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NOPALEA DEJECTA Salm-Dyck 



Opimtia dejecta Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 361. 1834. 

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



Type locality : Havana, Cuba. 



Distribution : Cuba, and common in cultivation in Mexico. 



NOPALEA GUATEMALENSIS Rose 



Nopalea guatemalensis Rose, Smithson. Misc. Coll. 50:330. 1907. 



Type locality : El Rancho, Guatemala. 

 Distribution : Arid valleys of Guatemala. 

 Illustrations : Smithson. Misc. Coll. 50 : pis. 41-42. 



NOPALEA MONILIFORMIS (L.) Schum. 



Cactus moniliformis *L. Sp. PI. 468. 1753. 



Cereus moniliformis DC. Prod. 3: 470. 1828. 



Opuntia moniliformis Steud. Nom. 2: 221. 1841. 



Nopalea moniliformis Schum. Gesamtb. Kakteen 750. 1900. 



Type locality: Tropical iVmerica. 

 Distribution : Haiti. 



Illustration : Descourt. Fl. Pict. Antilles 7 : pi. 514. 

 This very interesting species is known to us only from the descrip- 

 tions and illustration. 



