. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 26o THE CACTACEAE. Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. 50. f. 12; Belg. Hort. 26: pi. 8; Illustr. Hort. 15: pi. opp. 51; Deutsches Mag. Gart. Blumen. 1869: pi. 17, opp. 257, as 0. rafinesquei; Kraemer, Appl. Econ. Bot. f. 341. On page 130, vol. i, insert: 121a. Opiintia ebirmispina Small, sp. nov. Prostrate, widely branched and forming mats on dune sands, with tuberous roots; joints oval or suborbicular, varying to broadest above middle, thickish, 6 to 13 cm. long, pale green, somewhat shining, especially when young; leaves
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 26o THE CACTACEAE. Schelle, Handb. Kakteenk. 50. f. 12; Belg. Hort. 26: pi. 8; Illustr. Hort. 15: pi. opp. 51; Deutsches Mag. Gart. Blumen. 1869: pi. 17, opp. 257, as 0. rafinesquei; Kraemer, Appl. Econ. Bot. f. 341. On page 130, vol. i, insert: 121a. Opiintia ebirmispina Small, sp. nov. Prostrate, widely branched and forming mats on dune sands, with tuberous roots; joints oval or suborbicular, varying to broadest above middle, thickish, 6 to 13 cm. long, pale green, somewhat shining, especially when young; leaves ovoid-subulate, 4 to 5 mm. long, pale green, recurved- spreading; spines relatively stout, 2 to 4 at an areole or sometimes solitary, i to 2 cm. long, ivory- white with yellowish tips when j^oung, becoming dark gray, not spirallj- twisted, greenish when wet; flowers few; ovary obconic; sepals triangular, green, 5 to 7 mm. long; corolla clear yellow, 4 to 5 cm. wide; petals few, narrowly cuneate, often minutely pointed; berries obovoid, 2 cm. long or less. Coastal sands. Cape Romano, Florida. Type specimens in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden; collected in May 1922, by J. K. Small. Figure 237 is from a photograph by Dr. Small of the type Fig. 237.—Opuntia eburnispina. On page 131, vol. i, under Opuntia macrorhiza, add to illustrations: AVatson, Cact. Cult. ed. 3. f. 59; Diet. Gard. Nicholson 4: 580. f. 50, 51. On page 131, vol. i, under Opuntia tortispina, add the synonym: Opuntia cymochila montana Englemann, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 296. 1856. Also add to distribution: Southeastern Colorado. Established and slowly spreading east of Cincinnati, Ohio (E. T. WherrjO- Also add to illustrations: Watson, Cact. Cult. ed. 3. pi. opp. 102; Meehans' Monthly 11: 57, as Opuntia mesacantha; Meehans' monthly 5: 172, as 0. oplocarpa. On page 134, vol. i, Opuntia sulphurea, insert: Mr. W. B. Alexander writes as follows concerning this species: "This is by far the comm
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