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Family CACTACE.-E 

 CARNEGIEA Britton and Rose 



Carnegiea gigantea (Engelmann) Britton and Rose. Giant Cactus. 



Range. — Central and southern Arizona (from San Pedro River to the Colo- 

 rado River between Needles and Yuma; Santa Catalina and Rincon Moun- 

 tains;; southward into Mexico (Sonora). 



Xote on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Cereus giganteus Engelmann. 



NAMES IN USE 



Giant Cactus (X. Mex., Ariz.). Mountain Cactus (Calif., lit.). 



Saquarro (Ariz., sometimes written 



Suwarro and Suwarrow, and Sa- 



huarro) . 



CEPHALOCEREUS PfeifTer 



Cepnalocerens deeringii Small. 



Range. — Florida (Rocky hammocks. Lower Metacumbe Key; possibly on 

 Umbrella Key. — Fide J. K. Small). 



OPUNTIA Adanson 



Opuntia fnlgida Engelmann. Cholla. 



Range. — Through southern Arizona (south of Colorado Plateau in Pima, 

 Maricopa, Pinal, and Cochise Counties; Santa Catalina, Santa Rita, and Rincon 

 Mountains); southward into Mexico (Sonora). 



NAME IN USB 



Cholla (Ariz.) 



Opuntia spinosior (Engelmann) Tourney. Tasajo. 



Range. — Through southern Arizona (south of the Colorado Plateau; Santa 

 Rita. Santa Catalina, and Rincon Mountains); southward into Mexico (Sonora). 



NAMES IN USE 



Tassajo (Ariz.). Tasajo. 



Cholla (Ariz.). 



Opnntia versicolor Coulter. Cholla. 



Range. — Southern Arizona (foothills and lower slopes of Santa Catalina, Santa 

 Rita, and Rincon Mountains); southward into Mexico (northern Sonora). 



NAME IN USE 



Cholla (Ariz.) 



Family PUNICACE^E 



PUNICA Linnaeus 



Pnnica granatnm Linnaeus. Pomegranate. 



Range. — Native of northern Africa and western Asia. Long and widely 

 cultivated for ornament and for its fruit in warm and temperate climates. Es- 

 caped from cultivation in southern Florida, where it has become naturalized. 



names in USE 



Pomegranate. Garnet Apple. 



Punic Apple. 



