. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 51.—Maihuenia poeppigii. Xo. FlG. 52.—Maihuenia brachydelphys. KEY TO SPECIES. Joints subglobose i. Af. patagonica Joints oblong to cylindric. Leaves linear, 4 to 6 mm. long . . .2. M. poeppigii Leaves ovate to subulate, 2 to 4 mm. IOIIH. Joints spineless below 3. M. brachydelphys Joints spiny all over. Leaves on the ovary with white hairs in their axils 4. M. valeiiliiiii Leaves on the ovary without hairs in their axils 5. M. lehuelchcs 1. Maihuenia patagonica (Philippi). Opiuitia palagnnica Philippi, Linnaea 33: S2. 1864. Per
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG. 51.—Maihuenia poeppigii. Xo. FlG. 52.—Maihuenia brachydelphys. KEY TO SPECIES. Joints subglobose i. Af. patagonica Joints oblong to cylindric. Leaves linear, 4 to 6 mm. long . . .2. M. poeppigii Leaves ovate to subulate, 2 to 4 mm. IOIIH. Joints spineless below 3. M. brachydelphys Joints spiny all over. Leaves on the ovary with white hairs in their axils 4. M. valeiiliiiii Leaves on the ovary without hairs in their axils 5. M. lehuelchcs 1. Maihuenia patagonica (Philippi). Opiuitia palagnnica Philippi, Linnaea 33: S2. 1864. Pertskia philippii Weber, Diet. Hort. Bois 939. 1898. Maihuenia philippii Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kak- teen 757. 1898. Low, much branched, and dense, resembling Sempervi- vum tomenlosum in habit; joints subglobose, i to cm. in diameter; leaves subulate, green; young areoles bearing white hairs; spines weak, hardly pungent, white, the longest 10 to 15 mm. long; flowers to 3 cm. long; fruit 8 to 10 mm. long, thicker than long; leaves on the ovary ovate to lanceolate, fleshy, naked in their axils, except some of the upper ones; seeds round, 3 to 4 mm. in diameter. Type locality: In southern Argentina. Distribution: Near snow-line on southern mountain ranges of Argentina and Chile. Opuntia philippii Haage and Schmidt, without description, is given by Weber (Diet. Hort. Bois 939. 1898) as a synonym of this species. This is called by the natives espina blanca. 2. Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto) Weber in Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 755. 1898. Ofiuiitia poeppigii Otto in PieilTer. Enum. Cact. 174. 1837. Opiinlia mailmen Remy in Gay, I'l. Chilena 3: 29. 1847. Pereskia poeppigii falm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 252. 1850. Shrubby, much branched, prostrate, forming dense cespitose masses i meter broad; joints spiny to the bases, cylin- dric, 6 cm. long or more, cm. in diam- eter; leaves cylindric, green, 4 to 6 mm. long; spines 3 from each areole, the 2 late- rals very short,
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