. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG 217.—Opuntia licus-indica, Cordoba, Argentina. Figure 217 is from a photograph of the plant growing at Cordoba, Argentina, taken by Paul G. Russell in 1915; figure 218 represents the fruit, obtained in Bermuda by Dr. Britton in 1913. 197. Opuntia crassa Haworth, Suppl. PI. Succ. Si. 1819. Opuntia parvula Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 364. 1834. Opuntia crassa major Pfciffer, Enum. Cact. 153. 1837. Opuntia glauca Forbes, Hort. Tour Germ. 158. 1837. Plant i to 2 meters high, somewhat branched; joints ovate to ob- long, 3 to cm. long, thick, blu
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIG 217.—Opuntia licus-indica, Cordoba, Argentina. Figure 217 is from a photograph of the plant growing at Cordoba, Argentina, taken by Paul G. Russell in 1915; figure 218 represents the fruit, obtained in Bermuda by Dr. Britton in 1913. 197. Opuntia crassa Haworth, Suppl. PI. Succ. Si. 1819. Opuntia parvula Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 364. 1834. Opuntia crassa major Pfciffer, Enum. Cact. 153. 1837. Opuntia glauca Forbes, Hort. Tour Germ. 158. 1837. Plant i to 2 meters high, somewhat branched; joints ovate to ob- long, 3 to cm. long, thick, bluish green, glaucous; areoles bearing brown wool and brown glochids; spines wanting or sometimes i or 2, acicular, cm. long or less; flowers and fruit unknown. Type locality: Described from cultivated specimens supposed to have come from Mexico. Distribution: Unknown in the wild state; locally found in cultivation in tropical America. Haworth, who first described this species, thought it to be near 0. stricta. Pfeiffer (Enum. Cact. 153. 1837) uses 0. glabcrrhna Hort. Berol. as a synonym of O. crassa major. Opuntia parvula, when first published, was supposed to be native of Chile, but this was a mistake. Salm-Dyck compared the species with 0. crassa and 0. spinulifera, but says it is thrice smaller than either. vSchumann refers 0. parvula directly to 0. crassa, which disposition we follow. Figure 219 is from a photograph of a plant in the Organ Mountains, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, taken by Paul G. Russell in FIG. 218.—Fruit of Opuntia ficus-indica. 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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