. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . FIG. 16.—Pereskia grandifolia. Exposed branches are shown above the other foliage. FIG. 17.—Pereskia zinniaeflora. 16. Pereskia horrida (HBK.) De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 475. 1828. Cudiis liorridus Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 6: 70. 1823. Tree, 4 to 6 meters high, with terete slender branches; spines often solitary, sometimes 2 or 3, slender, dark in color, unequal, the longest 2 to 3 cm. long; leaves solitary, alternate, narrowly oblong, 3 cm. long, subsessile, entire, glabrous; flowers 3 to 5 together in upper axils, about 1
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. . FIG. 16.—Pereskia grandifolia. Exposed branches are shown above the other foliage. FIG. 17.—Pereskia zinniaeflora. 16. Pereskia horrida (HBK.) De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 475. 1828. Cudiis liorridus Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 6: 70. 1823. Tree, 4 to 6 meters high, with terete slender branches; spines often solitary, sometimes 2 or 3, slender, dark in color, unequal, the longest 2 to 3 cm. long; leaves solitary, alternate, narrowly oblong, 3 cm. long, subsessile, entire, glabrous; flowers 3 to 5 together in upper axils, about 10 mm. long; calyx described as 5-toothed and persistent; petals 5 or 6, red, lanceolate, spreading; fruit fleshy, many-seeded. Type locality: "Ad flumcn Maranon prov. Jaen de ; (Schumann says this locality is in Peru.) Distribution: Northwestern South America. The above description is compiled from Kunth's original description and from notes made by Dr. Rose upon the type material in the herbarium of the Museum of Natural History at Paris, in which there are specimens from both Bonpland and Kunth. Both of these sheets lack flowers and fruit, and only Kunth's bears leaves. So far as we are aware,. 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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