Jacobi 



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March 19, 1867 



2. E. Berlandierl that, whlch is belng cultivated with us under 

 thls name cannot be the correct plant 1 , even thoughl the plant s have 

 rauch sirailarity in the Illustration, because their fruit s differ so 

 much fron each other. With ny plant the dried peripron falls off 

 (deciduus). On your plant is appears persi stens» The fruit of ny 

 plant is quite club-shaped, spiral-f ormed with very pro trudln^ ,. 

 roointed elevations ( or "humps* or bumbs, E.D. ) f which agree com- 

 pletely in shape and positiorr with the humps of the plant,, only 

 with much finer needle-spinesft The seed s, . embed ded" in rather firar 

 flesh are for the nost part sterile ( in German "ni sscarryinpr H E.D, .) 

 and on several ripe seeds the albumen has protruded into the flesh- 

 o^ the capsule fron the cover. Gould not these fruit, given tine 

 develop into branches as with . Salniana . In order to further de- 

 termine this, I left a fruit attached to the plant. 



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