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Rhipsalis fasciculata. Cluster-branched 



Rhipsalis. 



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Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Cacte^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cat. tubus ovario adhaerens, laevis ; limbus superus 3 — 6- 

 partitus brevis, dentibus acuminatis membranaceis. Pet. 

 6, oblonga, patula, calyci inserta. Stam. 12 — 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, scepius penduli 

 aphylli ramosi teretes nudi aut setas minimas subfalcatas 

 gerentes, fasciculis tunc ordine spirali quincunciali dispo- 

 sitis. Flores laterales sessiles parvi albi. Baccae (fere 

 Visci) albcepellucidce. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Rhipsalis fasciculata; pendula, ramis teretibus fasciculate 

 pilis cum fasciculis ordine quincunciali spiraliter ser- 

 vatis secus ramos juniores. De Cand. Prodr. v. S. 

 p. 476. 



Rhipsalis fasciculata. Haw. Suppl. PI. SuccuLp. 83. 



Rhipsalis parasitica. Haw. Syn. PL Succ. p. 187. 



Cactus fasciculatus. Willd. Enum. Suppl p. 33. 



Cactus parasiticus. Lam. Diet. v. 1. p. 541. De Land. 

 PL Gras. t. 59. 



Descr. Plant parasitical ; but growing well in a pot of 

 soil. Branches springing many together m a dense cluster, 



