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Once upon a time I rfceeived also a few cacti fron there fron Agassiz, 



one of then a : Ui ~T*jg of striking forn.ny H. Agrassizi , which lives 



still here. I should send you a specinen in Spring; your wif e can per- 



haps do nore with it, tbar we can, Now, back to M. Domingo . In Burma the 



Cereus opuntiod es yas al T,T ays of special interest to ne. Teil ne nore 



ab out it acoordin.pr to Fluni er 1 s original Lanil & Hss. Also.exactly f 



where It arrows.- Quite ge^aily, if you could. teil mB no^e details about 



San Donin^o cacti, ny friend Gabb could possibly obtain sonetbins*. 



The necessity of literature bas been clear to ne for a lo^p* 



time* and I developed a book, where all nanes of cacti , authors, dates, 



citations are entered, as far as I could ^in* then.- Linneaus I have 



nyself and I studied. Ehrenberg c are füll y about cacti and mexican co- 



nifers. 1 also possess Sc he er and Philippi - Ph. in his Alacana trip 



<v 



is badly confused with his Eulychnig ; this is a forn of Cereus , com - 

 non in Southanerica, and in Kew Gardens are nany dried. f lowers ( short 

 and long-tubed.) of such forn; Ph 1 s description and Illustration are 

 wrong. I assune, that 0 m i belongs here. 



Yes, if you have the time, I would enjoy very rauch, If you would 

 comraunicate the results of your inquiries into the Classification, of 

 the Cerei ♦ 



I assune, you knew, that I had seeds of Leuchtenber^ia ^ron 

 Haage,a^ that t^ey sprout ed. f o^ ne. T^ey are perfect Ecbinocactus 

 seeds. I a^ree with the d^aw^n^rs and t>ose the seedlings. Your 

 Observation about the f lower iJ^correctly stated; I was only able to 

 exanine buds,but find the sa.ne results as you. Only, I took o^e step 

 further, I did actually see a sprout on the tip of the elou^ated 

 namilla (leaf-basis, Pulvinug ) , and. keep the drawing of it; areoles 

 are raany and 1" long; the sprout stand s straight where the f lower 

 appears. Your' Observation of axillary sprouts shows only, what we find 

 with nany plants,that snrouts can appear on our species; thus, it 



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