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have made bisr mistakes in putting up much too many species.Plower and 



fruit must be observed much more accurately and provlde a main diffe- 



rence for species« It seems very probable to me, that many of the yellow 



f lowering species of Corynharte are nothir.e: but forns of one species* 

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ThejBool >-->;, s r 4-4 » EchinusY ra d.ians^^V^ 7 etc. and nay-be even the Qa"L- 

 Q.g&&apt£@i fron Texas may all belong together« You alone are able to make 

 exa,ct exarainations, further it will be of importance to study the ver- 

 satility or constancy of the f Tower colors, their size , their Position 

 on the plant s will natura lly be constant. Observe oertainly always 

 the irapla^tat^ on. of the ovarium into the body of the plant with Manmi - 

 laria and the juice.if sweetish or milky; a^d if you can handle it at 

 all, bring dead plants or parts of then as proof, and, if possible • 

 dried inf lorescense and fruits* Descriptions, re^ardless how carefully 

 made, are always incomplete, as one becones only later aware of various 

 items, which cannot be filled in if no specimen is available. 



As to floral position of Mannillariae I have found out now, that 

 intermittent forns between Eunannillaria and Corynhanta do exist; e.g. 

 M . ba r ba t a , wh ich, f Towers every year for ne, has beer oj^ inte rest to me 

 in this retard a^d at the sane time apneared susnicious and aerainst po- 

 licy ( verbatiri tra^sl. H a^ainst Police" E . D. ) , pöoduces its first blos- 



som in Spring fron the axiles of the last fron the past 



year, but all the followirpc c one fron fron the agiles of the sane Spring ! 

 Also, the opale-grreen fruits are nore like those of Corynha^ta , though 

 the flower is sna.ll* Thus, Grahami , Wrightii , and others may belong here« 



That you found Hanumacromerls so far fron El Paso, I alnost 

 doubt \ Try to get seeds, it is unknown to ne, and. the plant is not in 

 cultivatiom More likely you may encounter the yellow, very large 

 M. Scheeril , which was actually first discovered in Chihuahua. 



The identity of the nexican 0. vagi^ata ard 0» f rutescers I have 

 known a long time* You also see fron ny research , that I hoped to be 



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