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which in plants of such slow growth as the Cacti, is disagreeable.
He hardly ever knows which is which. —

About Greggs Menodora I can have no doubt; the
seeds and Calyx are decisive and can not be altered
however stunted or altered the plant may be — but
Greggs plant is said to be 2-3 feet high, and not
crippled. — No. 44 is a small scrubby thing and very
different from 527 and may be the old Humboltian plant.
I dont see any thing to change my views.

I have written for the new vol of {DeCandolle} but have not
seen it yet. —

Is that Datura meteloides perennial? Mine will not flower
this year. — Among other things I have in flower Cuscuta
what I take to be umbellata from El Paso an Portulaca
— very rich — and a californica to an new Euphorbia
stipulata. —

Nothing more about Fendlers Plants from England?
Names or Sales?

I was looking for a few flowers of the Styrax
platanifolia n.sp. which I thought I had, but can
not find them. I have wood of the plant and
fruit and leaves in last falls coll. of Lindheimer
next winter, and then distribute his collections of
the last 3 years. —

Wright hs brought about 8 Echinocacti, 12 {Mammillaria}
12 Cerei 10 Opuntia, 42 spec; half of them new.
i.e. not described, some of these received before.
Cereus greggii is a queer thing with its big
turnip shaped roots.

Write soon again and I shalll try to
be a better correspondent than I have lately
been

Yours ever
George Engelmann

I shall send a short notice of
Cactaceae to Silliman direct.