2 Prince Salm June 29» 18*1-9 



11 sesquipollicares,, stricte, brun.neo aut flarido ruf i, } apice stra- 

 minei* quibus saepe abstat acuteus infirnis gracilior-, deflorus, al - 

 bldus ** This species belongs to the sub-divisiorr Elliptica f lavi' - 

 spina, and will come to be positioned after Q» Dillenii ; and your va- 

 riety^ orbiculata » 



Of your 0. Enscelmannii r I could say only * Diagnosis a Dr. Engel- 

 mann h'uie sp'eciei tributa mihi not cognita est; sed. ab eo gratissime 

 specimen parvulunr plantae suae acoepi , quod. sequenti modo describere 

 licet (translation: : Diagnosis by Dr. En^elmann of an unknom species 

 given to me; But I accept gratefully a snall plant of his, and take 

 the liberty to describe it as folloiArs. E.D.); • °0. caule humili ? 

 articulis orbiculatis ( vix ultrapollicaribus) valde compressfcs f , 

 pul villi s confertis proninulis , tomento griseo setisque fulvidis, 

 numerosis pulvinatim concepis; aculeis noe qualibus stramineis,, 5 - 

 7 brevioribus (3-6 linearibus ) , et 2-3 pallicera et sesquipol- 

 11 cem lentis, on^ibus gracilibus, flexibus, deflexis. 1 * This species 

 belongs to Ellipticae pul^inatae ; where I can not find an other, re- 

 lated species». 



All of northern Mexico is rieh in new species of cacti.. Mr» Potts 

 has sent very much fron Chihuahua to England, and throup-h his friend 

 Scheer, who lives in Kew, I have reeeived quite a bit» . He wishes, that 

 Mr. Potts reeeive the reward for his industry, and thus, I have ded.i - 

 cated in almost all genera a species to him» . Lately also an Opunti a, ■ 

 and, specially», a stränge Cereug , . Despite the fa.ct, that I do not 

 posess it; Which I know though fctaiaxfclff a good dra* T ing and a seedling,. 

 and which I described; But I could get only one ad.unbrati^a • 



