Hegelmaier May 15, 1865 * 3 * 



Quite commonly one finds her incorrectly ICbgled, the striped 



S<t<luv7CuLaf<x 3^ // 

 ^rlrprol ata. ( ...TT«, Itel » Muller), the raore pointed' as 



C". brut\<v 



Q qmyitia » Petagna , . whereas the latter, according to a sample communica- 

 ted by Gussone is a small-leaved 0. hamulata . Ey the* way, I almost 



suspect Gussone, , that he conf used in his Flora a s iQu 



Brutia the d . jfVyi^W. . . sessili s and hamulata in relying too much 

 on fruit-stems and other habitual characteristics,as did also so many 

 other authors. . Unf ortunately I can only enclose a sraall 1 sample ofJ^ifeE'; 

 should I succeed to obtain in the future real specimens, ,, you will' also 

 get some.I saw thera recently also from Algiers. C. hamulata and peduncu- 

 lata are closely related .though I findfor the laiter a real,thouglf 

 Short but suddenly uprising stem,with hamulata really only corners.. 

 I have so far seen very lifrtle of <j. pedunculata sessilis ,but never-the 

 less was able to distinguish it. If it tkawsKHTblends into 0. hamulata 

 I cannot decide from what I have seen 1 , as that is not enough. 



Your d .Nuttallii -Torr, perraits, as I believe, to be a propeir 

 species, because the keel is thrown up in such a strnage mannen tox^ard 

 the outside somewhat inside-out ,like with no other species. To consi- 

 der d .Aussini and Cf.deflexa A.Br.as specific species, is perhaps som^ - 

 what audacious, though at first sight a small difference is apparent; 

 the keel with the latter is somewhat broader and its forming cells 

 poseess a rieh net of reinf orcement lasts (which perhaps is connected 

 to the first point) . As you possess richer material than I, you may de- 

 cide, how the species question shall be haiidled the raost expedicionsly. 

 Does the C. Aussini exist with as long a stem as the Brasilian C' de- 

 flexa ABr..?She seems to have some stem at alltimes.At any case , C^ AusjUvU 



and C. de flexa possess f crystals in A pC> layer,, 



and with it reinf orcement lasts.. The bases of the lattei- are very thick 

 and strongly woody, condi tions, which seem,to go hand in hand ;g. peploi- 



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r des and the New Holland C .Mullerl Sond . ( Q ^rT»npf)n-nv-r i show these pro- 



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