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O. alcahes. A very pretty cholla bearing 
numerous white spines of a deceptive 
soft appearance.RC 25c 
O. bravoana. (Baxter 1933). Beautiful 
smooth green pads bearing white spine 
clusters. Large yellow flower.RC 50c 
O. burrageana. Rather slender branches 
covered with short yellow to brown 
spines. Pretty.RC 25c 
O. cholla. Tree like, bearing whorls of 
fat, turgid branches with widely spaced 
spine clusters. Purple flower, green 
proliferous fruit.RC 25c 
O. ciribe. A cholla with fat, green up 
curved branches bearing numerous clus¬ 
ters of white spines. Greenish yellow 
flower, yellow tubercled fruit. Very 
pretty.RC 25c 
O. clavellina. A striking long jointed 
cholla with remarkably long spines. 
Bronze flower.RC 35c 
O. commonduensis. A flat jointed species 
with softly pubescent pads and white 
or yellow spines.RC 50c 
O. invicta. The Rats’ Nest. Clusters of 
short, fat heads bearing heavy flat, gray 
spines. Yellow flower and fruit. Clus¬ 
tered.S 25c, 50c 
O. pycnantha. An interesting species from 
the wind swept sands of Magdalena 
Island. Flat joints nearly hidden by re¬ 
flexed yellow or brown spines.—RC 50c 
O. serpentina variety. An attractive green 
jointed cholla with brown spines. RC 25c 
O. tesajo. A rare low bushy, woody plant 
of the Ramosissima group. Yellow flow¬ 
ers .RC 25c 
O. Gates No. 95. Whiplike branches that 
clamber up through other bushes. Bears 
scarlet fruits of the Leptocaulis group 
.RC 25c 
O. Gates No. 136. A beautiful new blue 
padded species from high in the Cape 
District mountains. Long white spines, 
maroon fruit.RC 50c 
Pachycereus. Elephant Cereus are the 
giants among Lower California cactus. 
They are more slender in youth and 
much faster growing than the familiar 
Arizona Giant. As pot plants they form 
marvelous green, fluted columns of ar¬ 
tistic proportions. 
P. pecten-aboriginum. The seeds are borne 
in a chestnut like hull covered with 
spines. It is said the Indians used por¬ 
tions of these hulls as combs, hence 
the name. Many consider this the most 
beautiful of the two species. It is a re¬ 
markably fast grower. IV 2 in. S 25c 
P. pringlei. The larger and hardier of the 
two. Very easily grown. 
.2 in. S 25c, 3 in. S 35c, 4 in. S 50c 
Pereskiopsis of Lower California clamber 
over small trees in the manner of wild 
blackberries. They have slender, round 
woody branches, long slender spines 
and flat fleshy leaves. They may be 
grown as vines or pinched back to form 
compact bushes. 
P. gatesii. (Baxter 1932). One of our own 
discoveries bearing thick, glossy leaves 
and rose pink fruits.RC 25c 
Ncomamm'illana capcnsis 
