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British Library digitised image from page 507 of "The Earth and its Inhabitants. The European section of the Universal Geography by E. Reclus. Edited by E. G. Ravenstein. Illustrated by ... engravings and maps"

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• darthjenni said:

  "The pitahaya or giant cactus (Cactus gianteus) is the characteristic plant of the Arizona and New Mexican wastes even more than it is of the Mexican plateau. Colossal wax cactuses from 35 to 50 feet high, stand out as solitary sentinels on…" This is of a Saguaro Cactus (Cactus gianteus), a Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) and a Native American sitting at it's base.