W Poselger 1.31.1 P 71 



This one Weber declared to be a Rhipsalls , on account of the nany- f , 



small f lowers, which emerge fron an greole, and the small, dark-blue, 



sof tnaked, pea-size f ruits. C. colubrlnus I saw in gardens. C. Yari - 



abili s I never net. All other columnar cerei, known to me, may 



hail fron South-america. There are in Mexico many thin, columnar 



Pilocerei , all with sideways floral tuft. I an also aquainted with 



an Echinocereus , which has a Cereus-like appearan.ee, - i . e. with a 



diameter of 6 - 8 w it gets 8 - 10 1 tall, and floweres of course 



at the top, this is the E. pilosus Qji^^lf 9 as can hardly be doub- 



ted f , the Observation of Weber proves correct, then th£s«^ew Cerei, . 



which flower in the way of the Echinocacti , would have to form an 

 new 



interesting \division. Ha s 1 nt Dr. Weber published anything so far of 

 bis observations ? To me nothing has he c one known so far. 



I will close for today with a reraark about C. Scheerii . This 

 species has the peculiarity, otherwise unknown for cacti, toj^ush 

 out stolons like the agavae* Older plants reach over 5 ft and carry 

 fully developed 4 central spines, of which the 3 longer ones are 

 pointed upward.If one lifts such, a plant out of the sand, one findsr 

 beside the main root 2-3 white, round stolons, which pass close 

 to the earth surface, and ,at a distance of 1 - 1| foot carry a 

 new, small plant. Your wonderful Illustration on table 17 is ob - 

 viously such a small stolon-sprout, with its own root still missing. 

 With raost friendly greetlngs I renain your devoted" 



Wm Poselger 



( translated fron German Script by Ed rar Denison, May 1988 ) 



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