and more abundantly from near the root, cylindrical, pen- 

 dulous, rather thicker than a goose-quill, with many dots 

 or scars, especially on the younger branches, and these dots 

 are placed beneath a slight protuberance : they each bear 

 a fascicle of fine hair-like spines. When the branches are 

 young these spines are white, and very soft : but in a more 

 advanced state, they are very conspicuous, and of a deep 

 black colour. On the older branches, however, they are 

 less perceptible. The extremities of the branches are also 

 furnished with a tuft of similar spines. Flowers rarely pro- 

 duced, and few on a plant, confined to the main branches, 

 greenish -white. Petals about six. Stigmas two-lobed, 

 the lobes spreading, hairy. Fruit a Berry, similar to that 

 of R. Cassytha. Christy MSS. 



Mr. Christy, to whom I am indebted for the opportunity 

 of figuring the present species of Rhipsalis, observes, that 

 he received the plant from Mr. Hood along with the follow- 

 ing, and that he believes it to be a native of Brazil. It 

 flowered in March, 1831, for the first time, and, may pro- 

 bably, another season, bear more copious blossoms. 



The fruit-bearing plant is represented by M. De Can- 

 dolle, in the « Plantes Grasses" above quoted. 



Fig. I. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Part of the Style with its two-lobed 

 Stigma : — magnified. 



