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cribe only native species, , that you do not need any other subdivi- 



sions, than those needed for the Classification- of these species*. - 

 entirely removed 



Fronr the genus Opuntia 1 with your thus are § cruclatae t, platy- 



acanthae, glomeratae • and paradoxae ; and also the | divaricatae 



(With exceptiorrof Op, fragilis; if you really posess lt))and the 



largest part of the subdivisiorr in the £ Ellipticae* - In the ^ 



Cylandraceae however ( thoughb several species can not be found with? 



you) your area is rieh-, and your subdi Vision clavata is new.. 



You write to me about the 3 species, which erroneously/ are con- 



sidered Nuttall 1 species, and I ask you in advance t to send me the 



book as soon as it is published; or to kindly teil me, where and 



how I can acquire it* - Miller gives Terre nueve as hfcmeland of the 



Op. vulgaris* . This species became almost native in the southern parts 



of Europe, and Tenore even called it Op,italica *. You do not have», 



as I see, the Enumerati by Pf eif fer, , and thus, all referenceff toc 



this work ( in my Cacteae cultae) reraained unclear for you. I, first t , 



had attributed a var.^3 media to Op* vulgaris» , which later on pe- 



rishedr 1 ;: Fester, though, has included it on pag. ,^77*. In every gar— 

 somewhat 



den almost Op» vulgaris has a| dif f erent appearance depending orr cul- 

 ture and locality, which disappears with a different culture; I' 

 would at present be much inclinedf, to consider my/ Op, intermedia 

 only a variety of vulgaris, It differs though " artlculis vectlorlbus 

 perviridibus;areolis follolo brevi erecto ochraceo, nec elongato, 

 ineurvo-recurvato viridi setisque fulvidis instruetis; Florib us sul - 

 phur i s , Op . vulgar i paulum majoribus, petalis pallidioribus e t acu -» 

 tioribus, ovarloq ue suf f u ltis duplo longiore, sulc ato 11 



If one considers, though, that this plant was brought (through 

 the Grand Duke Johan^) from Dalmatia to Viennaj: One cannot assume 

 readily^ that it has a different descent, than those, which have 

 become established in Italy and Greece Opuntia vulgaris; thus, one 





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