. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 196 THE CACTACEAE. This species has long been passing under the name of Ofimtia nitila Nuttall (Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i: 555. 1840). Dr. Engelmann referred it there in the Report of Simp- son's Expedition (page 442), and again in the Botany of California, with the remark that "this plant seems to be Nuttall's long lost O. ; And while it is true that the identi- fication of Nuttall's plant is still doubtful, it seems improbable that this reference is correct,. FIG. 242.—Opuntia erinacea. for the description does not agre
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. 196 THE CACTACEAE. This species has long been passing under the name of Ofimtia nitila Nuttall (Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. Amer. i: 555. 1840). Dr. Engelmann referred it there in the Report of Simp- son's Expedition (page 442), and again in the Botany of California, with the remark that "this plant seems to be Nuttall's long lost O. ; And while it is true that the identi- fication of Nuttall's plant is still doubtful, it seems improbable that this reference is correct,. FIG. 242.—Opuntia erinacea. for the description does not agree with that of the above, and the original station of t). nitila in Wyoming is far removed from the other; keen collectors like A. Nelson and V. Bailey, who have searched for the plant for us, have failed to find it in Wyoming. We suspect that 0. nitila will prove to be O. polyacantha. Opuntia itrsiua, which comes from the Mojave Desert, seems to be only a slender form with long weak spines. This is known in the trade as the California grizzly bear cac- tus. Alverson has described it as follows: "This curious plant is covered with tawny white. 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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