Prince Salnr 



Sept. 16, 1857 



colubrinus f lowers in the same way. 



No. 30 Is the plant, which has fl owered for me, and which I des- 

 cribed in the enclosed No. of the A.G.Z.. (Allgemaine Garten Zeitung,, 

 E .D. ) Apparently, it forms a new genus-, which I, though, did not 

 want to establish». 



m. 31 is Lepismlum commune. Fa^not able to say anythin^ 

 about the Opuntiae (m.33*> 3^, 35» 36 ). The latter most definitely 

 is missing in oulP gardens». 



N©. 37 is Op. brasiliensis 



No. 38 is totally unknown and is remarkably beautifull 

 Nb. 39 is missing 



No. kO is one of the varieties of S.aculcata : • perhaps the ro- 



tundifolia. - The Peiresclas with spiny fruit s have not been descri- 



bed. .Dr. Weddelll will hopef ully publish these species, as almost 



species 



all are new. We know, as I say in my introduction, , of theselhardly 

 new 



one half of the family. Every ] traveller , through the territories al*.- 

 ready traversed, finds new species, and how many areas are there, 

 where no botanist has penetrated yet T 



IT will not give up hope, to see you once more in Dyck. - 

 With the most perfect esteenr 



Your Wellborn most devoted F. to Salnr 



(translated from German scipt by Edgar Denison, June 1988 ) 



