i4o DICOTYLEDONES 



Siylus e basi obconlca cylindraceus, crassits, apice in stigmaia 3-8 

 erecia divistis. Bacca oblongo-obovata oblongave, spinulis seiulisqtte 

 fasciculatis obsita , apice truncato-tmibilicata. Semina renifoi^ia. — 

 Fruticcs articulis coagmentaii pkirimis, ex apice vel ad latera invi- 

 cem stiperimpositis, tubercula foliifera et spinas axillares fascicu- 

 losve aculcortmi setaritmve , spirali et quincttilciali ordine disposita 

 gereutibus. Folia tereti-subulala , ciio decidtut. Stamina irritabilia. 



-H OPLNTIA BIAXIMA 



O. articidis ellipticis oblongove-ol)ovatis, plano-compressis , latis; 

 spinis subquinis, fasciculatis, tereti-subtdatis, validis, nniformibtis, 

 albicantibus, lanugine vix exserta ad basim stipatis, centrali lon- 

 giore , lateralibus divergentibus. 



Opuntia maxima Haw. Syii. p. 210. DC. Prod. 3. p. ^;^. 

 O. amyclaea Tenor. F1. nap. Proil. App. v. p. i5. Syll. p. a^o. ct FI. nap. 

 4. p. 270. DC. Prod. 3. p. 474- 



Ic. — Tknor. F1. nap. taL. 2 3G. 



Frtitex G-i 2-pedalis. Caulis erectus; ramis ascendentibtis, patulis, 

 varialimve demtim inclinantibtis.Articuli caulini iiiferiores tereti-com- 

 pressi, lignescentes, epidermide cineracea, scariosa, facile secedente 

 obducii, superstitum spinarum fasciculis liic illic praediti, caeteri 

 carnosi, e basi angusta et truncato-conica utrinque applanati, oblongo- 

 obovati, elliptici obovative, obtusi, glauci, glabri, longitudine pe- 

 dales, cubiiales, pedem dimidium fere ultraque denium lali, semiui- 

 ciam, unciamve circiter crassi, sauciati lympham abunde efTundentes, 

 alii ab aliis ab apice, et ramorum instar e marginibtts lateralibus, 

 raro a superficie plana , irregulariter prodeuntes, tuberctilisque ob- 

 siti qui in quincuncem spiralem dispositi et ( in junioribus arii- 

 culis ) invicem proximi crassique, mox per articuli atigmentum seu- 

 >inj removentitr et minus obvii fiunt aut evanescunt. Folia crassiu- 

 scida, tereti-subulata, semuncia breviora , e stiperiore cujusque 

 tuberculi parte, in jtinioribus articttlis, originem ducentia, brevi 

 decidua. S])inac ad ctijusve folii axillam qtiinae pattcioresve, raro 

 senac, lenuiicr tereti-subulatae , scabridae, lanugine cinereo-fusca, 



