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CACTUS speciosus. 
Rose-flowered Indian-Ig. 
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ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Cacti. Jussieu gen. 310. Div. II. 
CACTUS. Supra vol, 2. fol. 187, 
Div, Phyllanthi, 
C. speciosus, caulibus articulatis, compressis, foliaceis, serrato-repandis ; 
floribus magnis tubo inermi, squamuloso. Bonpland nav. et malmais. 8. 
t. 3; (non verd Willdenovii in suppl. enum. hort. berol., cujus planta est 
Cactus Speciosissimus. Mém. du muséum. 3. 190. t. 9.) 
Cactus speciosus. Desfont. tabl. 191. 
Frutescens. Caulis articulatus, ramosus, let virescens, syubnudus, carno- 
sus, marginibus crenato-excisus, ex cylindraceo saepeque subangulart cum 
crassitudine penne scriptoric in laminam foliaceam oblongam latitudine sesqui- 
biunciali longitudine plis minis sesuncialt extenuatus, nervo medio alios paral- 
lelos utringue emittente percursus, imo crenarum sini armatus fasciculis 
spinularum minutarum lanugine albicante cinctus vix oculis nudis mantfestis. 
Flores in crenis caulinis solitarii, quadriunciales, infundibuliformes, curvuli,’ 
extis squarroso-recurvt, ints tubuloso-convergentes. Germ. oblongum, pluries 
brevius tubo calycis. Cal. oblongus, cylindricus, tubo pallidé virente, squamis 
atropurpureis reflexis munito, breviore segmentis limbi. Cor. leté rosea, sub- 
longior calyce ; pet. elongato-oblonga, apice mucronata, intima in campanam 
tubuloso-oblongam conniventia. Stam. numerosa equaniia corollam: fil. suby 
capillaria, tenera, alba. Stylus equalis staminibus, filiformis. Stig. 5 v, 7, 
This beautifully blossomed and curious plant was first 
observed by Messrs. Humboldt and Bonpland during their 
memorable travels in South America, They met with it, in 
1801, growing wild near the village of Turbaco, situated 4 
few leagues to the south of Carthagena, at the elevation of 
126 fathoms. The species belongs to a section distinguished 
in the genus by a thinner flesh, less substantial yet succulent 
stems, the articulations of which are extended into the form 
of flat elongated leaves, are nearly free from the thorny pencils 
that beset the surface of the rest and largely indented at the 
margin. It differs in its own section of the genus, from 
alatus in not having a small greenish white flower, and from 
Phyllanthus in not having a long slender white one, 
The drawing was taken last June, in the conservatory of 
Mrs. Gilbert, at Earl’s Court, where the plant had been 
received from France the year before. The first time it 
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