tw-ec 



ilored tar 



istles; 



ill (li 



"n't"" 



di-red 

 ovary 



;epal> 



renulate; 



style 





•ose tips « 



>f tlie 



442 EXPLORATIONS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN OF UTAH. 



ft rae^l, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray Flor. 1, p. 555. Joints 5 

 obovate; leaves li lines long; areolae closely set with 1 

 lower ones with few and short white spines, upper ones 

 spines, 1.1-2 inches in length. Flowers pale straw-colore 

 L inch long, with 20-30 white woolly aculeolate areola 1 ; e 

 squai-rose, or recurved at the elongated tip; petals obovi 

 with S or 10 short erect stigmas, longer than the stamens. 



Opuntia MfssoiiRiENsrs, Be (kind. Prod. 3, p. 472; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 555 (in 

 part); Cactus ferox, Nutt. Gen. 1, p. 29G. 



From the deserts of Salt Lake Valley to Rush Valley; specimens without flower 

 or fruit, Joints small (2-3 inches long), broadly obovate or circular; areolae closely 

 set; spines numerous, stiff, stout, angular, white, mostly deflexed. 



Oitntia Missouriensis, var. aluispina, Fne/elm. & BifjcJow, J. c. p. 46; t. 14, fs. 

 s-lii; S,,n. ('act. p. 44. 



Smith ( 'reek, Lookout Mountains, in Western Utah; flowering in July. By their 

 slender famous spines, the specimens approach to var. trkhophora. Flowers 3-3 J 

 inches in diameter, bright golden-yellow: ovary 1 inch long, with 20 or 25 areola?, 

 scarcely spiny: exterior sepals obovate, cuspidate; petals about 8, obtuse, crenulate; 

 style shorter than the stamens; stigmas about 5, very short, erect. Some flowers have 

 elongated and very spiny ovaries, evidently abortive. 



OruNTiA fraoilis, JImrorth, Sapplp.82; Torr. 4b Gray, Fl. 1, p. 555; St/nops. Cart. 

 p. 45; Cactus fragilis, Nntt. Gen. 1, p. 29G. 



Fort Kearny to the North Platte country: in flower in June and Jul v. This is, 



i \u 



dieve, t 



he 





time tlu 



it the flowers of t 



his species were < 



•olh-c 



te«l 



since Nut 



tail's 



disc 



overy o 



tit 



in U 



<\:\. Ti 



ravelers report tha' 



t the plant is verj 



- fiv 4 



net 



itly seen ii 



i the 



steri 



le prair 





sast • 



of the li 



tocky Mountains, 1 



imt that it is rare 





d them in fl( 



over 



and 





ill i 



n t'n 



lit. Sin 



ce manv years I 1 



lave the plant in 



culfr 



rat 



ion from 8] 



>eci- 



neo 



s bnuu 



rlit 



'| nW 



n by I) 



r. llayden, but h 



ave not been al 



de to 



lall. 



JT' 



3t it to UC 



i the speci 



lines long; 



:wer. 



bef< 



>re me, 



ill.-; 



f are 



yellow 



, scarcely 2 inches 



; in diameter; ov; 



Ti 



the 



15- 





Iffi S 



l!V d 



i-nselv c 



nvered with thick 



white wool; the 



uppe 





dies bear a 



few 



whi 



mlate: * 



s: 1 

 ;tyl- 



.?Iol> ; 



• sepals 



broadly oval, with 

 the stamens; sti-n 



a short cusp; pet; 

 las 5, short, erect, 



ills 5. 

 cusp 



ob 



ida 



ovate, roun 



del, 



otQ 





,'...<■ 



at I can now complete the description of tl 

 OKvr. /,< ( out, in ,(,;■!>. i-.Hi/t In,.: Append, to Si/ 



- ' ■'■■■ '''■■■■ - - ■■ ' - ; .. : ■■■■.....■:•■ 

 places along the coast of Georgia and Florh 



hicola, Fla., I have received living specimens am 



lis very distinct southern species. 



nops. Cad. in Proceed. Am. Acad. Arts .)'• .S'c. 3, p. 340 ; 



sretiuseulis ovatis cuspidatis incurvis ; arcolia jmii 



a: ovario ohovato pnlvillos perpaucos fusco-villos 

 ti- cuspidatis; petalis sub-.", obovatis spatnlatis ol 

 lissimis anguste obtnseqne margiuatis in pulpa \ 



1 fnut 



l.-u- 1 '- 



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