Hegelmaier 

 Ree. June 19 

 Ans. 20 



Tübingen^ June 17,, l868 c 



W ost Eönored Sir Doctor ! 



The plant s, which you sent to me through Prof. Braun arrived 5 

 yesferday, bu I can only begin tomorrow, to examine them more cxaotly ;. 

 In the meantime my heartfelt thanks ! May T take the "Liberty, to keep 

 your Cällitriche and the Lemnae of Wright for 8-10 days here# I 

 would like to look them over somewhat, and the return trip may not 

 be in a hurry, at least I conclude this from the absence of any< indi- 

 cation about this* 



Düring the past spring* I wrote you still ! another letter,» 

 which perhaps did not reach you any more, in which I and Arschnerr 

 proposed, if this would have any meaning to you, to send floweringr 

 Lemnae in alcohol (( trlsulca , gibba )to a locality to be chosen by youi 

 in Germany. To the completion of your trip, for which I then wished 

 you ^ood fortune, I can now con^ratulate you. The Wolf fla little 

 bottle arrived also well with the last package, and will be of muclt 

 use still. 



Your notes and drawings concerning Wolffla, I have observed 

 with great interest, but, until now, only superf iciallyv As far as 

 I .can determine until now, I shall at the return have only one di - 

 verging Interpretation- for the figures.. 



Düring the last months some sterile forms of american- Lemnae 

 have given me very severe headaches, and probably I may not corae to 

 a certain result 4 , as long as nothing fertile of this is discovered. 

 They were named by Philipp! L. minima ( as it seems, he thinks they 

 are L. mlnuta Numbi ) and have through absence of * n 

 the sprout the most sirailarity with the valdivlana Phil (L. Torreyl ,. 

 Austin). The name fcy Philippi is unf ortunately a few years earlier 

 than blicus ( ???? E.D.) , thoiurh with a description, which, ^ssfc 



