910 OPUNTIACEAE 
reniform, 4-8 mm. long, di dal pointed, the intermediate papilionaceous, the 
inner flabellate-euneate, emarginate and mucronate: corolla bright- yellow, 6.5-8 
em. wide, rotate; petals few, LM outer s oneal the inner | Spi 
eR obovate, all toothed, emarginate, mueronate: anthers 2.5-3 m 
on 
ae globose- obovoid, 4. 5-6 em. long, pu E. ie umbilieus elo ue 
eeds numerous, 5-6 mm. in em turgid, thick-margined.—Coastwise sand- 
ce Ga. (N E Fla.?) to N. C. 
96. O. turbinata Small. Plant erect, but diffuse, less than 1 mm. tall, much- 
branched, Us th stout fibrous roots: joints oval, suborbieular or rr 1-1.5 
dm. lon ng; light-green and cdd very thick: leaves ovoid, about 3 mm. long, 
areolae rather prominent, mostly armed: spines solitary or 2-5 together, pale- 
hoa "i "bright yellow, uae sordid uae when dry, dark-brown when wet, 
e longer ones 2-3 cm. long: hypanthium turbinate: EO green, the outer 
deltoid: ae acute, tlie intermediat e orbieular:o vate, the inner somewhat reni- 
form and broadl pointed: corolla light- -yellow 5-55 em. wide; petals euneate 
S Rad minutely pointed: berry globose- jm 3.0—4.0 em. long, pu urple, 
mbilieus convex: seeds numerous, about 4.5-5 mm. in diameter, very 1 
P —Coastal sand-dunes, N E Fla. to Ga. 
cantabrigiensis pln 1. Plant erect, 1 m. tall or less, b iuh ey 
it 
hypanthium obovoid, green: corolla yellow, or some s red in the center, 
rotate, puri 5—6 em. wide: berry globose-obovoid or ERA 3.5—4.5 em. long, 
purple: seeds numerous, 3—4 mm. long, somewhat turgid.—Coastal na dunes 
about Beaufort, N. C. Nat. of Mex 
28. O. magnifica Small Plant 2 m. tall or less, more or less widely branched 
and diffuse, with thick fibrous roots: joints elliptic, oval, or narrowly obovate, 
2—5 dm. long or more, dw UA thin, more or less twisted, blu and 
glaucous: leaves subulate, 6-8 mm. long, usually loosely ascending: areolae 
ine y slender, even l 
2 or 3 together 
ale yellow a wet, d longer ones 1.5 em. long: dde not jl ooie 
e 
usually several to a joint: hypanthium obconic, 5.5-7 cm. long, green or some- | 
times purple-tinged: eae mostly green, outer Schule te to triangular: 
lanceolate, S-20 mm. long, the inner rhombie ovate or rhombie-obovate, 2.5-3 
em. long, al acute or somewhat acuminate: grs olla deep-yellow, d ies 
r 
e ide; petals 12 fewer, broadly-obovate to ieular-obova 4— 
long, rounded at apex, mueronate, slightly narrowed th broad bs 
anthers linear, 4—5 mm. eng: pu obeonie-turbinate, 8.5-9.5 em. long, purple, 
the umbilieus "flat or n nearly so: seeds about 3 mm. in diameter, very numerous. 
—Pinewoods and bluffs, m Island, Fla. 
29. O. zebrina Small. Plant erect, more or less branched throughout, fully 
] m. tall, or less, the roots fibrous: joints oval or obovate, En a 1-2 
dm. long, deep-green, sometimes o ade d E At ted: leave conie- 
j mm. long, or 
oid, 
upward, bright-green, unaccompanied "by ns tles or spines eolae scattered, 
some rey usually the lower ones, unarmed, the D ones Tuna ux 
3 > ^ n RM or r ely 
me gether 
ba mici Mh Es ry, paler or salmon- and less eonspieuously banded when 
wet, nearly terete, closely ied tw isted, flowers few, sometimes several on a 
