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Prince Salm 



March 25, 1B53. 



tics-, and, that the modif ioantions of these characteristics should" 



forn .cetera; - Tb e future t though, has here free play*. because neither 



the number of tribus nor of venera is restrictedv - Alone the f irstt 



tri bias has as most importart characteri stic the cremen inclusum , 



and acc ording to this characteri stier Anhalonium and Pelecyphora are 



real i Melocacteae ; can one not for this reason consider thenr true 



Manillariae ? The tubercula of the + resemble the leaves of Aloe re- 



tusa ( with Anhal « pri sma ticum and s^lcatun) and t^ose of Crassula per- 



f oll ata ( in JU e longa tun ) . They are thin at the base, and fleshy on 



the other parts.. The juice of this last species is supposed to be 



str^% 



used in its honeland (aecording to Mr. Poselirer) as a very tooq glue», 

 and the one, of which you speak, is probably ny A. sulcatam. . - Pelecy - 

 phora has also tubercula of an ertxrelv divergent form., they cover the 

 entlre plant'* are 11 rr. c 'i In tinscula, nedio attenuat a, apioe dilatatat - 

 obtusa et sntello cartila^ineo nar^ine finbricato tecta 11 There is no 

 si.sn of a pulvillun nor of spines, and in the entire genus H a n i Ilaria 

 there is not a Single species to which the plant has the renotest resem- 

 blance. Strictly scientif ically both genera are open to questions I 

 But neither you nor I have created then; we do not justify then; we 

 aeeept then only with the wi s& , ; that more exaet observations will g!üt/e 

 them a steadier basis,, and the Science will find, the tools to rret these 

 diverging forns better posi ti oned.. 



quite sinple»- Is the fa.ct und o^bted ? Ha s it been nroven, that the H. 



have a fernen exsertun ?' Well, then they are no nore Manill ariae, and 

 not even Melocacteae. Instead of wanting to c hange the character of the 

 genus, one nust stick to it, and reraove the species, which divert fron- 

 it. The first uneasiness is thus elininated,, and we nust deal with 

 the case, which happens f requently, , in which one or several species 



What concerns the genuine exserta of ilanillariae, the case is 



nacroneri s ( and , aecordirj? to Poselprer 



