. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. PliRESKIA. In Panama the plant is known under the name naju dc Culebra. IllHstmtiinis: All illustrations referred to this species which we have examined are cited under P. graudifolia. Figure 12 is from a photograph taken by Henry Pittier, near Chepo, Panama, October 30, 1911. 13. Pereskia bahiensis Giirke, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86. 1908. Shrub or tree, sometimes 8 meters high, with a more or less definite trunk, sometimes i meter or more long and to 2 dm. in diameter, and a large, rounded, much branched top; spines on new growth wantin
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. PliRESKIA. In Panama the plant is known under the name naju dc Culebra. IllHstmtiinis: All illustrations referred to this species which we have examined are cited under P. graudifolia. Figure 12 is from a photograph taken by Henry Pittier, near Chepo, Panama, October 30, 1911. 13. Pereskia bahiensis Giirke, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86. 1908. Shrub or tree, sometimes 8 meters high, with a more or less definite trunk, sometimes i meter or more long and to 2 dm. in diameter, and a large, rounded, much branched top; spines on new growth wanting, but on old wood 5 to 40 at an areole, some of them 5 to 9 cm. long; young branches green; leaves lanceolate, 6 to 9 cm. long, deciduous, somewhat pointed, narrowed at base into short petioles; flowers in small panicles, rose-colored; ovary bearing large leaves with cuneate bases; fruit often proliferous, yellowish when mature, more or less irregularly angled, bearing large leaves 3 to 4 cm. long, which ulti- mately fall away; seeds black, oblong, 5 mm. long. Type locality: In the southeast catinga between Rio Paraguacu at Tambury and Rio das Contas at Caldeirao, Bahia, Brazil. Distribution: Dry parts of eastern Brazil. This species is very common in the dry regions of Bahia; and is often planted for hedges about small towns. The fruit is proliferous; as many as eight were found hanging from a single peduncle; it is said to be edible, but while half-ripe is very astrin- gent. The perfect fruits can seldom be found, because the birds peck into them for the large black seeds. Called in Brazil, according to Dr. Leo Zehntner, Iniabanto, Espinha de Sao Antonio, and Flor de Cera. He also says: "I think Iniabanto is the best and ought to be generalized. It is derived from Iniabo = Okra = Hibiscus esculentus, without doubt because the leaves of the pereskias are sometimes eaten by people, giving a mucilaginous dish like that of the Hibiscus ; Illustration: Monatsschr.
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