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Clctssis XII. 
ICOSANDRIA 
MONOGYNIA. 
Linnaan Name. English Name. Figure. Native * 
CACTUS, CACTUS. H.K. iii.p. 175. 
* Melon-thistle. 
D. mammillaris, small. Plant, grass, t. lll.W. Indies. 
a red-spined. 
(Z tohite-spined. 
Melocactus, great. 
a common, 
(Z flu t. 
nobilis, crook-spined. 
** Torch-thistle. 
t. 112. 
Mexico. 
cylindricus, 
cylindric. 
Peru. 
beptagonus, 
seven-angled. 
VV. Indies. 
tetragonus, 
four-angled. 
S. America. 
hexagonus, 
six-angled. 
Andr. rep. t. 513. Surinam. 
pentagonus, 
five-angled. 
America. 
repandus, 
wavy-angled. 
Trew ehret. t. 14. VV. indies. 
lanuginosus', 
woolly. 
Herm. par. t. 115. 
peruvianus, 
Peruvian. 
Plant, grass, t. 58. Peru. 
Royeni, 
nine-angled. 
America. 
*** Cereus. 
grandiflorus, night-flowering. Andr. rep. t. 508. Jamaica, 
flagelliformis, small creeping. Curt. mug. t. 17. Peiu. 
pendulus, slender. Plant, grass, t. 59. W. Indies, 
triangularis, Strawberry Pear.Ac^. helvet. 5. t. 2. — ~ 
***** Indian Fig. 
Opuntia, common. Knorrthes,'l..t.F.a.AeoeviCci. 
Ficus indica, white-spined. S. Ameiica 
Tuna, yellow-spined. Plant, grass, t. 138.- 
(Z black-spined. Dill.elt.t.294.f.3T9. 
cochinillifer, Cochineal Fig. Andr. rep. t. 533.- 
curassavicus, Pinpillow. Knorr thes. 2. i,0.2.Curassao. 
spinosissimus, RobinsonCrusoe. Jamaica. 
Cult. Time of 
Flowering. 
1688 vii,viii. 
1796 
1799 
1728 vii. 
1710 — 
1690 vii, viii. 
1769 vii. 
1728 viii. 
1690 vii. 
1728 viii. 
1700 vi-viii. 
1690 iii-vi. 
1758 ix. 
1690 vii, viii. 
1596 - 
1731 - 
1688 vii-ix. 
1690 vi, vii. 
1733 vii. 
