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53. Rhipsalis crispimarginata Léfgren, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2:37. 1918. 
Plants pendulous, the main stem terete below, often 3-winged above; terminal branches in 
clusters, oblong, flat, obtuse, narrowed at base, shining green or tinged with purple, 4 to 6 cm. long; 
flowers usually solitary but sometimes 2 or 3 at an areole, white, drying pale yellow; sepals ovate- 
obtuse, reflexed; petals white, widely spreading, numerous: stigma-lobes white; fruit globose, white. 
Type locality: Ilha Grande, near the city of Rio de Janeiro. 
Distribution: State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
Illustration: Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: pl. 9. 
Plate xxxviJ, figure 5, shows a fruiting branch of the type collection obtained by Dr. 
Rose on Ilha Grande near Rio de Janeiro in 1915 (No. 20401). Figure 231 is from a photo- 
graph of Miss Eaton’s painting of a plant given to Dr. Shafer by Dr. Léfgren in 1917 at 
Rio de Janeiro which flowered in the New York Botanical Garden in May 1922. 
54. Rhipsalis crispata (Haworth) Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 130. 1837. 
Epiphyllum crispatum Haworth, Phil. Mag. 7: 111. 1830. 
Rhipsalts crispata latior Salm-Dyck in Pfeiffer, Enum. Cact. 130. 1837. 
Hartota crispata Lemaire, Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 75. 1839. 
Rhipsalis rhombea crispata Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakteen 638. 1898. 
Fic. 232.—Rhipsalis crispata. 
Branches divided into short flat joints 6 to 10 cm. long, broad both at base and apex, green, 
more or less crenate; flowers solitary or sometimes 2 to 4 at an areole, 10 to 12 mm. broad, cream- 
colored to light yellow; filaments numerous; fruit white, 7 mm. in diameter. 
Type locality: Brazil. 
Distribution: Brazil, but range unknown. 
The synonyms R. crispa and its var. major (Forster, Handb. Cact. 450. 1846) and 
R. crispa latior Salm-Dyck (Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 279. 1843); Hariota crispata latior 
Lemaire (Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. 75. 1839) doubtless belong here. Schumann, in Nachtrag, 
age I refers here Rhipsalis swartziana Pfeiffer. 
ms pictter publishes ae synonym of the above Cereus crispatus (Enum. Cact. 130. I 837), 
as does also Forster. Schumann (Gesamtb. Kakteen 638. 1898) makes this species a 
variety of Rhipsalis rhombea, but later (Gesamtb. Kakteen N achtr. 145. 1903) recognizes 
two species. 
Cactus torquatus (Walpers, Repert. Bot. 2: 342. 1843), referred to Rhipsalis rhombea 
by Walpers, was only a garden name. 
J I llustrations: Arch, Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 1: pl. 16, as R. rhombea; Gartenwelt 13: 
117; Garten-Zeitung 1: 459. f. 109; Rev. Hort. 85: f. 152, in part. 
