| Title | Cochinile |
| Caption | Metaquesunnauk |
| Source | Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 572. |
| Date | 1913 |
| URL | http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=ophu_001_avd.tif |
| Creator | N.L. Britton and A. Brown |
| Type | Drawing |
| Copyright | 1913 |
| Origin | Internet |
| Notes | Hariot p.18 “Some that have bin to the Indes, where they have seen that kind of red die of great price which is called Cochinile . . . ; [NB-VJB] Hariot compares Cochinile to Metaquesunnauk (Prickley Pear Cactus – Opuntia). Hariot apparently knew that the cochineal insect was associated with the Opuntia cactus.; From: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal; The Cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the crimson-coloured dye carmine is derived. A primarily sessile parasite native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico, this insect lives on cacti from the genus Opuntia, feeding on plant moisture and nutrients.; ; Ewan; p.262 “The Metack sunancs somewhat resembling the Indian fig. Ogilby (1671) p. 196 describes “Mettaquesunnauks”, a sort of fruit resembling In[d]ian figs.” This he had from Hariot (1588), who describes “Metaquesunnauk, a kind of pleasant fruit almost the shape & bignes of English peares, but that they are a perfect red colour as well within as without. They grow on a plant whose leaves are verie thick and full of prickles as sharp as needles.” = Opuntia sp.; Radford p.735 Probably Opuntia compressa (Salisbury) Macbride (Prickley Pear); [NB VJB: The fruits are called “prickley pears” and are edible. ; Monardus-; Hariot; p.9 “book of Monardus, translated and entitled in English, The joyful newes from the West Indies”; Ewan ; p.419 Monardes, Nicolas. 1569-71 .”Simplicatum medicamentorum ex novo orbe” as an appendix in L’Escluse, Exoticorum, q,v. ; p.416 L’Escluse, Charles de (Clusius). 1601. Rariorum plantarum historia. Antwerp.; |
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