better Solutions. I knew well the Gala na p*" 1 ,aocording to the descrip- 

 tion; this is reprinted in Welpu f s Repertorium vo. 2 p.36^ l p ^3. 

 fron which I copieci it into ny listing of cacti.But for the dra - 

 wing and description 1 tha^v very nuch, as thev were unknown to ne, 

 and, thus, I could not deternine ny plant fron Agassi z. Now, I have 

 no doubt any more, and can even clear up your Statement. 



I do possess this 0, ga'lapagela fron Agassiz and it is alive, 

 and I hope to be able in about a month to send you a good. raember, 

 when there is no more fear of frost. The very large, woolly (the wool 

 does not shed) areoles with thin,bristly spines are very characte - 

 ristic* I enclose in this letter a spine- bündle fron old and younger 

 nenbers. - 



The Opuntla, which I mentioned in ny previous letter, it ano- 

 the^ one; and the one nrrow? 1 by Nebon & Mrs. Yard. PI. which we exa- 

 nined tocrether in lB68 f an-, of which I took a few spine-bundles along, 

 as well as ny Cabauc b & Agassiz are identical. I call it O. myriacantha 

 (is'nt it similar to srinosi ssina. ? ) Our nlant is weakly and I do 

 not know, if I can send you a piece« We will see. I enclose an entire 

 splne-bund.le of a we£k nenber . 



Thus I have fron this farthest protruding outpost in the Paci - 

 fic ücean 3 cacti f that Cereus and those two Onuntia s. 



I want to nention, that, when I heard that Agassiz wanted to 

 e stabil sh a Station on the Galapagos Islands, I wrote to hin and brou^ht 

 to his attention the cacti of this geo^raphically and plant-geoßrranhi- 

 cally so protruding group, as I had specially Nebon f s plant in nind. 



I want to renark,that with 0 . myrlacantha the spine-bun^les 

 stand nuch closer together than with the others,and that the areoles 

 are mich snaller; the nenbers however, th inner and snaller. 

 Galapagela has very thick nenbers» which become soon cyl ind rical • 



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