Jacoby ft 3 j une 12 , 1856 



We are in the culture of cacti still entirely bep;inners and ex- 

 periment in it much too much, It certainly^re£ults fronr an inoppor- 

 tune treatment, that the ertire division of Stenogonae . whlch mentiona- 



the fruit s in his work und er +++ have never flowered in May- 



be thev flower even still rarely in their home countryyas they and 

 the other Stenogonae never often sprout sideways. I think, that 

 Nature replaces the difficult flowering through out- sprout ing, as for 

 examnle is the case with Echps . multiplex . All other Stenogoni flower 

 extremely easily and frequently. The only exception knoxw to me from 

 the other sub-di Vision of this tribe, is ny E. gri s£i spinus . whi ch 

 neither flowers nor out-sprouts. 



I can not entirely agree x*ith the di Vision established by yow of 

 the Coryphantae . They form with out doubt the transitiorr of the Mammi- 

 lariae to the E ohinocacti without necessarly belonging to the 

 latter. Next to them stand then, as also metioned in the work 1 of the 

 prince. , the Hamni lariae of the Gland ul ^erae . wh i c h to the most part 

 have not flowered for us. - 



A few days ago I receivedr an interesting descriptiorr froran 

 the Schaefer from Münster, a very studious 



cactus enthusiast and thorough 1 observer about the blossem of M._se - 

 Hills. It is the first time, that this plant has flowered for us and 

 it seems to me to be rather definitive, that the plant is not a M am - 

 milaria. But I want to teil you the description of the flower as it 

 has come to me« 



Calyx-tube 13 lines long, diameter 5 lines above, 4 below. 



Calyx-leaves with grey-green middle stripe, narrow, , apparently irr 



3 layers above each other. 

 Crown flat, 1 3/4" diameter, Petals glowing orange- scarlet , narro- 



wed toward the base and in rows up to 12 above each other,. 

 Stamens red, numerous, exceeding the base by 7 lines , enclosing the 



pistil closely.Anthers yellow. . 

 Pistil 5 exceeding the stamens by 3 lines, scar yellow,, 



three-parted., 



Flowering dav and night. Length of fl owering 8-10 days at an 



