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LANCELATE—Shaped like a lance or tapering 
to the apex. 
LANIFEROUS—Wooly. 
LATERAL—Pertaining to side. 
LEAD PENCIL CACTUS—wWilcoxia poselgeri. 
LENGUA DE VACA—Opuntia linguiformis in 
reference to the elongated pads. 
LEPIDOTUS—Scaly. 
LIMAS DE VIZNAGA—Fruit of Echinocereus 
longihamatus. 
LINEAR—Narrow, much longer than wide, with 
edges parallel. 
LIVING ROCK—Ariocarpus fissuratus. (29) 
LONGISPINA—Long spined. 
LOPHOCEREUS—Tufted haired cereus. 
LUNATE—Half moon or cresent shaped. 
MACROCEPHALUS—Large headed. 
MAMMILLARIA—Mammal like. 
MANCO CABALLO—Homalocephala  texensis, 
commonly called Devil’s head. 
MARITIMA—On or near sea coast. 
MELCOCHA—Tuna honey syrup. 
MELON CACTUS—Echinocactus horizonthalo- 
nius and others of the shape described by 
the term ‘‘melon.’’ (42) 
MERRY WIDOW CACTUS—Echinocereus reich- 
enbachii in reference to the flower which 
resembles one of the large spreading hats at 
one time popular in the United States. 
MESCAL BUTTON—Lophophora williamsii. 
MICRO—Small. 
MICROCARPA—Small fruited. 
MICROSPERMA—Small seeded. 
MIEL DE TUNA OR TUNA HONEY—A thick 
syrup made by boiling seeded tunas. 
MILLIMETER—One-tenth of a centimeter. 
MISSION PEAR—AII edible tunas. 
MONKEY TAIL CACTUS—Bergerocactus emori. 
MONSTROSE—wunusual; abnormal. 
MUCILAGINOUS—Of the consistency of mucil- 
age. 
MUCRONATE—Tipped with an abrupt point. 
MYRTILLOCACTUS—Myrtle flowered cactus. 
NEO—New. 
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS—Peniocereus greg- 
gii. Nyctocereus serpentinus. 
NIGGERHEAD — Echinocactus horizonthalonius 
and any Echinocactus. (42) 
NIGRISPINA—Black spined. 
NIPPLE CACTUS—AI!| Mammillarias having 
nipple or teat-shaped tubercles. 
NOCTURNAL—Night flowering. 
NOPAL—Mexican name applied to all flat- 
jointed species of Opuntia. (66) 
NOPAL CEGADOR—Opuntia mycrodasys. Nopal 
cegador is appied to a kinds of Opuntia 
that bear glochids instead of spines. The 
tiny spines or glochids are said to blind 
cattle, horses, etc. 
NOPALITOS—The young and tender pads of 
prickly pear, which are cooked like string 
beans by the Mexicans. 
NYCTO—Night. 
NYCTOCEREUS—Night blooming cereus. (45) 
OBLIQUE—Of Unequal sides. Slanting. 
OBOVATE—Ovate with the broader end at the 
apex. 
OBTUSE—Blunt or rounded at the end. 
OCHOTERENA—Opuntia rufida. 
OLD MAN CACTUS—Cephalocereus senilis. 
(115) 
OLD WOMAN CACTUS—Neomammillaria hah- 
niana. 
OREOCEREUS—Mountain cereus. 
ORGANO—Pachycereus marginatus. 
ORGANPIPE CACTUS—Lemaireocereus- thur- 
beri. 
0V0OID—Egg-shaped. 
OVARY—That part of the flower in which the 
seeds form. 
OVATE—Shaped like the longitudinal section 
of a hens egg. The base section being the 
widest. 
PANCAKE CACTUS—Any Platyopuntia. 
PAOILLOSE—Bearing or resembling papillae. 
PAPILLAE—Small nipple shaped projections. 
PEANUT CACTUS—Chamaecereus silvestrii. 
PEAR—Any Opuntia. An abbreviation for 
prickly pear. 
PECTINATE—Cleft with narrow and closely 
set segments as a comb. 
PENCAS—Mexican name for prickly pear cat- 
tle feed. 
PENIOCEREUS GREGGII—Gregg’s thread ce- 
reus. 
PEPPERITAS—Small pear shaped fruit of 
Neomammillarias. 
PERIANTH—The floral envelopes or leaves of 
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