CSSA VOL.72, January/February 2000 No.1 Cacti and Succulents in Japan, Part 4A: Chimeras and others Aikichi Kobayashi Review: Haseltonia, No. 6 Colin C.Walker Mark Dimmitt receives the Friend Award Larry W.Mitich New Aloes from Saudi Arabia, Part 1 John J.Lavranos & Sheila Collenette Book Review: Pachypodium and Adenium, by Gordon Rowley Daniel L.Mahr Melocactus praerupticola Areces, sp.nov. (Cactaceae): A new member of the M.intortus alliance Alberto E.Areces-Mallea Jay Dodson, 1900-1999 Larry W Mitich Superb Succulents Duke Benadom Eulychnia castanea - "not easily accesible either by land or by sea" Urs Eggli & Beat Ernst Leuenberger Consolea picardae (Urban) Areces, comb.nov, - revalidation of a neglected West Indian opuntoid A.E.Areces-Mallea Spotlight on Round Robins Braden Engelke & Rita Fleischmann Del Weniger, 1924-1999 Larry W.Mitich From cacti_etc