( 3080 ) 

 Rhipsalis Cassytha. Naked Rhipsalis. 



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Class and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord.— Cactejs. ) 



Generic Character . 



Cal. 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 pel- 

 lucida, 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) albcepellucid(B. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Rhipsalis Cassytha; pendula, ramis verticillatis nudis gla- 



bris, calyce 4— 6-partito, petalis 4 — 6. 

 Rhipsalis Cassytha. Gcertn. Fr. v. 2. p. 136. t. 28. Haw. 



Syn. Succ. PL p. 186. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 2. (var. Hook- 



eriana. D C.) Be Cand. Rev. des Cact. t. 21. (var. 



Mociniana.) Prodr. v. 3. p. 476. 

 Cactus pendulus. Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. p. 876. Willd. Sp. 



PI v. 2. p. 942. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 178. 



Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 496. 

 Cactus parasiticus, &c. Browne's Jam. p. 238. 



E)escr. A parasite, but flourishing in a pot of common 

 s°u in the stove. Stem more woody than in R. grandi- 

 flora, covered with a greyish bark. Branches smooth, 



green, 



