206. Opuntia Salmiana. Parmentier. A stove succulent from Brazil. Flowers, pale veBow 
Native of Brazil. Blossoms at Kew in September and October. (Fig. 10].) 
This pretty and very distinct Opuntia is said to be a native of Brazil. Our collection is indebted for the possession 
of it to the Royal Gardens of Herrnhaussen. It blossoms freely, and the ordinary looking stems and bran.hes are 
ornamented by the variegated red and yellow and rather copious flowers in September and October. Plant nimill, one 
to two feet high, erect, branched ; branches ereeto-patent, cylindrical, rather of an ashy-green colour, destitute of tul» roles, 
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obtuse at the apex. Areoles scattered, forming white downy tufts of wool, bearing six to eight unequal, tavm, ^smaH 
aculei, the largest less than half an inch long. Flowers moderately sized, clustered at the apex of »*"»*• "* 
obovate, not scaly but areolated, and bearing aculei like the branches ; and, what i, ^T1' r ^y^Z 
have fallen awa/, often produc ng young plants. Sepals and petals undistinguishable ; the fawpj »% P« -< 
the latter. In bud the flaw* is red ; when fully expanded the .round-colour is sulphur-yel ow, streaked j t.nri and 
rose-colour in the centre. The petals are obovate, and the spread of the flower about two ™*£*^%£ 
1,^ L a Z v-iwrnuii. This slender straggling species grows wi.lflon.r 
numerous 
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