iy 
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arraens é 
& 
aed a Re Dr. W. arrived here in the best condition, and some have 
at" U 
alre nated, so th 
piety aloe folia, of ie ; 
bear an edible fruit, but has coat leaves; we have, therefore, different 
species of Yucca with edible fruits, which may constitute @ a pectliar sec sec- 
tion in this genus 
= soil appeared to be too. fertile here be the production of Cacti. and 
with the exception of some Opuntiae, the only species collected | * 
- Beso a and Chihuahua, about 100 miles south of bee ford former place, — Cereus. 
fem ‘outs, fay was peculiarly regis! as it is probably € most — 
northe of Ceawes — ~, eh 
lea 7 sk hae ‘Salm-Dyck that a Cereus, ‘probabl y the same species, 
was sent to England by Mr. Potts, of Chihuahua, but his specimens also 
pond not live; = were very remarkable for having a thick turnip-shaped _ 
havin 
Neither Dr. W. nor Dr. G. g paid attention to the hile ee 
‘eneble to es whether their specimens “agreed ‘with those of Mr. Potts 
this particu ular... ‘ eeiie: 34. 3 a7 © a 
Wislizenus w forced to go ‘Chihuahua | d to 
riaehi. © prejudicial this involuntary interuption of his jo 
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i ta subulaiis, acutissimis, 
1 deflexo 
e been to the primary objects of his expedition, t appears that ne? 
e selec 
rabhié the trees, I mention ‘Fire Hes of pines, dee ah sie 
from geo found farther north, but perhaps identical with so 
from the Pacific coa he most ane of bree three is a oa *% 
#8 Cereus Gre 7, N. Sp., erectus, ramosus, pen A distan- 
tibus. eg pw aculeis nits, i basi ineras- j 
sere) infimis 50-80 sinoen: 
