| Opuntia clavata, Engelm. Fig. 2605 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick, armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex. | | Opuntia clavata, Engelm. Fig. 2605 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). A low, spreading plant, 4-6 in. high, forming dense mats of ascending joints 4-5 ft. diam.: joints 1-3 in. long and 1 in. thick, armed with numerous short, flat spines: areoles with white wool and rigid, white bristles; exterior spines 6-14, white, ⅙-¾ in. long, interior 4-7, larger, flattened, scabrous and ½-1¼ in. long, one of the central spines usually very broad: fls. yellow, 1½ in. wide: fr. long-clavate, yellowish, dry, 1¼-1½ in. long, armed with many white radiating bristles. Nev., New Mex. |