Journal of a Horticultural Tour through Germany, Belgium, and part of France, in the Autumn of 1835

MAMMILLA'RIA. MAMMILLA'RIA. Cal. superior, coloured, 5-8-lobed. Cor. of 5-8 petals, united in a short tube. Stam-filiform. Style thread-shaped. Stigma 4-7 cleft. Berry smooth, seeds small and numerous. The flowers are produced from the axillæ, or base, of the mammillæ, or teats, and the seed vessels appearing the following year.

I. FLAVISPINÆ.

II. FULVISPINÆ.

III. RUFISPINÆ.

IV. ARACHNOIDEÆ.

V. PAUCISPINÆ.

VI. STELLISPINÆ.

VII. GLOCHIDATÆ.

MELOCA'CTUS. MELOCA'CTUS. Cal. superior, 6-cleft, coloured. Cor. of 6 petals, inserted in calyx. Stamens numerous. Style 1; stigma 5-cleft. Berry of 1 cell. Seed small angular. Flowers expanding amongst the tomentum on the apex of the plant.

ECHINOCA'CTUS. ECHINOCA'CTUS. Invol. tubular imbricated. Cal. superior, inserted in the involuc. Cor. of many petals. Stam. numerous. Style 1; stigma many parted. Flowers bursting from the apexes of the ribs, behind the fascicules of spines.

GLOBOSI

I. TENUISPINI.

II. ACULEIS ERECTIS.

III. ACULEIS RECURVATIS.

IV. ACULEIS SUBRECURVATIS.

SUB-GLOBOSI

V. ACULEIS ELONGATIS.

POLYACANTHI

VI. CYLINDRACEI ACULEIS RIGIDIS.

VII. ALBISETI.

CE'REUS. CE'REUS. Cal. of many leaves, imbricated on an elongated tube, exterior sepals short, the middle and inner ones coloured and petal-like. Stam. numerous. Style filiform, the apex many parted. Berry tuberculated, and scaly.

I. GLOBOSI.

II. MACRACANTHI.

Caule erecto subobovato.

III. CAPILLARES.

IV. LANUGINOSI.

Caule 9-11-angulari erecto.

V. SUBLANUGINOSI.

Caule 5-10-angulari erecto.

VI. GLABRI.

Caule 4-10-angulari erecto.

VII. GLAUCESCENTES.

Caule 3-6-angulari erecto.

VIII. SUBGLAUCESCENTES.

Caule 3-6-angulari erecto.

IX. TUBERCULATI.

X. CYLINDRACEO-ATTENUATI.

Caule 5-11-angulari erecto.

XI. MULTANGULARES.

XII. FLAGELLIFORMES.

XIII. RADICANTES.

Caule 3-7-angulari articulato.

XIV. ALATI.

Epiphyllum Haw.

HYBRIDS.

OPU'NTIA. OPU'NTIA. Cal. of many leaves, united to the ovary, the inner sepals petal-like obovate. Stamens shorter than petals. Style cylind. constricted at the base. Stigma many erect thick. Berry ovate, often spiny.

I. CYLINDRACEÆ.

II. DIVARICATÆ.

Caule articulato, et articulis subcylindraceis.

III. SPINOSISSIMÆ.