OPUNTIA. 



8l 



Wislizenus. Mem 



1848. 



Plants low, not over 1,5 dm. high, much branched at base, spreading, forming large patches 

 sometimes 2 meters in diameter; joints short, 3 to 7 cm. long, turgid, ascending, clavate; areoles 

 close together; leaves subulate, 4 to 5 mm. long; spines pale, somewhat roughened, the radial ones 

 6 to 12, slender and acicular, 4 to 16 mm. long; central spines 4 to 7, much longer than the radials, 

 more or less flattened, the largest one dagger-like; glochids numerous, yellowish, 3 to 5 mm. long; 

 flowers yellow, 3.5 to 4 cm. long; fruit 4 to 5 cm. long, with numerous areoles filled with yellow, radiat- 

 ing glochids; seeds white, 5 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Albuquerque, New Mexico 

 Distribution: New Mexico, chiefly in the 



most characteristic soecies of the eenus and has 



stock. 



parishii 



pest 



Kxper. Station N. Mex 



f. I to 3; pi. 24, f, 6. 



W. T. H. Long 



Mexico 



Fig. 92. — Opuntia schottii. Xo 75 



Fig. 93. — Opuntia clavata. X0.75 



50. Opuntia parishii Orcutt, West Amer. Sci. lo: 8i. 1896. 



Stems low, creeping, rooting along the under surface and forming dense, broad clusters; terminal 

 joints short, clavate, ascending but almost hidden under the dense armament; tubercles prominent 

 but short, 5 to 7 mm. long; spines at first reddish but soon grayish and finally nearly white; radial 

 spines numerous, slender; central spines about 4, strongly angled and more or less flattened, 2 to 4 

 cm. long; glochids numerous; flowers not known; fruit 5 cm. long, the numerous large areoles bearmg 

 many long yellow glochids and short spines forming a radiating band about the margin; seeds dark, 



4 mm. broad. 



Type locality: Mohave 



Di 



Southern 



Opuntia parryi as described by Engel 



from 



renamed 



Opuntia 



We oroDose this name for that interesting plant of the Moha\ 



0. parryi, and under which it has been well described. The Messrs. Parish have hardly earned this 

 light honor in many laborious trips through these desert regions, and I take pleasure in dedicating 

 this species to them; Opuntia parryi (type from San Felipe), along with bcrnardtna^nd echtnocarpa, 



Illustrations: 



Journ. i: 132; N. Amer. Fauna 



Opuntia parryi 



Figure 9; represents joints of a plant collected by S. B. Parish in southern California. 



