. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 175 Gartenb. 6: 434. 1830)—which was later taken up as Consoled Icitcai >inllui by Lemaire (Rev. Hort. 1862: 174. 1862), seems to belong here rather than to (.). spiiwsissinia. If it came from Mexico, as reported, it could not be 0. spinosissima or any of its relatives, for none of them is known from Mexico. Opuntia siihfcrox Schott (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 167. 1837) was given as a synonym of this species, while 0. leucacantha laevior Salm-Dyck (Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 47. 1845) and 0. leucacantha snbferox Salm-Dyck (Forster, Handb.
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 175 Gartenb. 6: 434. 1830)—which was later taken up as Consoled Icitcai >inllui by Lemaire (Rev. Hort. 1862: 174. 1862), seems to belong here rather than to (.). spiiwsissinia. If it came from Mexico, as reported, it could not be 0. spinosissima or any of its relatives, for none of them is known from Mexico. Opuntia siihfcrox Schott (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 167. 1837) was given as a synonym of this species, while 0. leucacantha laevior Salm-Dyck (Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844. 47. 1845) and 0. leucacantha snbferox Salm-Dyck (Forster, Handb. Cact. 497. 1846) were supposed to be based on 0. snbferox. Opuntia leucantha (De Candolle, Prodr. 3: 474. 1828), unpublished, is doubtless the same as 0. FIG. 214.—Opuntta leucotricha. Opuntia fulmspina laevior Salm-Dyck (Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 164. 1837) and 0. ful- vispina badia Salm-Dyck (Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 65. 1850) are given as synonyms of 0. leucotricha; while O. rufescens Salm-Dyck (Forster, Handb. Cact. 493. 1846) is given as a synonym of fulmspina laevior; all these seem to belong here. This is called durasnilla in Mexico. It is grown in Bermuda under the name of Aaron's Beard. Illustrations: Engler and Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 36a: f. 56, J; N. Mex. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: pi. 4, f. i, 2. Plate xxxiv, figure i, represents a flowering joint of a plant in the collection of the New York Botanical Garden. Figure 214 is from a photograph of a plant grown from a cutting received from the collection of M. Simon, St. Ouen, Paris, France, in 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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