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The seeds of these four seem identical to me; at my house they germinated in mass. I sent 

 you a sample of one that came from Capillitas. 



A small Echinococcus that my correspondent sent me under the name Mammillaria, 

 belong ? because of its flowers and seeds, to the group Gymno calycium. It has violaeceous 

 flowers and seems to be quite new. I gave it the name Echinocactus Schickendantzi. I send 

 you its seeds, so that you can compare those of the Echinocactus Ourselianus or 

 multifloris that belong to the same group. 



The Echinopsis yacutalana is a species very close to the Echinopsis campylacantha or the 

 Echinopsis valida, that is perhaps synonymous to these 2 species. It has long trumpeted 

 white flowers. I found them in the herbarium of Paraguay de Balansa (at the Garden of 

 Plants.) It is a very similar species, from which I will also send you seeds so that you can 

 compare them (they are twice as fat). At the same herbarium of Balansa, I found beautiful 

 seeds from a species of Phyllocactus epiphyte. 



Mr. Grisenbach gave in his symbolae ad Horum argentinam, the name of Opuntia 

 argentina, to a plant from the same herbarium of Balansa, that I immediately recognized 

 to be none other that the Opuntia braziliensis; when I compare its seeds to those of the 

 Balansa herbarium, I found that it was really the same plant. Therefore Opuntia argentina 

 is the same as Opuntia braziliensis. I send you a sample of its seed that has more than one 

 name. I include also seeds of the Opuntia diademata Lern, of the group of the Ovatae. 

 There is also a species common to the province of Catamarca, where it has the name of 

 Tuna del Zorro, that is to say of the Fox. This name is also given to the Opuntia vulpina. 

 This seems to be close to the Opuntia vulpina. This seems to be close to the Opuntia 

 sulphurea Gill; that one includes but I don't know why, the group of the Ovata, however it 

 is a Platopuntia with very dense leaves. 



I grew seeds from Mr. Schickendantz, another small Opuntie planted among grass with 

 ovoid leaves. I named this Opuntia densa. I have no more seeds but will obtain some and 

 send them to you. 



I am including in my letter seeds from the Pereskia. First, small samples and seeds of the 

 Pereskia aculeata, of which I ignore its exact origin and that were sent to me by Haage 

 and Schmidt from Erfurt. Later on I will send you the unusual Pereskia Poeppigii 

 {Opuntia) Coming from the province of Concepcion in Chile (37o lat. S.). At greater 

 altitude (up to 900 m.), Cels from Paris had the same plant from Patagonia (49o lat. S. ! !). 

 Professor Phüippi who sent Haage and Schmidt live plants and seeds (from where the one 

 I sent you came from). The name of these plants originates in the country they come from. 

 It is Maihuen. It is the Opuntia maihuen from Mr. Gay. They form thick turf in the sand 

 and have yellow flowers. You can see that the seeds are from the Pereskia. 

 The package of Philippi contains another small species of Pereiska Poeppigii', the seeds 

 are very similar to the latter. The plant is a conglomeration of small globular and thick 

 leaves, with small leaflets of the Opuntia claviformis and sub-persistantes. These small 



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