. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. NOPALEA. 37 3<j. Nopalea gaumeri sp. nov. (See Appendix, p. 216.) 4. Nopalea auberi (Pfeiffer) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 64. 1850. Opuntia auberi PfeifFer, Allg. Gartenz. 8: 282. 1840. Often 8 to 10 meters high, with a cylindric, jointed trunk, never very spiny, but the areoles bearing tufts of brown glochids; branches often at right angles to the stem; joints narrow, thick, 3 dm. long, bluish green and glaucous; areoles circular, about 2 mm. broad, bearing short white wool and later a tuft of brown glochids; spines, when present, i
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. NOPALEA. 37 3<j. Nopalea gaumeri sp. nov. (See Appendix, p. 216.) 4. Nopalea auberi (Pfeiffer) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 64. 1850. Opuntia auberi PfeifFer, Allg. Gartenz. 8: 282. 1840. Often 8 to 10 meters high, with a cylindric, jointed trunk, never very spiny, but the areoles bearing tufts of brown glochids; branches often at right angles to the stem; joints narrow, thick, 3 dm. long, bluish green and glaucous; areoles circular, about 2 mm. broad, bearing short white wool and later a tuft of brown glochids; spines, when present, i or 2, subulate, the upper one about twice as long as the other, white or nearly so, with brownish tips, the longest one 2 to 3 cm. long; flowers from base of ovary to tip of style about 9 cm. long; petals erect, closely embracing the stamens, rose-pink, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 2 to cm. long; filaments 12 to 15 mm. longer than the petals, white below, but the exposed parts pinkish; anthers dehiscing before maturing of stigma; style stout, light pink with a large, white, circular disk just above the constricted base; stigma- lobes green; ovary 4 cm. long, with low but very distinct tubercles and a deep umbilicus, its areoles bearing many brown glochids, these sometimes 10 mm. 42.—Nopalea dejecta. l'"ic. 43.—Nopalea karwinskiara. Xo-5 FIG. 44.—Nopalea inaperta. Type locality: Erroneously cited as Cuba. Distribution: Central and southern Mexico. Illustration: Addisonia i : pi. 10. Plate IV, figure 2, represents a flowering joint of a plant obtained by W. E. Safford at Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1907; figure 3 shows young fruit of the same plant; plate V is from a photograph taken by Dr. MacDougal near Mitla, Mexico, in 1906. 5. Nopalea dejecta Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 64. 1850. Opunlia dejecta Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 361. 1834. Plant i to 2 m. high, with a definite trunk, very spiny, the old areoles often bearing 6 or 8 spines; joints n
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