12*53 
Opuntia fuscoatra 
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green to almost glaucous 
Flowering May 6, 1912; joints obovate, 5 to 8 cm. long; areoles 1 to 
2 cm. apart, entirely filled with dark brown glochids save for, on few 
areoles, one or two spines 2 mm, to 1,5 cm. long; flower 9 cm, in diameter; 
petals spatulate, 4.5 cm. long, 3.5 cm. wide at widest part, red at base, 
streaking into sulphur yellow with light yellow margins; stamens of vary- 
ing lengths; filaments bright yellow; anthers slightly lighter colored; 
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pistil slightly longer than stamens; stigma lobes 6, light pale green; 
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ovary cylindrical, 1.5 cm. long, 3 mm. in diameter; throat wide, 5 mm. long 
Collected Mar. 4, 1912, by J. D. Mitchell, near Victoria, Texas. 
New joints bearing, on areoles, small worm-like leaves, one to 
each areole, which soon give place to glochids. 
