\l( - Prince Salirr Feh. 7 , 18.52 _ 



nis 2 crracil ibus partin suepe aut oranino def ioie ^tibus" 



The Man, spirmurea was found by Mr. Potts; I described it as 

 followss- w M . caule subglaboso aut dep resso axillis senioribus^ 

 floccose lanatis, manmillis laete viridibus tetragono - ovatis sep- 

 tiis giblerulis apic e oblique obtusis, pilvillis oval ibus inferne 

 soepe sulculo parvulo elonnratis nax nudis, aculeis e xterioribus 

 ciciter 12 piracilibus rigldis- patulis, inferioribus senslm longlo- 

 ribus infinoque inte -"dum e sulco enascente, contralibus 5 - 6 duplo_ 

 lonsrioribus ac crassioribus recurvato-ref lex! s onnibus ooncolorlbusr 

 aurels 11 - Mr. Diedrich glves the f oll owi ng d e Script ion of Echinoc.- 

 car>ricornis T . whloh^iSe*älsotto;-be*f anndwwi.th therEoeeigfiivplaBts, . c~and 

 sfe&ands close to Ech»orratus PC, , ° Ech. subrclobosus, f loeois albis 

 seriatis transverse ornatis,. costis et orassis repando-ornati s , , slnu- 

 bus profund ls -acuris, aculeis 8-10 ratidis ancipitibus nigricanti- 

 bus, omnibus varie curvatis 11 (habitat Mexico in La Ninconada) ' 



Diedrich also described an other one, and naned E» Po selber ianus, 

 which I corsider to be ny Em • Hyvogonus c . He describes this: 



^E» depressus re tundatus glaucus', tuberouli s dep^essis planis irre- 

 gulär! tertetra ad kbpaedrlg» axillis superiorlbus tomentosls, areolig 

 ^ subnud i s » , aul e i s y narrcinalibus ancipitibus subcurvatis,uno contrfljh. " 

 erecto tereti subulato, ; onnibus crassis bruneis M 



The plant itself I have not seen. Mr. Muhlenpford knows too few 

 cacti, i.e» he has see^ too few to correctly be able to judge various 

 descripti ons and determinat?. ons. Hi s Ge^e^.s Ho ene r 1 is not yours; it 

 is C.aclcularls Otto: hl s M , str o bul i f o rm i s is scolymoid es; the other s 

 ( XVI p.l88) are correct • . Your seeds have been sown carefully, and 

 I leave all in good order on. ny departure, set for day after tomorrow»— 

 I shall spend a few months in. Paris. What all has passed there sn.no e 

 December , you know. I an eager to see how this will develop,, Be con- 

 vinced that the coup d f etat was reoessary.- If now the President will 





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