CARNEGIEJA. 



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sometimes called pitahaya, but it is more 



name 



While the fruit of this cactus sometimes 



The ripe fruit is much 



spines in the areoles of the ovary, and presume that they develop during the growth of the 



some 





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Fig. 234. — Carnegiea gigantea. 



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Monuments 



monument, consisting of over 2,000 



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plant. This 



miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, where there is a wonderful display of Carnegiea gigantea 



on the rocky hillsides. 



The sahuaro is the State flower of Arizona. 



Dr. Forrest Shreve has contributed the following account of the sahuaro : 



"The geographical range of the sahuaro extends from the headwaters of the Yaqui River in 

 southern Sonora, northward to the southern edge of the Colorado Plateau. In Sonora it is rarely 



*The following are some of the other published spellings of this name: suaharo, suguaro, suwarrow, snwarro, 

 and zuwarrow. 



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