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Spine tufts set in little depressions along the margins of the ribs, five spines in each tuft, the two upper 1 in. long and four-angled, the two lower flattened and shorter, the fifth, which is the longest, being placed in the top of the cushion.
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Cactus, with spreading prostrate stems, from which upright branches grow to a height of 3 in. or 4 in.; they are ½ in. thick, generally only four-angled or square, with small spines in tufts along the angles.
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-- This belongs to the same group as M. cirrhifera, but is distinguished by its large mammae, which are four-angled at the base, ¾ in. long, narrowed to
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Stems bright green, slow-growing, three or four-angled, about 2 in. wide; angles much compressed, so that a section of the stem shows a cross; margins notched, with clusters of short, hair-like spines at each notch.
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-- Stem 4 in. high by 3 in. in diameter, proliferous at the base; tubercles short, four-angled, crowded in spiral rows, woolly at the base, bearing each five or six radiating hair-like spines on the apex, and one central erect one, none more than ¼ in. long.
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While he spoke, he made two vigorous cuts -- one along and the other across the melon, so as to loosen a four-angled piece of the peel.
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The stem is four-angled, each angle having a nerve.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The former is an evergreen shrub or low tree, with spiny branches and round twigs; the latter is a taller tree, without spines, and with four-angled twigs.
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In its side he discovered a small four-angled opening.
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-- Stem globose, simple, about 4 in. in diameter; tubercles closely pressed against each other at the base, where they are four-angled; in length they are ¼ in., and they are blue-green in colour.
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