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Joints pubescent. 



Areoles surrounded by purplish spots 105. 0. decunibcns 



Areoles not surrounded by purplish spots 106. 0. depressa 



99. Opuntia bella sp. nov. 



Stems low, 10 to 12 dm. high, forming thickets; joints oblong, repand, 10 to 16 cm. long, dull 

 dark green; areoles i to 2 cm. apart, somewhat elevated, small, filled with short brown wool and 

 glochids; leaves minute, 1.5 to 2.5 mm. long; spines white, 2 to 6, unequal, acicular, the longer ones 

 about 2 cm. long; flowers 5 cm. long, ** sulphur-yellow turning to orange-red;" petals 20 to 22 mm. 

 long; ovary deeply umbilicate; "fruit small, greenish yellow.*' 



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,3-._Opuntia bella in the foreground. 



Dagua, Dagua Valley, western 



Distribution: Western Colombia 



The type is based upon plants collected by Mr. Henry Pittier in the State 

 Colombia, in 1906, and grown ever since in Washington and^ New York. Ihc 

 very common in Cauca, forming with other cacti im - '^- - ^- 



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from a photograph by Mr. Pittier of the type 



Colombia, in 1906; figure 138 is from a photograph by the same collector, showing 

 and fruiting joints; figure 139 represents a single joint. 



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