Part 6 (2/2)

The annexed List enumerates the different species now in cultivation at Woburn Abbey.

ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

CACTEae, DC.

_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 _axillae_, or base, of the _mammillae_, or teats, and the seed vessels appearing the following year.

I. FLAVISPINae.

_Systematic English Form of Name. Name. Stems, &c._ ------------------+-----------------+---------------- lanifera, DC. wool-bearing stem-glob.

*divaricata divaricated stm. cyl. forked Andreae Ott. Andrea's stm. cyl.-obov.

cuneiflora Hitch. wedge-fld. stm. subcyl.

grandis. .h.i.tch. handsome stm. sub-glob flavescens. .h.i.tch. yellow stm. obov-cyl.

straminea Haw. straw col. stm-subcyl.

_flavescens_ DC.

chrysacantha Ott. gold-spined stm. sub-glob cylindrica Hitch. cylindrical stm. obov-cyl.

subcrocea DC. yellowish stm. sub-cyl.

neglecta neglected stm. glob.

rhodantha Ott. rose-fld. stm. sub-cyl _atrata_ Hort.

nivea Wend. white stm. sub-glob.

nivsa snowy stm. sub-glob.

*pulcherrima handsome stm. sub-cyl.

dichotoma forked stm. cyl.

*lutescens yellowish stm. sub-glob.

eriacantha Ott. wool.-spin. stm. cyl.

pulchra B. R. showy stm. obl.-cyl.

_Systematic No. and Colour of Col. of Native Year of Name. Spines. Flower. Country. Introduc._ ------------------+-------------------+-------+--------+---------- lanifera, DC. spines 10-12. ye. _re._ Mexico 1823 D.S.S.

rigid.

*divaricata sp. ext. wh. _pk._ ...... .... D.S.S.

centr. ye.

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