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that it could be possible, to bring them into the division 

 with your Cereus enneacanthus « If your description of the latter 

 did not mislead me in a spectacular way, it is the same Gereus , , 

 which populates vast areas in - southeastern Texas and. northerrr 

 Mexico, and appears in innumerable varieties and. transitions* 

 Though I found it by the raillions, nagnif icently flowering, I must 

 confess, that I then did not exaraine the f Tower in. detail, as it 

 seemed to me then beyon,4 doubt, , that it was a Gereus . Now, doubts 

 have ariserr about this point% becau.se their flowers are always 

 at the tips of the stalks and. emerge thus most likely fron the 

 yo^ng , only forming- areoles. If this takes r>lace, then- it would' 

 characterize itself simply as belonging to the Bchinocacti . Unfor- 

 tunately, these and related species can not be brought to flower 

 in Europe, however, may-be your habitat may be better favored in 

 this and off er you flowering specimens, to be able to decide this 

 questiom One thing seems to me however definitive, that it can 

 hardly be put in the same division with E. pectinata , as the latter 

 flowers always f rom the older . long developed areoles. 



Finally, you are so kind to off er me seeds. If you will have 

 the kindness, to send them this Fall or Winter of the newer species,, 

 special!^ of Echinocacti . I would accept them with greatest gratis 

 tude, and am gladly Willing to off er you whatever eounter- Services. 



Höping, that you are well, I renain with heartiest greetings 

 with special esteem your devoted 



A.Poselfrer Dr. phil. 



(fcranslated fron German script by Edsrar Denison, April 1988) 



