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or tubercles, Anh. f 1 ssuratum. Check the flower = F elecyphora 



upon a yoimsc nami^illa ? Probable ? But, taken exactly it is, as I 



have shown» incorrect to call the flower versicolor or terminall s : 



they are always latent es , only, they they are positioned her quite 



close to the top. Wlth the various Echinocactl one can see all gra- 



dations from füll top ( Cephall lMy ) to far down the slde (e.g. E. 



echinosplrus . And yet,there is no serious difference between them. 



The important is,that the f lower s cone fron the young but portru - 



The sane ni stake 



ding, more or less.but not yet quite dropped scales. XKXXäXäCüfBXäÖS - 



is made by in connection 



mn% with äXX terminal flowers Kmm&imx%ft all han.dbooks &H X%XMMM 

 fwith pinus 



amenta f eminea terminal! s it is creneral; whereas in. reality only one 

 could be terminal , and then terminates the axis.but the axis ends 

 above the acantis femlnalis in a bud,wh.ich will contir.ue to grow 

 next year. I call it -th'eref ore subterminal and further they are only 

 a portion of the pinus Speeles, others. ( certainly many American.s) 

 do not even have an.aca^ta p enir\q subtv;""-* "a \\ <? ^'t 1-? t ; raUs I 



Once again, SalW) had not seen Leuc h t e nbe r g i ^1 nf 1 owe r , H o oker 

 illustrates it so that' the ovary can not be seen. Haaare has prrown 

 flowers and fruit but knows nothing about it- H As you did not see 

 lt , it would be best to keep silent ! 



C or yphant ad oe s not nean lar#e-f lowered but summit-f lowered. 

 If you do not wart to preserve the ^ane, T ' Th ich I have given, desplte 

 the fact that it is the first which describes the group exactly, you 

 follow a general custom. One could say that Anlacothele could demand 

 priori ty, thongh descriptive enough,it does not describe the sp. cies 

 as does ny Coryphanta (vide Salvy^). The law or risrht of priori ty has 

 bv now been adopted by all botani st s , that , as you know, a lot of 

 other modern names had to be elininated (e.g. a lot of "Lannrck" ) • 

 Anlacothele hax another meaning with Sälen , would it have denoted the 

 sane, I would have adopted, the name.- When a name is f *in.p^or^e ,t it 



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