thing of the bome-land of the other two. My Pen tag onus 



loses its wing-edges with age and the stein is nearly round, 



whereas both the other kind retain their rips, even in. age, 3ut, 



as said, I really do not know, if that is pentagonus . Others 



after us must study flowers and fruits better than we , and , then 



only can. species be deterained» 



Wh .9 t concerns Marnillaria se^ili s , it nus 4 - be a delio-htful 



subject. Tube s"^U^xw^eU5 points to Eohinocactus - but bi - 



seriate stamina belong only to Eohinocactus - How a^d where do 



the flowers develop ? I hope. you dried flowers and can. send me 



sometime an entire mamilla with its spine-bu^dle. Mara . phello - 



s Derm al have seen in flower - it is a true Marnillaria , äs well 



as the red protruding berry , entirely as the genus. 



I do not know, if I sent you seeds of Cer* <£\cpf/(auS 



and as well' better and fresher 

 fron last year ; Anyhow, here are some ®±xtk&xte&&&xm.tiL±x1£&9i%km.&'k 



seeds of Cereus gunraosus fron Lower California. 



If you kept your word,I will xet a letter frora you here; 



but* after receipt o^ this letter, do not write any more to this 



place, unless you eret further news fron ne. If I ^eally travel , 



I shall write to you as soon as I arrive in Europe. 



Until t^en hea^tiest greetings 



Your . 0 . Encreln.ann 



I may have nentioned already, that the ovula of Cer . serr>enti ~ 

 nus are many times larger than the raost cerei . I did. also re- 

 ceive seeds of this species fron New York, but, though very 

 large, they were immature; the fruit red, fleshy, spiny. 



Of the old, lost Manubarbata I received fron Arizona seeds of 

 a larger nore oppulent form* Also of Yucca brevif oli a t which I 

 enclose. A^ave virglnica I have growing in 6-8 speoinens, . 

 which can be shipped next Fall. 



