. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. Ill Joints pubescent. Areoles surrounded by purplish spots ... 105. O. decumbens Areoles not surrounded by purplish spots ... 106. 0. depressa 99. Opuntia bella sp. nov. Stems low, 10 to 12 dm. high, forming thickets; joints oblong, repand, 10 to 16 cm. long, dull dark green; areoles i to 2 cm. apart, somewhat elevated, small, tilled with short brown wool and glochids; leaves minute, to mm. long; spines white, 2 to 6, unequal, acicular, the longer ones about 2 cm. long; flowers 5 cm. long, "sulphur-yellow turning to orange
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. Ill Joints pubescent. Areoles surrounded by purplish spots ... 105. O. decumbens Areoles not surrounded by purplish spots ... 106. 0. depressa 99. Opuntia bella sp. nov. Stems low, 10 to 12 dm. high, forming thickets; joints oblong, repand, 10 to 16 cm. long, dull dark green; areoles i to 2 cm. apart, somewhat elevated, small, tilled with short brown wool and glochids; leaves minute, to mm. long; spines white, 2 to 6, unequal, acicular, the longer ones about 2 cm. long; flowers 5 cm. long, "sulphur-yellow turning to orange-red;" petals 20 to 22 mm. long; ovary deeply umbilicate; "fruit small, greenish ;. rr \\2irswrm 137.—Opuntia bt-lla in the foreground. Type locality: Venticas del Dagua, Dagua Valley, western cordillera of Colombia. Distribution: Western Colombia. The type is based upon plants collected by Mr. Henry Pittier in the vState of Cauca, Colombia, in 1906, and grown ever since in Washington and New York. The species is very common in Cauca, forming with other cacti impenetrable thickets. Figure 137 is from a photograph by Mr. Pittier of the type plant, taken near Cauca, Colombia, in 1906; figure 138 is from a photograph by the same collector, showing flowering and fruiting joints; figure 139 represents a single Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington
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