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Opuntia acanthocarpa, Engelm. & Bigel. Fig. 2606 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). An arborescent, erect plant, 4-8 ft. high, with dense reticulate-tubular skeleton and ascending, spreading branches: joints usually 4-10 in. long, sometimes 20, and ¾-1 in. diam.: areoles with short, white wool and scanty bright yellow bristles; spines very variable in length and numbers on different plants, usually 8-25, 1½ in. or less long, with loose straw-colored or brownish sheaths: fls. greenish yellow, with reddish centers, conspicuous for stamens with stout red filaments, in. wide: fr. sub-globose to pyriform, 1 in. diam. and usually armed with many long, stiff spines. Ariz, and Calif.—A factory has been established at Tempe, Ariz., where the wood of this species is made into light furniture, picture-frames, and the like.
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Opuntia acanthocarpa, Engelm. & Bigel. Fig. 2606 (adapted from Pacific R. R. Report). An arborescent, erect plant, 4-8 ft. high, with dense reticulate-tubular skeleton and ascending, spreading branches: joints usually 4-10 in. long, sometimes 20, and ¾-1 in. diam.: areoles with short, white wool and scanty bright yellow bristles; spines very variable in length and numbers on different plants, usually 8-25, 1½ in. or less long, with loose straw-colored or brownish sheaths: fls. greenish yellow, with reddish centers, conspicuous for stamens with stout red filaments, in. wide: fr. sub-globose to pyriform, 1 in. diam. and usually armed with many long, stiff spines. Ariz, and Calif.—A factory has been established at Tempe, Ariz., where the wood of this species is made into light furniture, picture-frames, and the like.
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