. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. THE CACTACEAE. although in but one locality. A bountiful supply of living material was sent home, several photographs were taken, and fruit and seeds obtained. Opuntia tuberiformis Philippi (Anal. Mus. Nac. Chile i8gi2: 28. 1891), referred here by Schumann, doubtless belongs elsewhere. It may possibly belong to some Platyopuntia, for it is described as having ovate joints only 5 mm. thick. It comes from the foot of the Andes in the Province of Tarapaca, Chile. Illustrations: Gard. Chron. III. 34: f. 40; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 172; Cact. Jour
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. THE CACTACEAE. although in but one locality. A bountiful supply of living material was sent home, several photographs were taken, and fruit and seeds obtained. Opuntia tuberiformis Philippi (Anal. Mus. Nac. Chile i8gi2: 28. 1891), referred here by Schumann, doubtless belongs elsewhere. It may possibly belong to some Platyopuntia, for it is described as having ovate joints only 5 mm. thick. It comes from the foot of the Andes in the Province of Tarapaca, Chile. Illustrations: Gard. Chron. III. 34: f. 40; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 172; Cact. Journ. i: 105, the last as 0. fonnidabilis. Figure 105 represents a joint of a plant collected by Dr. Rose at Mendoza, Argentina, in 1915. 61. Opuntia rauppiana Schumann, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9:118. 1899. Joints ellipsoid, rounded at each end, somewhat tubercu- late, dark green or becoming grayish green, 7 cm. long by 4 cm. in greatest diameter; glochids yellow, 5 cm. long; spines 12 to 14, sometimes as many as 20, very weak, almost bristle-like, 2 cm. long, hardly pungent. Type locality: In the Andes. Distribution: Bolivia, according to Schumann. Little is known of the habit of this plant, as only one joint is figured and this appears to be a sickly greenhouse specimen. It suggests some of the species which grow in large clumps like the one figured as Opuntia grata by Fries. Illustrations: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: nS; Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. f. 36 (same). Figure 106 is copied from the illustration above cited. 62. Opuntia subterranea R. E. Fries, Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Upsal. IV. i1: 122. 1905. Almost buried in the sand, simple or few-branched from a thick root 7 to 12 cm. deep: joints terete, 2 to 4 cm. long; tubercles low; spines i to 7, all radial, short, whitish, recurved, appressed;. FIG. 106.—Opuntia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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