. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIGS. 277 and 278.— Nopalea gaumeri. Collected by George F. Gaumer and sons near Sisal, Yucatan, March 1916 (No. 23250, type); also by Dr. Gaumer from Port Silam, 1895 (No. 647). Dr. Gaumer's field note is as follows: "A coastal cactus, 10 feet high, much branched, small-jointed and of slight build, not of robust build like the interior species. It blooms from February to June. The birds are very fond of the fruit and consume it as fast as it ; Figures 277 and 278 show joints of the type-specimen. 77 a. Opuntiadepauperata
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. FIGS. 277 and 278.— Nopalea gaumeri. Collected by George F. Gaumer and sons near Sisal, Yucatan, March 1916 (No. 23250, type); also by Dr. Gaumer from Port Silam, 1895 (No. 647). Dr. Gaumer's field note is as follows: "A coastal cactus, 10 feet high, much branched, small-jointed and of slight build, not of robust build like the interior species. It blooms from February to June. The birds are very fond of the fruit and consume it as fast as it ; Figures 277 and 278 show joints of the type-specimen. 77 a. Opuntiadepauperata (See page 101, ante.) Plant i to 2 dm. high, with a flattened, much branched top; joints dark green, readily detached, terete or slightly flattened, 3 to 12 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. thick, puberulent; spines on young joints 2 or 3, on old joints sometimes 6 at each areole, reddish to pale brown, acicular, i to cm. long, nearly porrect; glochids tardily developing, conspicuous on old joints, yellow; ovary with a deep umbilicus. Collected by Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Rose north of the station of Zig Zag, along the railroad above Caracas, Venezuela, October 17, 1916 (No. 21751). This little cactus is very inconspicuous and only a few specimens were observed. The station is near the top of the mountains which separate the valley, in which Caracas lies, from the sea. The region here is not so dry as it is farther down on the seaward side of the mountains, but there are several other species of cacti associated with it. Figure 279 is from a photograph of type plant taken by Mrs. Rose; figure 280 shows a joint. A plant, apparently of this relationship, was collected by Dr. H. H. Rusby in 1917 on granite rocks, narrows of Magdalena River, Colombia. The joints, however, are glabrous, only 2 to 3 cm. long, the young joints have numerous brown spines and the young areoles produce long white wool. 216. FIG. 279.—Opuntia Please note that these images are extracted from s
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