OPUNTIA. 



119 



Our examination of a painting of this plant in the collection made by Dr. Griffiths 

 showed it to have great similarity to Opuntia nifida. 



Illustration: Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 21: pi. 23. 



Figure 147 is copied from the illustration above 

 cited. 



108. Opuntia treleasei Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 

 434. 1896. 



Opuntia basilaris treleasei Tourney, Cycl. Amer. Hort. Bailey 



3:1147. 1901. 

 Opuntia treleasei kernii GriiBths and Hare, N. Mex. Agr. 



Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: Si. 1906. 



Low, sometimes 3 dm. high, spreading at base, some of 

 the branches of 2 to 4 erect joints; joints obovate, 15 cm. long 

 or more, fleshy, pale bluish green, glabrous, terete at base; 

 areoles numerous, filled with dirty yellow glochids, usually 

 without spines, sometimes quite spiny; flowers rose-colored; 

 fruit dry, subglobose, with large areoles filled with glochids 

 and sometimes bearing spines; seeds large, turgid, 7 cm. in 

 diameter. 



Type locality: Caliente, in the Tehachapi Moun- 

 tains, California. 



Distribution: Southern California. 



Figure 148 is from a photograph of the plant grow- 

 ing on the mesa southeast of Bakersfield, California, 

 taken by Dr. MacDougal in 19 13. 



109. Opuntia basilaris Engelmann and Bigelow, Proc. Amer. 

 Acad. 3: 298. 1S56. 



Opuntia basilaris ramosaParish, Bull.Torr. Club 19:92. 1S92. 

 Opuntia intricata GriiBths, Proc. Biol. See. Washington 29: 

 10. 1916. 



Fig. 147. — Opuntia lubrica. 



Fig. 148. — Opuntia treleasei, Southern California. 



