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ry ? I assune a few scal.es are on it ? I ask afrain about C. Tetyo, 

 t^hich is supposed to carry its flo-wers "aux plus j eures areoles" 

 (in the voungest areoles) . Is that so -I spoke öfter about it. 

 Yen forgot to nertior the color of the fruit near Babosso; but first 

 I V; d like to know if the fruit is smooth or> bumpy. 



I believe I spoke already earlier about the unreliability of 

 the species. Do not tie yourself to it; rro without worrying your 

 own way; but you must try to always recogrize the old species again. 

 That has become very difficu.lt through poor descriptions, which are 

 mostly based on weak garden specinens, and which in very few cases show 

 flowers or fruit; and when such were present , then they were iroom- 

 pletely described. 



^ ou:r Ce^eus e d u 1 i s s i mu s , wh i c h I prorose to ^ane sa/oidus or de- 



liciosus , seems, aecording to the description, to have much sinila- 



rity with C. ftrlycebs t whloh trrows from Tampio to Metamoros ( ny erro- 



neously so-called C, variabili s ) but prty j cevs is weak.leaning on 



shrubjery, mostly 3-edged and the seeds are different fron those sent 



by you. The seeds fron Metamoros are sirailar to yours of C. marginatus « 



shlny, rather thin-walled t very fine-bumpy with good nagnif ication 



(chagrieu ) buf 3| mm long, Are the two branches, which arise from 



C+ candelabf^ at the same heighth and. where they are positioned at 



the stem, do the Upper ones cross with the ones just below (decussate 



$ E.D. ) • Thus if the first pair points to North, and South, the next 



points to east and West. Did you not observe such an arrangement ? 



The^ seeds of this plant are just like those of nine from Meteoros 



C. 1 For now I close hoping to hear real soon fron you again. I told 



you, that I did not reeeive your second letter.may ny last one of 



May k have motten into your hands. 



■Respectfully Your G. Engelann 



Just what is your forname IThere are so many Weber t A^d what 

 is your botanical history ? 



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