Begonia— Opuntia. 141 



St. Croix I'x Millspaugh. 

 Antill. (Sclmmann 1!»03). 



r.4l7. Opuntia Mill. 



Opuntia Ficus indica Mill. (iaid. Diet. i;d. Vlll (17(3S) )i. 2; 

 Oris. Fl. 302; Sweet prickle. 



St. Eustatius: along roads: n. 1510. 



I saw Opuntia Finns iinlica: in deserted i)lantations near licngalen; 

 roads along (ho lower part of Signalhill; Signalhill. 



Saba: I saw Oi)nntia Ficn.s indica: St. (iiles; Laddcrgnt. 



St. Martin: l saw Opuntia Ficns indica: ne;ii- Filipsburg; Nakedlioy- 

 liill ; Fori Willeni: (jreen Key. 



Mexico, warmer countries of both homispli. (Schumann 1903). 



Opuntia spinosissima Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. Vlll (17(>.S) n. 8; 

 tiris. Fl. 302; Duss 318; Millspauch 513. 



St. Eustatius: I saw Opuntia spinosissim.a: on the top of Uie Cliff 

 near Signalliill: on the White Wall. 



St. Martin: I saw Opuntia spinosissima: Top of Nakedlinyhill ; 'I'inta- 

 niarre. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 



Ind. (tecid. (Schumann 1903). Baham. (Hitchc.) • 



Opuntia triacantlia Ilaworth. (1812); Gris. Fl. 302. Spanish lady. 

 St. Eustatius: English Quarter: n. 1004rt B.; Gilhoohill: n. 

 112(iflB.: Jenkinsbay: n. 12:30ft B. 



T saw Opuntia triacantha: Slope of Signalhill; roads along the lower 

 part of Signalhill; top of the Cliff between Oranjestad and White Wall. 



Saba: Paris: n. 1384«B. 



I also saw Opuntia triacantha; Laddergut. 



St, Martin: near Fort Willem: n. 2551«B.; near Nakedboy- 

 hili: n. 2577rtB. 



I also saw Opuntia triacantha: near Filipsburg; aloug roads near Beth- 

 lehem ; one of the islands in Simsonsbaylagoon. 



Ind. Occid. (Schumann 1903). 

 Opuntia Tuna Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. VIII. (1768) n. 3; Gris. Fl. 

 302: Duss 318; Millspaugh 513. Sour prickle. 



St. Eustatius: along roads: n. 152. 



Saba: I saw Opuntia Tuna; Giles gut; near the Snlphurmines; Green 

 Island. 



St. Martin: l saw Opuntia Tuna: Nakedboyhill: Fort Willem: one of 

 the Islands in .Simsonsbaylagoon. 



India Dci'id.. California? (Schumann 1903). 



