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uncinatim recurvato. 1 * (for E« spiralis , ^macrodi scus, texensis », re» 



curvus with 2 var, and cornigeri s) "' then **• Hamati "cost ls excurva» 



to - repandis, , aculeis diversif ormibus, subsetaceis ac rigidiSj , 



purpura sc entibus ac griseis, centrali teretiusculo, , annulato vel 



brevi , interdura longe prod.ucto, apice hanato 11 (for E • platyc ephalus», 



Wislezenii , longiharnatus , , uncinatus, , retispinus, and ^ hana tfts., , 



and Scheeril) Your Nfe/ellborn may be assurecP, that this sectiorr, , 



thus subdivided, . looks nagnifioent to me, and is distinguished" from 



the others. The flowers and fruits may be very differert' ! Thus, . 



e»g» E» uncinatus has a chocolat-brown flower, and Stands never the 



last 



less next to setlspinus» Concerning further thisj Speeles t withr us 



the var. hamata has been knom earlier; perhaps am I myself the on- 



ly one who posesses the genuine seti spinus, » and though it does not 



have hook-like spin.es, it must never- . the-less be put into the 



&uncinati ( ön aecount of the well-known variety) • • I take eare, ac- 



cepting your diagnosis (Boston Journal) and say further w in hortis 



adhoc rarissima species' 1 ( in Wardens here a nost rare species) ; 



Pen. 



,f sed frequenter ooourit sub nomine E • M u h 1 e n p f o r d t i 1 1 1 (but occurs 

 frquently und er the name E. M.) * a ut E. hanatlMuhlenpf . , planta 

 quam Mr. Engelmann pro mera varietate E. setlsnlni habet, et quae 

 vi vera solum aculeo centrali apice unclnato di^-fert 11 



( Then I give the description of the flowers and the fruit ) 

 The section, as you see, is rather numerous», and about its appropri- 

 ateness and o Orrposition you will probably not agree» - I now returre 

 to Cer . pectinatus and to your new. species to be described.. - AI - 

 ready in 18M did Schiedweiler in. Brüssel and Lenaire in Paris des- 

 cribe the Echinocactus pectinatus ( as pectinif erus ) . . The shipmen.ts 

 came at that time e regno nexicano. . With specific species the loca- 

 lity is stated more precisely,, and thus Schiedweiler says tf nrope 



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