. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 205. Opuntia amyclaea Tenore, Fl. Neap. Prodr. App. 5:15. 1826. Opuntia fietis-indica amyclaea Bcrgcr, Hort. Mortol. 411. 1912. Erect; joints oblong to elliptic, 3 to 4 dm. long, about twice as long as broad, thick, dull green, a little glaucous; leaves 4 mm. long, acute, red; areoles small, with i or 2 short bristles from the lower parts of areoles; spines i to 4, stiff, nearly porrect, usually less than 3 cm. long, white or horn-colored, the stoutest angled; glochids brown, soon disappearing; flowers yellow; fruit yellowish red, not
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 205. Opuntia amyclaea Tenore, Fl. Neap. Prodr. App. 5:15. 1826. Opuntia fietis-indica amyclaea Bcrgcr, Hort. Mortol. 411. 1912. Erect; joints oblong to elliptic, 3 to 4 dm. long, about twice as long as broad, thick, dull green, a little glaucous; leaves 4 mm. long, acute, red; areoles small, with i or 2 short bristles from the lower parts of areoles; spines i to 4, stiff, nearly porrect, usually less than 3 cm. long, white or horn-colored, the stoutest angled; glochids brown, soon disappearing; flowers yellow; fruit yellowish red, not very juicy. Type locality: Described from specimens grown in Italy. Distribution: Doubtless Mexico, but not known in the wild state. Our description is based on the original description and a specimen collected by A. Berger near Palermo, where it is grown as a hedge plant. Berger's plant suggests very much (_"). streptacantha, but is not quite so spiny; it does not suggest very much 0. ficus- indica, where Berger has placed it. Our description of the spines is taken from Berger's plant, while the original description states that the spines are 3 to 8, stout, spreading, unequal, white, the longest 35 mm. long. O. al/agayucca (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 68. 1850) and 0. alfayucca (Rum- pier in Forster, Handb. Cact. ed. 2. 938. 1885) were given as synonyms of 0. FIG. 226.—Opuntia megacantha. 206. Opuntia megacantha Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 363. 1834. Opuntia castillae Griffiths, Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 19: 261. 1908. ? Opuntia incarnadilla Griffiths, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 22: 27. 1912. Plant tall, 4 to 5 meters high or more, with a more or less definite woody trunk; joints of large plants obovate to oblong, often oblique, sometimes 40 to 60 cm. long or more, but in greenhouse specimens often much smaller, pale dull green, slightly glaucous; leaves minute, often only 3 mm. long, green or purplish; areoles rather small, on large joints often 4 to 5 cm. apart, when
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