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A prickly pear (Opuntia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
Wellcome Collection

A prickly pear (Opuntia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

Johann-Eberhard Ihle · 1800

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Cactus. the prickly pear, or common Indian fig. J. Pass sculp.

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