The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . cm. apart; spines stout, the radials 8 to 12, somewhat unequal,about 1 cm. long; central spines 3 to 6, stout, flattened, one muchlonger than the others and about 4 cm. long; flowers 10 to 14 , the tube long and slender; inner perianth-segments 2 to long, purple; stamens about as long as the segments; fruit sub-globose, 6 to 8 cm. in diameter, spiny; skin of fruit bright scarlet;pulp purple; seeds rugose, pitted, mm. long. Type locality: Lower California. Distribution: Lower California and adjacen
The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family . cm. apart; spines stout, the radials 8 to 12, somewhat unequal,about 1 cm. long; central spines 3 to 6, stout, flattened, one muchlonger than the others and about 4 cm. long; flowers 10 to 14 , the tube long and slender; inner perianth-segments 2 to long, purple; stamens about as long as the segments; fruit sub-globose, 6 to 8 cm. in diameter, spiny; skin of fruit bright scarlet;pulp purple; seeds rugose, pitted, mm. long. Type locality: Lower California. Distribution: Lower California and adjacent islands. Dr. Rose, who visited Lower California in 1911, foundthis the most widely distributed there of all the cacti. Heobserved it at all stations visited on the main peninsula andon all the islands of the Gulf of California except Tiburonand Estaban. The plant is rather diverse in its habit; itoften sends out long horizontal branches which take root andstart other colonies. In habit it much resembles Rathbuniaalamosensis, but is usually stouter and less gregarious. The. NYCTOCEKIHS. 117 fruit is called pitahaya agre or pitahaya agria and is probably the most valuable fruit ofLower California. A fish poison is prepared by bruising the stems. The mashed pulpis then thrown into a running stream.
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