. It was introduced in 1690 by Mr. Bentick. 
10. Cabins Peruvianus, or Peruvian upriglit torch- 
thiftle : erebl, long, with about ten bluntifli angles. The 
Item is a fathom or more in height, almoft Ample, two or 
three inches in diameter, blunt at the end, having ten deep 
angles, fet with thorns, crowded eight or ten together, 
about an inch in length, fpreading, the inner ones (horter, 
tomentofe at the bafe. The angles at the top have the 
fpines concealed among the wool, and they come out gra¬ 
dually as the Item grows up. The wool is white and 
brown. Flowers feflile, in the very angles of the extre¬ 
mities, fcattered, ovate at the bafe, two inches long, elon¬ 
gated, red. Berry unarmed, blood-red within, eatable. 
Native of Peru and Jamaica, in dry open fituations on the 
coaft. Introduced by Mr. Miller in 1728. 
11. Cadhis Royeni, or Royen’s upright, or nine-angled, 
toreh-thiftle: erebl, jointed, nine-angled ; joints fubovate, 
fpines equal in length to the wool, introduced in 1728 
by Mr. Miller. 
111 . Cereufes creeping, with roots from the Tides. 12. 
Cadltis grandiflorus, or great-flowering creeping cereus : 
creeping, with about five angles. The great night-flowering 
creeping cereus, when arrived to a fufficient ftrength, will 
produce many exceeding large, beautiful, fweet-feented, 
flowers, like molt of this kind, of very fhort duration, 
fcarcely continuing fix hours full blown ; nor do the flow¬ 
ers ever open again when once clofed. They begin to 
open between feven and eight of the clock in the evening, 
tire fully blown by eleven, and by three or four in the 
morning they fade, and hang down quite decayed; but, 
during their fliort continuance, there is fcarcely any flower 
of greater beauty, or that makes a more magnificent ap¬ 
pearance ; for the calyx of the flower, when open, is near 
a foot diameter; the infide of which, being of a fplendid 
yellow colour, appears like the rays of a bright ftar; the 
outfide is of a dark brown; the petals being of a pure 
white, add to the luftre ; the vaft number of recurved fta- 
mens, furrounding the ftyle in the centre of the flower, 
make a fine appearance; add to all this the fine feent of 
the flower, which perfumes the air to a confiderable dis¬ 
tance: there is fcarcely any plant which deferves a place 
in the hot-houfe fo much as this; efpecially as it may be 
trained againll the wall, where it will not take up any 
room. The ufual feafon of its flowering is in July, and 
when the plants are large many flowers will open the fame 
night, and there will be’a fucceflion of them for feveral 
nights together : fometimes fix, eight, or ten, flowers open 
at the fame time on one plant, making a mod magnificent 
appearance by candle-light; but none of them are Succeed¬ 
ed here by any appearance of fruit. Native of Jamaica 
and Vera Cruz. Introduced before 1700 in the royal gar¬ 
den at Hampton-court. 
13. Cabins flagelliformis, or pink-flowering creeping 
cereus: creeping, ten-angled. This produces a greater 
number of flow ers than the foregoing (ort; they come out 
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in May, and fometimes earlier when the feafon is warm ; 
the petals are of a fine pink-colour both within and with¬ 
out; they are not lo numerous, and the tube of the flower 
is longer than that of the other : thefe flowers keep open 
three or four days, provided the weather, or the place 
where the plants (land, be not too warm ; and during their 
continuance they make a fine appearance. This fort has 
very (lender trailing branches, which require a fupport; 
they are not jointed, nor do they extend fo far as thofe of 
the other fort, fo that they may be eafily trained to a little 
trellis of flicks, and the plant may be conveyed into the 
houfe, whilft in flower, to adorn any of the rooms. The 
flowers are fo beautiful, and are produced in fuch great 
plenty, that this may be placed in the firft clafs of exotic 
plants. It has produced fruit in the (love at Chelfea, but 
the fruit did not ripen. This fort grows naturally in Peru, 
whence it was Cent to the royal garden at Paris ; and, in 
the year 1734, Mr. Miller had forae cuttings of it from 
Bernard de J ullieu, which fucceeded in the Chelfea garden.. 
14. Cabins paraliticus, or paralitical creeping cereus. 
This is probably the root of fome fpecies of epidendrum. 
15. Cabins pendulus, or (lender cereus: pendulous, 
branches in whorls, round, fmooth, without prickles; (lein 
roundilh, green, woody, ftriated, as big as a goofe’s quill, 
divided into feveral (lender, round, ftriated, branches, 
and they into twigs, at diftances of one, two, and three, 
inches; at which divifions are fet little twigs, an inch and 
a half long, in whorls. It grows chiefly on the largeft 
trees in Jamaica, hanging commonly to the length of three 
or. four feet. Introduced in 1758 by Mr. Miller. It 
flowers in September. 
16. Cabins triangularis, or triangular cereus, or ft raw- 
berry pear: creeping triangular. This climbs tip trees 
to a confiderable height, fupporring itfelf by throwing out 
roots ; it alfo covers ftiady rocks. The fruit is the bell 
flavoured of any of the forts, being (lightly acid, with a 
mixture of fweetnefs, pleafant, and cooling. It has no 
leaves, but is fomewhat irregular with fears. It is a oa- 
live of the Weft-Jndia iflands. In Martinico, where the 
inhabitants efteern the fruit, it is called poiricr de chardon, 
or thiftle-pear. It firft flowered here in the royal garden 
at Hampton-court, and at the marquis of Rockingham’s, 
at Wentwortli-eaftle, in Yorkfliire. There is a variety, 
the fruit of which is much larger, of a (hining fcarlet co¬ 
lour, and clothed with leaves which are alinoft entire ; 
the pulp is white, fweetilh, eatable, but having very little 
flavour ; the feeds are black and gloffy. it is a native of 
the ifland of St. Euftatia. 
IV. Opuntias, compr'eiSC£with proliferous joints. 17. 
Cabins moniliformis, or necklace Indian-fig: prolifefous- 
jointed ; joints globular, thorny, glomerate. This is a 
feflile plant, confiding of globular joints growing out of 
each other, armed with very long, (harp, fubulate, fpines, 
commonly folitarv, but fometimes coming out two toge¬ 
ther. The flowers arc produced from the upper joint, 
they are feflile, the tube is long and fcaly, the petals 
fpreading and finuous, the ftyle very long and prominent, 
and the ftigma very broad and many-parted. It is a very 
lingular plant, and the leaf! known of any in this genus. 
Native of South America. 
18. Cabins opuntia, or common Indian-fig, or prickly 
pear: proliferous-jointed, loofe; joints ovate, fpines feta- 
ceous. The joints or branches of the common opuntia, 
or Indian-fig, are ovate, compreffed, and have very fmall 
leaves coming out in knots on their ftirface, as alfo on their 
upper edges, • which fall off in a fliort time ; and at the 
fame knots there are three or four fhort brijtly fpines, 
which do not appear unlefs they are clofely viewed ; bur, 
on being handled they enter the (kin, are tronblefoine, and 
very difficult to get out again. The branches fpread near 
the ground, and frequently trail upon it, putting out new 
roots, and thus extending to a confiderable dillance, but 
never t iling in height - r they are flefhy and herbaceous 
whilft young, but as they grow old become drier, of a 
tough contexture, and have woody fibres. The flowers 
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