. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 6 g 33. FIGS. 45, 46.—Flower of Tacinga funalis. Drawing by A. Lofgren. FIGS. 47, 48.—Tacinga funalis. This species was sent from Mexico by Karwinsky, who supposed it was an Opuntia. When described by Salm-Dyck in 1850 it had not flowered. It was re-collected by Edmund Kerber near Colima, Mexico, and flowered for the first time in cultivation in 1879. Our description is drawn chiefly from a plant now in the New York Botanical Garden, obtained from M. Simon, of St. Ouen, Paris, France. In the original description it is stated that th
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 6 g 33. FIGS. 45, 46.—Flower of Tacinga funalis. Drawing by A. Lofgren. FIGS. 47, 48.—Tacinga funalis. This species was sent from Mexico by Karwinsky, who supposed it was an Opuntia. When described by Salm-Dyck in 1850 it had not flowered. It was re-collected by Edmund Kerber near Colima, Mexico, and flowered for the first time in cultivation in 1879. Our description is drawn chiefly from a plant now in the New York Botanical Garden, obtained from M. Simon, of St. Ouen, Paris, France. In the original description it is stated that the young spines are 2 to 4 and rose-colored, but afterwards 18 to 20, gray and deflexed. 0. nopalilla Karwinsky (Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849. 68. 1850) was first given as a synonym of this species. Figure 43 represents a joint with young fruit, from a plant sent by M. Simon, St. Ouen, Paris, France, in 1901. 7. Nopalea inaperta Schott in Griffiths, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 139. 1913. Described as 5 to 7 meters high, but in cultivation much smaller, diffusely branched, often bush-like; trunk very spiny; terminal joints rather small, obovate, 6 to 17 cm. long, strongly tuberculate, bright green; spines usually 3 to 6 at areoles of young joints, more at old ones, yellowish. 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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