Begonia— Opuntia. 141 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 

 AntiH. (Schumann 1903). 



5417. Opuntia Mill. 



Opuntia Ficus indica Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. VIII (1768) n. 2; 

 Gris. Fl. 302; Sweet prickle. 



St. Eustatius: along roads: n. 151 G. 



I saw Opuntia Ficus indica: in deserted plautations near Bengalen; 

 roads along the lower part of Signalhill; Signalhill. 



Saba: I saw Opuntia Ficus indica: St. Giles; Laddergut. 



St. Martin: I saw Opuntia Ficus indica; near Filipsburg; Nakedboy 

 hill; Fort Willem; Green Key. 



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



Opuntia spinosissima Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. VIII (1768) n. 8; 

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



St. Eustatius : I saw Opuntia spinosissima : on the top of the Cliff 

 near Signalhill; on the White Wall. 



St. Martin: I saw Opuntia spinosissima: Top of Nakedboyhill ; Tinta- 

 niarre. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 



Ind. Occid. (Schumann 1903). Baham. (Hitchc.) 



Opuntia triacanthallaworth. (1812); Gris. Fl. 302. Spanish lady. 

 St. Eustatius: English Quarter: n. 1004a B.; Gilboohill: n. 

 1126a B.; Jenldnsbay: n. 1230fflB. 



I 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. 1384aB. 



I also saw Opuntia triacantha: Laddergut. 



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

 hill: n. 2577a B. 



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

 lehem ; one of the islands in Sirasonsbaylagoon. 



Ind. Occid. (Schumann 1903). 

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

 302; Duss 318; Millspaugh 513. Sour prickle. 



St. Eustatius: along roads: n. 152. 



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

 Island. 



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

 the Islands in Sim.sonsbaylagoon. 



India Occid., California? (Schumann 1903). 



