hitherto little known plant. It has probably by this time blos- 
‘somed in Mr BarcLay’s re as well as in that of our Bota- 
nic Garden. _ : 
The native specimens have longer 265 stouter stems, 
and more numerous and stouter aculei, than the cultivated 
ones. These latter flowered in the Jue part of the month of 
November. m 
Fig. 1. Flower. Fig. 2. Calyx. Fig. 3. Pistil—Magnified. 
