5" Prin.ce Salm March 2Z 18 50 ft 



I do not believe, that your C. Gre^ii be ny C» Fottsii. - You say? 

 11 erectus, ramosus TTTVT -areoli s di stantibus* 1 , and fron ny descrip- 

 tlon you will see, that ny species makes only Single sprouts fron a 

 thick t . turnip-shaped root, l \ - 6 inches long,nostly quadransrular 

 with tight, almost conf luenting, longish areoles*. Mr. Scherr fror 

 Kew had receivedr the plant several years ago;- he did not want to re- 

 lease it to me, and just now I receive a letter fron hin-, in which 

 he teils me, that he will send it to me,as it became sick. in- his gar- 

 den" ! To this con.es the misf ortune, that since a few days Fall' has 

 returned.and that such weather is nost inopportune for the shipmenfc: 

 of an al^eady sick plant !! - Your C. giganteus" is a nost s trage ap- 

 parition t Mothin^ can be said about it until further news.. - Your 

 Cer. pr ostratus, which grows healthily for me, I could not deserlbe,, 

 and could not even dete-nine a place for it \ : I had to pass it Irr 

 silence, and an sorry abou.t it t Your C. Depnei is also not ny C. 

 Scheerii, as I had. anticipated", and we are still far fron getting 

 Into the clear with your cacti fron North Mexico.. In working on the 

 Index, at the end of ny work t , I only became awareO and. thus too late))„ 

 that I had. entered two species und er the name of C. cocoineus ! My 

 C. coccineus, . which Stands next to C> spinosi ssimus, a species knowir 

 a very long time; yours, in contrast, is entirely new, and must be 

 rebaptized-i.lt Stands betweerr C» . Roemerl ■ and C.. Scheerii' :: You could 

 name it Ce^« . phoeniceus or puniceus, and I would have done so myself „ 

 if I had perceived the error earlier; but, as said, it is too late* 



As to the further position of your Op. clavata, ! nevertheless 

 believe, that I put it into the correct place- Its caulis nrostraaton, . 

 radicans, ramosissimus, et coespites Diametro 2 - k pddali efformans,, 

 distances it fron the real Op. cylandracei s. I have a £ Flatyacantae 

 and its character is " caule articulato, hunili, articulis ter etlbus 

 parvuli s t divaricato-prostratl s vell suberectis 



ovatis vel cucuneri ~ 



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