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RHIPSALIS SALICORNOIDES.  GLASSWOR'T- 
LIKE Ruipsauis. 7 
Lee aes 
Class and Order. 5 Se 
IcosanpriA Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. superus, 3-4-partitus, brevissimus. Cor. polypetala. 
Stam. plurima. Stigma partitum. Bacca infera, unilocu- 
» pellucida. Semina duodena, centralia. Gaxrrrn. 
Specific Character and Synonym. | 
Ruipsaxas salicornoides ; caule prolifero articulato, articulis 
teretibus clavatis, floribus terminalibus subsolitariis. 
HIPSALIS salicornoides ; articulato-prolifer; erectus; valde 
ramosus ; ramis erecto-patulis teretibus subangula- 
Usque ; fasciculis spinularum juniorum capillacearum 
minutis albicantibus, nudo oculo inconspicuis. Ha- 
worth Suppl. Pl. Succul. p. 83. 
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_Descr. Plant trailing, proliferous ; branches very nu- 
merous, spreading, jointed: joints club-shaped, rounded, 
tubercled, smooth, scarred, glaucous, older stems grey. 
ers terminal, solitary, or in pairs. Corolla superior, 
Yellow; petals numerous, thin, beautifully reticulated, 
foncave, connivent, never opening wide. Style long ; 
stigma included, large, cleft. fee : : 
‘ he plant when young has a very different habit. It is 
lower -v, the joints shorter, and more turgid at their 
i Portions, so.as to be nearly oval instead of club- 
Ps Satake their tubercles are more numerous, and each is 
The with a little tuft of soft, white, diverging hairs. 
. 4ppearance is not observed on plants whose stems 
«- attained any considerable length, excepting occa- 
“y near the ground, but scars are seen-upon them - 
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