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repand; leaves ovoid, 2 to 4 mm. long, often purplish; areoles rather prominent; glochids yellowish 
brown; spines 5 to 6 together or sometimes fewer on new joints, yellow, stiff, subulate, reflexed, 
becoming gray when dry, yellowish green when wet, straight, the longer ones 4.6 to 5 cm. long; 
flowers rather few; ovary turbinate, even; sepals often purple-tinged, deltoid to rhombic-orbicular 
or rhombic-reniform, acute; corolla bright lemon-yellow, 7 to 8.5 cm. wide; petals few, cuneate, 
somewhat crisped; berry obovoid, red, about 2 cm. long. 
On edge of hammock, southeastern end of Big Pine Key, Florida. Type specimens 
collected in December 1921, by J. K. Small, in the herbarium of the New York Botanical 
Garden. : 
Related to O. dillenit, differing in shape of the joints, which are not repand, and the 
strongly reflexed, scarcely flattened spines. 
On page 166, vol. 1, under Opuntia lindheimert, add to illustrations: Journ. Hered. 
Washington, 6*: f. 19, as Opuntia ellisiana; Journ. Hered. Washington 6%: f. 15, 16, as 
O. cacanapa; Journ. Hered. Washington 6%: f. 17, 18; as O. subarmata; Journ. Hered. 
Washington 5: 223. f. 13; Schulz, 500 Wild Fl. San Antonio pl. 12. 
Also insert: Dr. Small has found this plant established, after cultivation, in pine 
lands west of Halenville, Florida. 
On page 167, vol. 1, under Opuntia cantabrigiensis, add to illustrations: Gartenwelt 
10: 560; Gard. Chron. 111. 33: 98. f. 42. 
Also insert: Professor Duncan S. Johnson found this species naturalized on sand 
dunes at Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1899, and Doctor Small studied it there in 1922. 
At Cambridge, England, it has passed through many winters out of doors. 
On page 168, vol. 1, under Opuntia beckeriana, insert: Opuntia prostrata spinostor 
(Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 723. 1898) seems to have been a garden name which 
Schumann would refer to O. beckertana. 
On page 173, vol. 1, under Opuntia tomentosa, add to illustrations: Blanc, Cacti 82. 
No. 2200, as Opuntia lurida; Reiche, Elem. Bot. f. 165; Gartenwelt 11: 75. 
On page 175, vol. 1, under Opuntia leucotricha, add to illustrations: Méllers Deutsche 
Gart. Zeit. 25: 476. f. 9, No. 4, as Opuntia leucacantha; Cassell’s Dict. Gard. 2: 138; Bull. 
U. S. Dept. Agr. 31: pl. 6, f. 2; pl. 7, f. 2; U.S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Pl. Ind. Bull. 262: pl. 4; 
pl. 5, f. 1. 
Insert: Dr. John K. Small has found this plant naturalized in a hammock south of 
Fort Pierce, Florida, where it is reported as established during the Seminole wars. 
On page 176, vol. 1, under Opuntia orbiculata, add to the illustrations: Schelle, Handb. 
Kakteenk. 48. f. 11, as Opuntia crinifera; Gartenwelt 11: 76, as O. lanzgera. 
In third line of description on page 177 read cm. as dm. 
On page 178, vol. 1, under Opuntia ficus-indica, add to illustration: Engler and Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. 3%: f. 57, H; Gard. Chron. m1. 34: 89. f. 34; 93. f. 42; Karsten, Deutsche F1. 
887. f. sor. No. 10, 11; ed. 2. 2: 456. f. 605. No. 10, 11; Journ. Dept. Agr. S. Austr. 13: 764; 
Garten-Zeitung 4: 182. f. 42, No. 1; Stand. Cycl. Hort. Bailey 4: f. 2598; Watson, Cact. 
Cult. ed. 3. f. 57. 
On page 180, vol. 1, under Opuntia maxima, add the synonym: Cactus maximus Colla, 
Mem. Accad. Sci. Torino 33: 140. 1826 (?). 
Also insert: Illustration: Méllers Deutsche Gart. Zeit. 25: 488. f. 22, No. 3, as Opuntia 
labouretiana. . 
On page 181, vol. 1, under Opuntia hernandezit, insert: Opuntia hernandezi first 
appeared in De Candolle’s Prodromus (3: 474. 1828). _ 
Also insert: Nopal silvestre Thierry (Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2.929. 1885) is cited as 
a synonym of Opuntia hernandezii. This reference is given also in the Index Kewensis. 
Also insert: Illustration: Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 930. f. 128. 
On page 184, vol. 1, under Opuntia streptacantha, add to illustrations: Useful Wild PI. 
U.S. Canada opp. 18, 108, 174, as Opuntia tuna. 
