Halimedia opuntia, Linn.
That most frequently met with is the Corona of Vecellio. See Appendix.
First mentioned in the Sforza Inventory, 1493 (see Milan); not in the pattern-books till Vecellio, 1592; but Taglienti (1530) gives "su la rete," and "Il specchio di Pensieri" (1548), "purito in rede."
Plate V.
First given in the Honesto Esempio. 1550 and passim.