GnffUlts—New Spcrics of Opuidki. 
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(liverffiiiij centrals, 2 to (> cm. long and 2 to o wiaiker, very much short(*r, 
recurved one.s below; flowers yellow; I'rnit reddish-purple. 
The type is preserved under my collection No. 911)4, ])repared from 
cultivated specimens at San .Antonio, dl'xas, which were grown fnjin 
cuttings securcal in the vicinity of San Antonit), New Mexic.o, in 19U(S. 
Opuntia brachyclada sp. nov. 
low, caespitos(' spi'cies, seldom attaining a height of over 12 to 15 
cm., in nature'only about 10 cm., hut often forming dense mas.ses 50 or 
nujree cm. in diameU'r; joints exceedingly' variable, slightly to decidedly 
llatteiu'd or at tinues almost |)erfectly terete, narrowly ohovate to cylin¬ 
drical, 2^ by 10 cm. or often 20 by TIO mm. or even as low as 12 by MO 
mm., sometimes one on top of the other and 2 or M joints high, but 
usually new joints appear a little below on outside of outer joints of the 
clnmp, glanct)ns, bluish-green, young joints reddish tinged; leaves small, 
conical, cuspidate, greemish red, al)Out 2 mm. long; areoles subcircular, 
M mm. in diametei’, and 10 to 10 mm. a])art, spicules light-brown, 
changing to a dirty brown, at (irst surrounded by a narrow gray zone of 
wool, which is later ol)literate<l, the tuft, therefore, occupying the entire 
areole exce])t tlu^ very narrow wool zone, commonly 2 mm. in length, 
and numerous; spiiu's al)sent; flowers ])nrple; fruit small, snbglobose, 
1 to cm. in diameter, yellow or with a blush of red ou one side. 
The spiculc's an' as described above in the type specimen, but they may 
range in color from dirty-yf'Ilow to deep brownish-red as is true of the 
entiiH^ group. Tlu' type is preservc'd under my collection No. 10,7(58, 
and occurs commonly in the mountain valleys above San Bernardino, 
(’alifornia. 
Opuntia chaetocarpa sp. nov. 
.A tall, arborescent, o|)en l)ranch('d species, 2 to tl m. high, and hav¬ 
ing a spread of branch about the same dimensions, with us now about 
1 m. high and fruiting si)aringly after, being set from cuttings June 1, 
1912; joints ohovate, glo.ssy-dark-gn'en, smooth to the touch, rai.sed, 
tnlxu'cnlar at areoh's the first season, but nearly .smooth after that, meas¬ 
uring 14 by 27cm. for ('arly s))ring joints, which are fruiting now; areoles 
small, oval to ovate or ohovate, becoming subcircular in age, at first 2 to 
.3 mm. long, later 2 to M mm. in diameter, brown; leaves circular in sec¬ 
tions, subulate, cuspidate, mo.stly slightly recurved, 3 to 4 mm. long, 
spicules at first scarcely visible, but at 1 year of age form a compact tuft, 
3 to f) mm. long in upper part of aniole, and increasing still further in 
age; s[)ines white, at first single, erect, and about 2 cm. long, at 1 year 
of age, 2 or 3 divergent or (U’ect, and I often 5 cm. long and others 
shorter, flattened, twisted; flowers greenish with tinge of red in bud, 
light yellow when ojxmed, filaments greenish, style white with a. scarcely 
noticeable ting(5 of nul, stigma white', ()-])art{!d; ovary ohovate with di'ep 
conical jeit at apex, pre)min('nt tubercles and I to 2 s])ines in ea(!h upjH'r 
areole; fruit red, leyriform, edible, but of small size. 
