. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 119 Our examination of a painting of this plant in the collection made by Dr. Griffiths showed it to have great similarity to Opuntia rnjula. Illustration: Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 21: pi. 23. Figure 147 is copied from the illustration above cited. 108. Opuntia treleasei Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 434- 1896. Opuntia basilaris treleasei Tourney, Cycl. Atner. Hort. Bailey 3:1147. 1901. Opuntia treleasei kernii Griffiths and Hare, N. Mex. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: Si. 1906. Low, sometimes 3 dm. high, spreading at base, some of the bran
. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. OPUNTIA. 119 Our examination of a painting of this plant in the collection made by Dr. Griffiths showed it to have great similarity to Opuntia rnjula. Illustration: Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 21: pi. 23. Figure 147 is copied from the illustration above cited. 108. Opuntia treleasei Coulter, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3: 434- 1896. Opuntia basilaris treleasei Tourney, Cycl. Atner. Hort. Bailey 3:1147. 1901. Opuntia treleasei kernii Griffiths and Hare, N. Mex. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 60: Si. 1906. Low, sometimes 3 dm. high, spreading at base, some of the branches of 2 to 4 erect joints; joints obovate, 15 cm. long or more, fleshy, pale bluish green, glabrous, terete at base; areoles numerous, filled with dirty yellow glochids, usually without spines, sometimes quite spiny; flowers rose-colored; fruit dry, subglobose, with large areoles filled with glochids and sometimes bearing spines; seeds large, turgid, 7 cm. in diameter. Type locality: Caliente, in the Tehachapi Moun- tains, California. Distribution: Southern California. Figure 148 is from a photograph of the plant grow- ing on the mesa southeast of Bakersfield, California, taken by Dr. MacDougal in 1913. 109. Opuntia basilaris Engelmann and Bigelow, Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 298. 1856. Opuntia basilaris ranwsa Parish, Club 19:92. 1892. Opuntia intricata Griffiths, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 10. FIG. 147.—Opuntia lubrica. '. 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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