ENGELMANN PRICKLYPEAR 



Opun'tia engelman'ni 



B106 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers large, yellow, showy, 

 arising from same growing cen- 

 ters (areoles) as the spines; 

 petals numerous; outer flower 

 parts (sepals) petal-like; sta- 

 mens many 



Fruit (berry) red or purplish, 

 fleshy, juicy, oblong to broadly 

 club-shaped, up to 2 in. long, 

 many-seeded 



Stems flattened , jointed ; 

 joints oblong or rounded, 6 to 

 14 in. long and sometimes 

 nearly as wide, relatively thick 



Areoles in leaf axils, large, 

 widely spaced, bearing (in ad- 

 dition to spines) numerous, 

 minute, barbed, brown, yellow- 

 tipped bristles (glochids) 



Leaves small (up to about K 

 in. long), rounded, awl-shaped, 

 fleshy, soon falling 



Spines usually 2 to 4 in each 

 areole, spreading, up to 2 in. 

 long, flattened, whitish except 

 for red or brown bases and 

 occasionally black tips 



Lith. A. Hoen & Co. 



