Po sei -er Sept. 2,lR6l 



Thus I saw last Stimmer at bis place ma/rnificent specinens of 

 P. horizontalonius , corniscerus , electracanthus , Williamsii , Anha- 

 lonium , etc; and a good minder of Hami Ilaria e t which were very simi- 

 lar to older species if not identical. - The leal botanisral Gar- 

 den maintains its colleotion in a stable condition, but has not 

 made any special propre ss; the plant s, which you sent there» are » 



I believe, all dead . Luckily, I received the si^eletons, which are 



hardly 



mostly well preserved. - Thus, one can mmt say, that the study of 



cacti is flourishing in. Cxernany specially, and in other countries 



it does not seem to be any better. Only Labouret must have a trul'Jfr 



lettersj 



pompous collect! on-; I e xc hange ( < withTiim from time to time 1 , he, also, , 

 sends me in a most generous way at times magrif icent and rare 

 plant s, so that I become embarrassed, what to off er as äquivalent, 

 as he posessesj everything, which ca^ >»e had # « 



I received your "Boundary Cactaceae" and express my heartiest 

 thanks for it. The Cactaceae o^ the Whipple expedition in contrast 

 I have not yet received. Professor Braun asked me urgently, to give 

 my general reaction to those two publications, specially the f irst,, 

 in order to bring thera to the knowledge of amateurs. As I do not 

 know, if this has come before you already, I take the liberty to 

 send you enclosed the specific m^s^ of the publication under pos- 

 tal wrapper.- What eise I want to reraark in detail, I perrait myself 

 to comnunicate he re with, as some items may perhaps be of interest 

 to you. Mam. microneris . A very stränge plant with its elongated 

 [+k*>t$cL h s P ir ^s surrcmnding its top, the elongation of which falls off later. 



(W 1 do not know, this plant belongs to th e Coryphantae: with M. 



?ß£ßß^ microthele M*3BK'*!t has not the least sinilarity. The srnallest of 

 foY*&» the Coryphantae may be H. Pottti , which I found at the ^merican 

 ^cMosj fron1 ^ier at the Rio Grande near Guerrero; this too has small flowers 

 similar to K. pusila ». but is not renotely like M . micromeris . 3% 



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