. 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. 1544. Fruit of Opuntia Ficus-Indica (X ii). No. 13. 7. basilaris, Engelm. and Begel. A low, spreading plant, rarely 1 ft. high: joints thick, variable, usually broadly obovate, with more or less truncate top and branching from the base, 4-7 in. long and 2^ in. wide, bluish green, and very minutely pubescent: ar
. 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. 1544. Fruit of Opuntia Ficus-Indica (X ii). No. 13. 7. basilaris, Engelm. and Begel. A low, spreading plant, rarely 1 ft. high: joints thick, variable, usually broadly obovate, with more or less truncate top and branching from the base, 4-7 in. long and 2^ in. wide, bluish green, and very minutely pubescent: areolae de- pressed, close together, and with brownish yellow wool and numerous short, yellowish brown bristles ; spines wanting, rarely present: fls. dark purple, rarely white, 3 in. or more in diam.; fr. short, thick, green, becomin,g white and dry at maturity and filled with many large white seeds. Southwest U. S. and northern Mex. Var. ramosa, Parish. A smaller plant, with joints branching from the upper end, and usually glabrous. S. Calif. Var. TrelSasii, Conlt. Differs from the species in having larger orbicular or obovate joints, with terete base, and larger leaves. S. Calif. 8. pubSrula, Pfeiff. A numerously branched and up- right plant, 2-3 ft. high : joints obovate or somewhat rounder, when young covered with very soft pubescence which becomes bright green with age ; areolie with short, brownish yellow wool and numerous short, am- ber-colored bristles; spines 5-7, 1 in. or more in length, straight, cylindrical, w4iite, with amber-colored base, shining, the lower ones the longer; fls. lM-2 in. wide, gi-eenish yellow; fr. oval, 1% in. in diam., the many areolae bearing short wool and many bright amber-col- ored bristles; flesh sweetish ; seeds many, correspond- ingly small. Mex. 9. Ieuc6tricha, P. DC. (O. fulvisplna, Sa,]m.). Anup- riglit, numerously branched plant, sometimes reaching the height of 10 ft.: joints elliptical or narrower, mostly rounded at the end, 8-10 in.
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