. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 224 THE CACTACEAE. served as Dr. Rose did not find it either at Berlin or Paris in 1912. Schumann mentions it only in a note under 0. qnitcnsis following Weber who associates the two. Dr. Rose, while in Ecuador in 1918, spent about a week at Cuenca collecting plants in all direc- tions from the town. The only Opuntia in this whole region is the one above described which grows in hedges and along the roadsides. It may be an introduced species which has escaped from gardens but we know nothing in cultivation just like it. It resembles. FIG. 300.—
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 224 THE CACTACEAE. served as Dr. Rose did not find it either at Berlin or Paris in 1912. Schumann mentions it only in a note under 0. qnitcnsis following Weber who associates the two. Dr. Rose, while in Ecuador in 1918, spent about a week at Cuenca collecting plants in all direc- tions from the town. The only Opuntia in this whole region is the one above described which grows in hedges and along the roadsides. It may be an introduced species which has escaped from gardens but we know nothing in cultivation just like it. It resembles. FIG. 300.—Opuntia bonplandii. Xo-5. somewhat the Nopal de Castilla, so common in Mexico and the southwestern states Humboldt compared it with the tuna de Espana which may be the same. Bonpland seems to have called his plant Cactus coccincllifcr which it very much resembles in the shape of the joints and in being spineless in age. If we are right in our interpretation of this species it has no close alliance with O. qnitcnsis which Dr. Rose collected also; it has very small flowers with erect petals which are not readily affected by the sun as are those of 0. bonplandii and most of the other 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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