. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1550. Orange (Satsuma). Showing the multiplication of loeules or compartments, stems branching from near the ground, and numerous lateral secondary ones, very short, usually unarmed and easily detached: joints about one-fifth to i4 in. thick: areolae with short, white wool and numerous, I'eddish brown, conspicu
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1550. Orange (Satsuma). Showing the multiplication of loeules or compartments, stems branching from near the ground, and numerous lateral secondary ones, very short, usually unarmed and easily detached: joints about one-fifth to i4 in. thick: areolae with short, white wool and numerous, I'eddish brown, conspicuous bristles: spines usually 1, sometimes wanting, erect, stout, frequently 2 in. long, brownish or horny, with a loose yellow shcnth: Us. greenish yellow, >rt-^ in. wide, with detiexed perianth: fr. scarlet, suc- culent, obovate to oblong, rarely globose, %-% in. long, frequently proliferous, armed with tufts of long, red- dish brown bristles. Southwestern U. S. and Sonora. Var. mijor, Hort., is advertised.— One of the slenderest of the Opuntias. It differs from other species in that the fls. do not open until late in the afternoon. Several forms of this plant occur throughout its range, some of which have been separated as varieties. One of the most frequent of the cylindrical Opun- tias in cult. 61. ramosissima, Engelm. ( O. tesselldta, Engelm.). Figs. 1543, 15-1:9. A spreading bush 2-5 ft. high, with numerous slender branches arising from a short trunk,1-3 ,and hav ing dark, scaly bark: joints ashy to bluish gray, variable in length, ultimate ones 2-G in., %-% in. thick : areolaa with sparse white wool and a few small yellow bristles: spines sometimes wanting (Fig. 1537), usually 1, stiff, erect, lH-2 in. long, loosely sheathed: fis. reddish purple /4-% in. wide, dry, narrowly obovate, 1 in. long % in. wide, with lor "2 seeds, frequently sterile, armed with numerous long, grayish bristles Ariz., Calif., Sonora. O. cocdnelUfera, MiU. = Nopalea. — O. corru
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