OPUNTIACEAE 907 
thium obovoid-turbinate, 2.5—3 cm. long: sepals green, the outer did ^ 
o OV 
lanceolate, 7-14 mm. long, acute, the intermediate lanceolate t ate, s 
acuminate, the b r onis ovate, Mae y acuminate: coro olla ape 
broad, light-yellow, or sometimes very pale; petals few, the outer FAR 
emarginate and abru REA Mone, the inner Poe rounded and minutely 
pointed at the se anthers about 2 mm. long: berry narrow ly obovoid, 2.5—3.5 
em. long, purple: seeds numerous, 2.5—4.5 mm. in diameter, very w. — Pine- 
lands, S pen. Fla 
7. O. cumulicola Small. Plant similar to that of O. austrina, but more 
ds and larger throughout: joints eee Ld Or m 9-30 
ess 
long, thick, bright-green: leaves subulate, 5-11 long, more or 
e. areolad plore most » marginal, nearly "un often armed: spine 
stout-acicular, usually solitary, if 2, the additional one ver y small, light PH 
low, EE s -gray or whitish. when dry, light-brown when w et: coroll: 
mostly 8-11 broad, deep-yellow; petals r poe ee the outer cuneate- 
euer truncate or quent i m and pointed, the inner flabellate and 
firi unded at about 2s mm. lo Ong: punt peel 
po MUN pt per um concave: seeds numero 
Don very turgid.—Coastal End -dunes, S pen. Fla. 
8. O. gn oe Plant erect, more or Es Deed aug be or 
ultimately w with a m 1-2 m. tall or more, becoming 1-2.5 dm. in diameter, 
bearing several spreading branches at the to op, con tree- like, Ho en tuber 
ous: joints various, those of the main stem elongate, ultimately fused at the 
n and subeylindric, ose of the branches n obovate or cuneate, 
ing to ud or oval, e sh, 0.5-1.7 dm. long, becoming gray-green: 
leaves stout- uera , 6-10 m m. long, To or asce e E purple- 
tinged: areolae re lativ vely numero nspieuous on of the densely 
crowded done bristles, p ly on the ol der Joints, the a ones, at 
least, armed: i very slender, solitary or ag es reddish or red, at 
maturity gray, mostly 2-6 cm. long, n early t seareely spirally twisted: 
ia rud al on a Ls the buds Eos poin ated: hypanthium turbi- 
3-3.5 em. long, more or less Ap pi -ridged, with dbi 1 areolae, the 
seals lax or eer pers green or purple-tinged, the outer lanceolate, 
8-16 mm. long, acute, the Bm o lanceolate to n shor 
the inner rhombie to broadly rhombie-e d abruptly pointed: eor eM 
bright-yellow, 5-8 em. wide; Us Brodit neate, euneate-obovate or 
obovate, mds or ge EUN a ue DEOR ntly mueronate, even or 
obseurely eros nthers 3— ong: berry obovoid, 2-3 em. long or 
rarely some what a o with edi -purple, tubereulate, CN juicy, 
the umbilieus eoneave: seeds numerous, about 4 n diameter, narrowly 
margined, ens turgid.— (SCRUB Ce a ab, pun Fla.— This plant 
reaches its maximum development in the c George region s inum 
Bartram observed it there in his e. However, in recording it in his nar- 
rative he confused the vegetative parts of this crue and the large pu of 
the A RUM pear of the coastwise Ene 
"e O. Tey Britton. Plant erect, much-branched, sometimes oe 
mps 3 m. tall, with long fibrous roots: joints elliptie, oval, obovate, or spat 
T ge l- - dm . long, bright-green: din eonie-subulate or narrowly e 
ied 
2—4 . lon ending, straight or nearly so, green, accompanied by incon- 
En ‘bristles, bat without spines: Mcr rather conspicuous, poss relatively 
large and prominent, apparently unarmed: spines stout, 4-13 together, very 
aren 
short, mostly hidden in the bristles, pink, at maturity salmon-colored, some- 
S y , Sli 
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ned: buds short-pointed: flowers solitary o r 3 on & joint: sepals green, 
the outer deltoid to subreniform, aeute or iod Or pem pointed, inter- 
