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Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides. Fig- 

 marigold-like Rhipsalis. 



Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Cacte^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. tubus ovario adherens, laevis ; limbus superus 3 — 6- 

 partitus brevis, dentibus acuminatis mem bran aceis. Pet. 

 6, oblonga, patula, calyci inserta. Stam. \2 — 18, petalis 

 affixa. Stylus filiformis. Stigmata 3 — 6, patula. Bacca 

 pellucida, subrotunda, calyce marcescente coronata. Semina 

 intra pulpam nidulantia, exalbuminosa, radicula embryonis 

 crassa, cotyled. 2 brevibus obtusis.— Frutices pseudo-para- 

 sitici super arbores Ins. Caribcearum orti, s&pius penduli 

 aphylli ramosi teretes nudi aut setas minimas subjalcatas 

 gerentes, fasciculis tunc or dine spirali quincunciali dispo- 

 ses. Flores laterales sessiles parvi albi. Baccae (fere 

 Visci) albce pellucidce. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Rhipsalis * mesembryanthemoides; glomerato-ramosa, ra- 

 mis erectis teretibus strictis articuliferis, articulis late- 

 ralibus confertis teretibus utrinque attenuatis nebu- 

 losis medio floriferis, fasciculis setarum capillacearum 

 albis pallidis demum mortuisve nigris, Honbus soli- 

 tariis. DC. . 



Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides. Haw. Revis. p. 71. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 476. 



Rhipsalis salicornoides, 0. Haw. in Suppl PI. Succ. p. 83. 



Descr. 



* From f 4, a willow-branch, in allusion to the long flexible stems and 

 branches. 



