516 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Epiphyllum—continued. 
large and showy; tube of corolla furnished with remote 
unarmed scales, rising from the crenatures of the branches, 
among sinall spines; limb of corolla deeply multifid. 
Branches much compressed, twó-edged, thin, but fleshy, 
ted, green, smooth. Epiphyllums are among 
Coloured and beautiful of winter-flowering 
! not very fast-growing, and are, in con- 
'corating either large or small 
se trailing or dependent 
FiG. 716. EPIPREMNUM MIRABILE (see page 517). 
Epiphyllum— continued. 
habit, they show best when grafted on a small tree-like 
stock. Although the species are few, the varieties are 
somewhat numerous, and are nearly all richly coloured 
and attractive. 
PnoPrAGATION. This may be effected by short cuttings, 
taken from the branches, inserted singly in small pots, and 
placed in heat. The branches being unable to support 
themselves in an upright position when ° growing, this 
plan of cultivation is not much practised, except for use in 
