Ree. Berlin April 27 Jacobi Auril 20, 1857 



Ans. May 29 



Most honored Sir Doctor ! 



Yö ur interesting communication of the 25th of last month" 



still 



lies unanswered with me»despite, that I intended day after 

 day to write to you.. Spring and Summer leave the soldiers here littl< 

 rest, and that, which remains, the plant lover uses to take care of 

 hi s plant s. . Thejjf I had always hoped to he able to annouce to you, 

 if they would let me stay here until the beginning of next monthr,, 

 or if the will of his majesty would have transferred me. This de - 

 cision is still to he awaitedd.and , thus I will Start working with- 

 out delay as a f^ee moment has hee^ granted mfc, just now. 



That mich I can teil you with the greatest probabilityv that 

 I shall not/ here any more in the next days of the month. Should my 

 plants not yet have packed, you may study thera then by yourself. 

 It is quite possihle, that I will come to Munster , and then we 

 will see ea&h other there in the Fall. 



The seed capsule of Perescia Bleo at Mr. Koch is not ripe yet,. 

 and you will have patience in this regard. . Unf ortunately, Mr Koch 

 kept the plant too dry during the Winter, and thus most fruit s dried 

 upjand only one remained, which hopefully will come to complete ripe- 

 ness. 



Is'nt Anh. jrnlca,tum ide^tical to Anh . Katschulei ?' I remeher 

 quite well, to have see^ that plant on the Dy er. In its strueture 

 it has rauch sirailarity with Aloe or Hama^thia retusa. The humps 

 have about the shown form (see small sketch on original E.D. ).*and t , 

 as far as I can remeraber, are not larger, as ,in general, this is 

 the smallest Anhalonium known to me. 



Extreraely interesting was your communication about Leuchterr — 

 bergia. It took thus until now an entirely wrong place in the Clas- 

 sification of the prince. Your observations about the inflorescense 

 will be rauch enjoyed by Mr. LahoumetJ who put ^ ^ ^ tlMP 



