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joint: hypanthium E or turbinate-obovoid, about 4 em. long: E green, 
the outer laneeolate to deltoid, aeute, the intermediate rhombie-obovate, acumi- 
nate, the inner rhombic eunest or broadly cuneate, ab ‘uptly po bn corolla 
rich-yellow, rotate, 6-8 em. wide; petals about 8, the outer obovate-cuneate, the 
inner broadly obovate, all un 2 la te, emarginate or notched at the apex and 
mucronate: anthers 2-28 mm. long: berry “broa adly obovoid, a constricted at 
the base, mostly 5-6 em. long, pos purr the re very broa 2 pus s 
the edges and somew d. depressed in the middle: seeds nume 
diameter or rarely larger—Coastal sand- d Rio ham e onum d 
Keys, Cape Sable, and Ten Thousand EM Fla. 
30. O. Ficus-Indica (L.) Mill Plant bd. un tree-like, 4 m. A or Pus 
the early joints dE fusing to for ick trunk whi ch suppor regu- 
arly spreading heavy branches: are POE varying to sligh Jud bo 
above the middle or quits it, thick, mostly 3-4 dm. long, ae peeved rigid 
areolae small, with yellow ish bristles a white wool: spin anting, cea- 
sionally and irre is pu t develo ope e and ee puse pale, bs ma iu od 
c D nearly te : flowers usually several on a joint rolla yellow, 8—10 
vide: berries obovoid, ET Or eod (said to be ae ur yellow), 5—9 
-o seeds 3.5—4.5 dia —Old fields, roadsides, and waste- 
T Fla. Naturalized Ton "ond plants. The ud home is not 
known. 
3l. O. leucotricha DC. Plant stout, 5 m. tall or less, widely branched above, 
with stout fibrous roots: joints olliptic, ie or subo rbicular, mostly 1-2 dm 
lon ng, often a and narrowed in the n stems, t innish, minutely pubes- 
cent, gray-gre eolae nu oe closely set, armed: spines 3-5 i dol 
when young, deus dn. many as 19, very unequal, pani ng Rs 
, par 
e o id- 
2.5-3.5 em. long, with ma E areolae bearing clusters of 
spines: sepals bei e outer pe -l4 mm. long, with curve 
acuminate tips, the P rhombic- a. e, slender- -acuminate, the inner 
with obovate, oval, or orbicular- o bodies which are abruptly narrowed into 
hei tips: Cor. perpe 7.5-9 em. wide; petals broadly cuneate or cuneate- 
obovate, 3—4 cm. long, rou nded at the a apex and mucronate: anthers fully 2 mm. 
long: ber ry short. obovoid or pug obovoid, 4—6 em. long, yellow, or sometimes 
paler or red, y pubescent, the hair-like spines fugaceous.—(DURASNILLA. 
AARON ’S-BEARD ee E A W side of Saint Lucie Sound, Fla. N 
of Mex.—Naturalized in the hammock 2 Vd Ft. Pierce from plants taken 
3. BRASILIOPUNTIA &mall. Trees, more or less shrub-like in the 
early stages, with terete trunks and dimorphie d the lateral often hori- 
zontal ones terete like the trunk, spiny, supporting flat, dilated, leaf- ae rela- 
tively thin branchlets. Leaves small, stout, early deciduous. Spin S various, 
elustered on the trunk and branches, often solitary on the ya Nen Flowers 
relatively small, sometimes numerous. Hypanthium stout, with bristly areolae. 
Sepals broad. Petals relatively narrow, often spatulate. Berry globose to 
clavate, juicy. Seeds few or solitary, relatively large, woolly.—Three ee 
South American.—Interpreted under this generic name as a subgen 
Schumann. 
1. B. brasiliensis (Willd.) Haw. Plant erect, tree-like, tall or more, or 
often much smaller, with a terete BPO tapering CE m in mature 
