( 2740 ) 
RuIPSALIS GRANDIFLORUS. LARGE-FLOWERED 
= Ruipsais. . 
Class and Order. 
F tthe 
-Icosanpria. MonoeyntA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Cacru. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. superus, subquadrifidus. Corolla polypetala, una 
cum calyce persistens. Anthere rotundate. Stigma 3— 
4-fidum, Bacca pellucida. Semina 12—20 intra pulpam 
nidulantia. 
Plante aphylle. Caules cylindracet nune fasciculatim 
puosi, obscure articulati. Flores parvt. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
| Rurpsauis grandiflorus ; parce ramosus, ramis suberectis 
' subcalamiformibus nudis, spinulis minutissimis soli- 
_. tariis regulariter distantiusculis pallidis arcte appressis, 
3 floribus numerosis vix uncialibus. Haw. 
- Ruursauis grandiflorus. Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ. p. 83. 
‘Haw. Rev. of Suce. Pl. p. 72. ; 
Cactus funalis. Salm. Dyck. Index Pl. Suce. in Hort. 
Dyck. 1822? Spreng. Syst. Veg.v.2. p.497. | 
I have not had the satisfaction of seeing this plant in 
flower myself, and my description is, necessarily, taken 
m the drawing, aided by Mr. Hawortn’s description, 
and a plant without flowers in our Botanic Garden. 
_ Probably, like the common R. parasiticus, it is a para- 
site upon the trunks of old trees. Its mode of growth is 
similar. The stem and branches are, however, much stouter, 
Searcely so regularly verticillate, and they have scattered 
dots upon them, as well as distantly placed, very minute 
4 spinules : 
