bristles ]1 



yellow in- ;;. Ihnrish . . .V.\. rhombea 



14. pachyptera 

 1.'). HouUetiana 



1. salicornioldes, Haw. (Haridln snllroniioUh'S, DC). 

 Plant upright, reaching a lii/ight o£ 1» in., richly 

 branched; areolae hardly setulose or lanate: stems 

 cereiform, with cylindric or oblong-elliptic joints: ma- 

 ture or fruiting branches with verticillate, club- or flask- 

 shaped .ioints, with slender base, all apparently, as well 

 as the lis. and fr. growing from the tops of joints : fls. 

 yellow, funnelform, }4 in. long: berry small, whitish. 

 Brazil. B.M. 2461. 



2. Saglidnls, Otto (K. brncliidfa, Hook. HariMa 

 Sagtidnis, Lem.). Pig. 2101. Reachingaheight of 2 ft., 



RHIPSALIS 



.■?. mesembrianthemoldes. Haw. (i?(ii-(o^n mesembrian- 

 tln-tno'idea, Lem.). Upright, the ends drooping, richly 

 l)r:iiiclied: long branches 4-8 in. long, 1 line iu diura.; 

 fruiting branches a-5 lines long, not more than 2 lines 

 iii (linni., spirally attached, thickly crowded : areolse 

 si>arsi-ly woolly, with 1-2 bristles which project from 

 tlie ends of the branches: fls. near the top of the joint, 

 ;ihc.iit .'i lines in diam., formed of 10 white with vHlow 

 niidstriped leaves: hrrry white. Brazil. B.M.:iii,H.— 

 Hardly more than :\ ■ liiirlrr mrirty of the preceding. 



4. grandifldra, II /' . Salm.). Branching, 



cylindrical, rather I i , i ii.-s reaching a height 



of 3 ft., with a iIklih. i. i than K in.; ultimate 



branchlets short, ..ii,-u vtiiuilhue: areolie depressed, 

 bordered by a red lino, sometimes in old branches bear- 

 ing a bristle: fls. wheel-shaped, lateral on the branches, 

 nearly 1 In. in diam. Brazil. B.M. 2740. 



5. Cassytha, Gaertn. Richly branching, pendulous, 

 sometimes 10 ft. long; branches rarely 2 ft. long, 1-1 J^ 

 lines in diam., pale green; ultimate branchlets spirally 

 attached : areolae with sparse woolly hairs and fre- 

 quently 1-2 minute bristles: fls. lateral on the terminal 

 joints. 2-3 lines in diam.: berry like that of the mistle- 

 toe, 1-2 lines in diam. Widely dispersed in Central and 

 S. America, West Indies, Mex., Mauritius, Ceylon and 

 Africa. B.M. 3080. 



6. virgata, Web. Richly branching, pendulous, be- 

 coming a yard long; terminal branchlets hardly more 

 than a line thick, spirally attached : areolae bearing 

 sparse woolly hairs, with an occasional bristle: fls. lat- 

 eral, .3-4 lines in diam.: borrv <mlv l'< linos in diam. 

 Brazil. -Very much like th.- pnc. .iinir. 



7. ianthothele, Web. (/■/■,.) ^Ar« ,««//,. ./;,,7»». Web. 1{. 



ifdrmis.Ff 



I'fei 



pen 



richly branched: Inngorcereifortn brand 

 secondary or fruiting branches oblong-i 

 cylindric, rounded at the ends, spirally 



■s's-lft.long; 

 liptic or short- 



akly grooved, not more 

 p witn very scanty wool and 2-4 

 1 the end branches project as a 

 he tops of the short branches, 

 lb 12 white leaves with yellow- 

 liite. Uruguay and Argentina. 

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areola) at summit 

 of tubercles short- 

 woolly, soon na- 

 ked, bearing 6-7 

 short bristles: fls. 

 with very short 

 tube, but the fl. 

 bell-shaped, pur- 

 ple-red without, 

 pure white with- 

 in, nearly 1 in. 

 long, little more 

 than half as much 

 wide: fr. the size 

 of a cherry, rose- 

 red, with bristles 

 like those of the 

 stem. Argentina. 



8. trigona, 

 Pteiff. Richly 

 branched, becom- 

 ing a yard long: 

 branches Kto 

 nearly 1 in in 

 diam., 3-angled: 

 areolse sparsely 

 woolly and brist- 

 ly, the blooming 

 areolae much more 

 copiously so: fls. 

 greenish outside, 

 white within, 4 or 

 5 lines long. Bra- 

 zil. 



9. paraddza, 

 Salm. Sparingly 

 branched, 1-2 ft. 



long ; branchlets 1-2 in. long and li-l in. in diam., 

 twisted at the joints, so that the angles alternate with 

 the sides: fls. % in. long, white. Brazil. 



10. pentdptera, PfeifE. Richly branched, 1-2 ft. long, 

 4-5 lines in diam. : branchlets 2-5 in. long, 5-6-angled or 

 almost winged : areolte in crenatures of the angles with 

 scanty wool and an occasional bristle: fls. greenish 

 white, 3^ lines long: fr. white, bright rose-red above 

 crowned by the withered flower. South Brazil, Uruguay, 

 Argentina. 



