09 ,80 
Opuntia 
Flowering May 7, 1912; joints elliptical to obovate, 13 to 17 
cm 
long, about 9 cm. wide, 1 to 2 cm. thick, glaucous with dark spots ex- 
each of these, ?/ith each areole 
tending from around the areoles downward and widening. 
nclosed by 
light green colored lines making a diamond shaped figure, the areole be- 
ing near upper apex, areoles 1.5 to 2,3 cm. apart, on newer joints slightly 
pubescent, with green glochids sprouting in center; on older joints areoles 
filled with dark yellow glochids about 2 mm, long; spines almost none on 
new joints, on oldest joints many , needle-like , light gray with dark to 
brown tips, 1 to 3 from each areole, 1 t© 3.5 cm. long; flowers 6 cm. long^ 
undeveloped fruit bearing many areoles filled with yellow glochids and 
spruce colored wool; sepals apiculate, reddish purple to greenish yello?/ 
with purplish .tips , nearly as wide as long; petals oblong obovate, light 
yellow 7/ith slight streak of purple at center of tip; ovary c 
3.1 ^ 
