. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . FIG. 152.—Opuntia macrocalyx. FIG. 153.—Opuntia rufida. Type locality: In cultivation at Riverside, California. Distribution: Known only from cultivated plants; perhaps also from Coahuila, Mexico. Illustration: Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 19: pi. 28, in part. Figure 152 is drawn from a joint of the plant collected by Edward Palmer at Saltillo, Mexico, in 1904. 112. Opuntia rufida Engelmann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 298. 1856. Opuntia microdasys rufida Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 706. 1898. More or less erect, 2 to 15 dm. high, with a somewhat defin
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . FIG. 152.—Opuntia macrocalyx. FIG. 153.—Opuntia rufida. Type locality: In cultivation at Riverside, California. Distribution: Known only from cultivated plants; perhaps also from Coahuila, Mexico. Illustration: Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 19: pi. 28, in part. Figure 152 is drawn from a joint of the plant collected by Edward Palmer at Saltillo, Mexico, in 1904. 112. Opuntia rufida Engelmann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 298. 1856. Opuntia microdasys rufida Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 706. 1898. More or less erect, 2 to 15 dm. high, with a somewhat definite trunk; joints nearly orbicular, 6 to 25 cm. in diameter, thickish, velvety-tomentose, dull grayish green; leaves subulate, caducous, 4 to 6 cm. long, green with reddish tips; areoles large, filled with numerous brown glochids; flowers. 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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