Jacobi 3 Oct. 9, 1855 



The description of the flower and plant will&ppear in the Berlin" 

 Garden-newspaper prese^tly.. 



Düring the past Stimmer I raade a stränge Observation on a specimen 

 of M;macrothele»The Upper rim of two mamlllae of last year's growth 

 dropped off fron the body of the plant, so that an erapty Space of about 

 one line f ormed between the base of the teat and the stem of the plant. 

 As I feared, that the plant was rottlng inside, I removed the^hed plants 

 still more fron the body, found however, that they were entirely healthy. 

 Also otherwise, the two teats are affixed quite firmly with their lower 

 parts to the body.. The epidermis of the basis of the teat as x^ell as 

 that wher^they separated from the stem, is covered with a thin bark.. 

 From this appearance seems toyresult, that for this tribe of Hanmilariae 

 t*e teats do not form an inseparable part of the stem f but that they are 

 perhaps with their lower part wing-like connected to them. Though the 

 Plant will be deforned sonewbat, I intend to cut off the loosened 

 teats next Spring entirely from the plant, and to study the connection 

 of the halves with the stem more closely, and to see, if from these 

 teats aecain new plants will form«. 



Another Observation I made. is that with Cer . Hybri d . Smi t h 1 i the 

 seeds in the fruit can germinate , while the fruit is still attached to 

 the stem of the plant. I have planted such vivipari seeds and gained 

 new plants from then.. 



With the request to delight me soon again with your Communications,, 

 and to let me have seeds, which von can spare, I close with oustanding» 

 esteem, your highborn most devout 



Jacobi 1 



(translated from German Script by E. Denison, Nov. 1988) 



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