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cherry-brown, smooth; spines in the axils of the leaves usually solitary, sometimes m threes, long and 

 slender, 3 to 4 cm., rarely 16 cm. long; leaves thickish, oblong to orbicular, 4 to 8 cm. long, rounded 

 or somewhat narrowed at base, mucronately tipped ; flowers solitary, near the tops of the branches, 

 short-peduncled; ovary covered with leafy scales; flowers 4 to 5 cm. broad; petals entire, orange- 

 colnred; stamens numerous; fruit globular, 4 to 5 cm. in diameter, fleshy, glabrous, beanng small, 

 scattered leaves, these naked in the axils; seeds black, glossy, 4 mm. long. 



Type locality: In Guatemala. 



Distribution: Widely distributed in Guatemala, usually at an altitude of 120 to 300 



meters; but we do not know of its occurrence elsewhere. 





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far as we know, has no common name and no use is made of its 

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Type locality: In Mexico. 

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