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with the same flower as Schott Ii . The natives sytematize in a diffe- 

 rent way, but, raav-be better thar we ! And the large Cerei there are 

 called: Gardon espinosa and pelon and Carambuya Pitahaya dulce (C. Thur - 

 beri ) and airre, and the 1 Echinocerei as well as all snall Ilanillariae 

 etc. Fitahayita ; Echinocactus is Vi gu a et a , P 1 a t o pun t i a Juna f but the 

 cylindrical Opuntias have a lot of different namesi of the latter one 

 may have discovered 6 different species there« 



I also send some seeds of Echinocactus Whipplii var . poly an- 

 cistfas ; the seed proves to me the identity as Whlipplii from a plant 

 formerly considered different; it comes from the State Nevada, North 

 of the original locality. 



Plea.se be content with these lin.es today and write soon again 

 to m.e,so that we may reopen. a fruitful oorresponde^ce. Teil me also 

 of Paris, of Pfarrsf orf f , the Jardin des Plant s, etc. I, also, send 

 some seeds to Guedeney , hoping that he and his plants are well» 



Greetings to your wife, though unknown to ne from both of us. 

 Entirely Your Dr. G. En^elmann 



I almost forgot to thank you for the kind lines, which 

 I received from you in Bremen. 



I also enclose a seed (unripe) of Opuntia ba silaris 

 Dr. Ä. Weber Hotel des Invalides Paris 



( translated from Germar scrint by Ed rar Denison, Feb. IQBP ) 



