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OPUNTIA GRANDIS Pfeiff. 



Opuntia grandis Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. 155. 1837. 

 Type locality: In Mexico. 

 Distribution: Mexico. 



Illustration: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 172. 

 Referred by Schumann to O. glaucescens, but doubtless distinct, 

 as indicated by Berger. 1 



OPUNTIA STENOPETALA Engelm. 



Opuntia stenopetala Engelm. Proc. Am. Acad. 3:289. 1856. 



Type locality: On battlefield of Buena Vista, south of Saltillo, 

 Mexico. 



Distribution : Coahuila to Queretaro and Hidalgo. 



Illustrations : Cact. Mex. Bound, pi. 66; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 

 14: 172. 



Referred by Schumann to 0. glaucescens, but surely a distinct 

 species, as also indicated by Berger. 1 



LIST OF THE SPECIES OF NOPALEA 



NOPALEA COCHENILLIFERA (L.) Salm-Dyck 



Cactus cochenillifer L. Sp. PI. 468. 1753. 



Opuntia cochinelifera Mile. Diet. ed. 8. no. 6. 1768. 



Nopalea cochenillifera Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 63. 1850. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : West Indies and tropical America. 



Illustrations: Bot. Rep. ,pl. 533; Descourt. Fl. Pict. Antilles 7: pi. 

 515; Bot. Mag. 54: pis. 2741, 2742; Dill. Hort. Elth. fig. 383; Pfeiff. 

 & Otto, Abbild. Cact. 1: pi. 24; Kerner, Hort. 683; Fl. Bras. 4 2 : 

 pi. 60. 



NOPALEA KARWINSKIANA (Salm-Dyck) Schum. 



Opuntia karwinskiana Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 68. 1850. 

 Nopalea karwinskiana Schum. Gesamtb. Kakteen 752. 1899. 



Type locality : In Mexico. 



Distribution : Mexico ; rare in cultivation. 



NOPALEA AUBERI (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck 



Nopalea auberi Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 233. 1850. 

 Opuntia auberi Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenz. 8: 282. 1840. 



Type locality: Cuba. 

 Distribution: Cuba. 



'Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 171. 



