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[SANS] S. cylindrica and S. schweinfurthii

Note my last message heading mentioned S. schweinfurthii, when it should
have mentioned S. suffruticos. Sigh!

S. cylindrica is a native of Angola. As early as 1885 fibres obtained from
this species were shown at the Paris World Exhibition as being used by the
local tribes for the manufacture of strings and nets. The three to five
leaves of a shoot are cylindrical in cross-section, two-ranked and usually
arranged fanwise, up to 1.5m long and distinctly marked with bands of paler
and darker green. In contrast, S. schweinfurthii from Eritrea produces at
leasts twice this number of slightly shorter, uniformly dark green leaves,
lacking the hardened thorny tip, but terminating in a fleshy one with a
flattened seam. Both species are attractive and very suitable for the
succulent-grower.

Frances Verrity
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