The leaves are nearly twice as long as those of common holly, and are generally spineless or nearly so.
Attempts have been made to growspineless varieties of this group of cactuses.
Because of its habit of growth and its spineless joints of light blue or blue-gray and bright rose-colored flowers, the basilaris is different from all other Prickly Pear cacti.
For this cactus is nearly spineless and clings to the inaccessible canyon slopes where stock cannot prey upon it.
Each of these planes is determined by the spineless axis and by two crossed interradial or secondary axes; in each of the latter lie two opposite tropical spines.
All transverse planes, perpendicular to that axis, are circular; the largest of these circular parallel planes is the geotomical plane, which passes through the smaller equatorial spines and the spineless axis.
We may regard these two equatorial diameters, perpendicular one to another and to the spineless axis, as the two perradial axes or primary axes.
The four meridian planes are in Actinastrum the same as in the Icosacantha, crossed in the spineless axis at angles of 45d.
Correspondingly the two meridian planes, which are determined by one perradial axis and the spineless axis, may be called the two primary or perradial meridian planes.
The whole body is flattened and compressed in the direction of the spineless axis, so that the equatorial plane is larger than any other plane, laid through the centre.
The Central Capsule of the Quadrilonchida is rarely spherical, commonly more or {768}less compressed from both poles of the spineless axis, lenticular or discoidal, sometimes square.
It was plain to me that the pair of them, spineless and spunkless, were afraid of the men they were supposed to boss.
Well, I can say only this: If nothing else could have prevented the funk hinted at by Margaret, the sorry spectacle of these ironless, spineless creatures was sufficient safeguard.
These show a stout spineless species with a short thick tail and may be the Gila monster (Heloderma horridum), a large and somewhat poisonous species having much these proportions.
In Stela D of Copan, the Uinal period glyph seems to be represented by a spinelesslizard covered with scales (Pl.
Had I known how spineless you can be I would have set my cap at Lucius Severus long ago.
It is a prostrate and spineless bramble (rubus chamaemorus), highly valued in northern countries for its rich orange-coloured fruit.
Why had he been fool enough to think he could swear a lot of spineless jelly fish to secrecy?
It is claimed by some people that the spineless cactus is more valuable as a forage plant than alfalfa.
Spineless cactus is in no way comparable with alfalfa, either in nutritive content or in value of crop, providing you have land and water which will produce a good product of alfalfa.
Try spineless cactus, the fruits of which are delicious.
Standing so, he looked as poor and weak and futile as a sprig of bleached celery, as a tow string, as a limp rag, as anything helpless and spineless that you had a mind to think of.
Old Ranee looked at him and laughed out his contempt in a derisive chuckle and then he turned and slouched off, without looking back, as though he disdained to watch for a rear attack from so puny and spineless an enemy.
When I plan a battle," said he to Roederer, "no man is more spineless than I am.
Willed attention, rather thanspineless feeling distractibility, might have saved him.
Rather, they are comparatively spineless misfits in a closely competitive social scheme.
With their passing passed the martial spirit of the Lotharians, leaving, as the ages rolled by, a race of spineless cowards.
Spineless varieties are recorded for the bastard-acacia, the holly and the garden gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia, or R.
A spineless sport of the prickly Broom (Ulex europaeus) has been seen from time to time, but it has not been propagated.
Most spineless fishes have such rudiments in front of their vertical fins.
There was something so utterly ridiculous in that briny circle, soon augmented and completed by the addition of Dinkie, who apparently felt as lonely and overlooked as did his spineless and sniffling mother.
But this time he looked so tired and drawn and spineless that a fish-hook of sudden pity tugged at my throat.
