Branches andnJai-, often 

 nearly covered with 

 roots: areolteJioUowedj 



Brandies flat, rarely 

 triangular, crenafe or 

 serrate, with middle- 

 and usually side-ribs; 

 rarely setulose: fls. 

 yellow or yellowish...! 



grandiSlora 



Cassytha 



virgata 



ianthotliele 

 trigona 

 paradoxa 

 pentaptera 



rhombea 



pachyptera 



Houlletiana 



1. salicomioldes, Haw. {ITaridta salicornioides, DC.) . 

 Plant \ipright, reaching a height of 18 in., richly 

 branched ; areolsB hardly setulose or lanate: stems 

 cereiform, with cylindric or oblong-elliptic joints : 

 ture or fruiting branches with verticillate, club- or f 

 shaped joints, with slender base, all apparently, as well 

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

 yellow, funnelform, K in. long: berry small, whitish 

 Brazil. B.M. 2461. 



RHIPSALIS 



3. mesembrianthemoides, Haw.(ffn;-ioM mesembrian- 

 tlnwoiil.s, L. ni.) Upright, the ends drooping, richly 

 111 n I [ 1 I branches 4-8 in. long, 1 hue jn diara. ; 

 1 1 ^ :-o lines long, not more than 2 lines 

 II l\ attached, thickly crowded: areolae 



III II with 1-2 bristles which project from 



I III • N-is oi liic branches: fls. near the top of the joint, 

 .ib.mt '. lines in diam., formed of 10 white with yellow 

 midst iiped leaves: berry white. Brazil. B.M. 3078.- 

 Il.irdly more than a slender variety of the preceding. 



4. grandifldra, Haw. (7?. ftniriii^ < I'l , Tin' inc. 

 cylindrical, rather stout, thf 1 i m i ' ' i_-ht 

 of 3 ft., with a diameter ot 111. Ill i n itc 

 branchlets short, often veirii lU.Ui , < d, 

 bordered by a red lin 



S. America. West Ind; 

 Africa. B.M. 3080. 

 6. virgata, W 



•heel shapul, Littr.il on thi- branches 



1. Brazil. B M. 2740. 



rtn. Richly branching, pendulous 



green; ultimatt ln.ini lili Is sjdi.iH; 



bristles: fls. bitii ,1 on iln luiiiin.i 

 diam.: berrylikrtli.it ot tin imstlc 

 Widely "disper 



Ri.l 





than a line thic 

 sparse "uoolly hti 

 eral, 3-4 lines iii 

 Brazil. — Very m 

 7. ianthothfile, 

 cere if6rm is , Forst. Pfi i ff, 

 pendent, 1-2 ft. long, bran 

 4-, rarely 3-angled; ribs t 



s, Mex., Mauritius, Ceylon and 



ching, pendulous, be- 

 tnchlets hardly more 



111 d : areoljB bearing 

 h.iial bristle: fls. lat- 

 1\ Vi lines in diam. 



Pit, 



. Web. 



2101. Rhipsalis Saglionis (XK). 



short bristles: fls. 

 with verv short 

 tube, but the fl. 

 bell-shaped, pur- 

 ple-red without, 

 pure white with- 



wide: fr. the size 

 of a cherry, rose- 

 red, with bristles 

 like those of the 

 stem. Argentina. 

 8. trigona, 

 Pf eiff. Richly 

 branched, becom- 

 ing a yard long: 



:hes 



to 



diam., 3-angled: 

 areolae sparsely 

 woolly and brist- 

 ly, the blooming 

 areolae much more 

 copiously so: fls. 

 greenish outside, 

 white within. 4 or 

 5 lines long. Bra- 

 zil, 

 n. paraddxa, 



S:,lln. Spafingly 



richly branched : long or cereiform branches %-l ft. long ; 

 secondary or fruiting branches oblong-elliptic or short- 

 cylindric, rounded at the ends, spirally or i:ii-i ly verti- 

 cillately arranged, sometimes W('akl\ ^mm i il. m'.t more 

 than ^9 in. long: areolse with ver\ wiiii\ \\i..il and 2—1 

 short bristles, which on the end l.ranili.s ,„oi,.ct as a 

 little brush : fls. near the tops of the short branches, 

 flat, Ya in. in diam., with 12 white leaves with yellow- 

 ish midstripe: berry white. Uruguav and Argentina. 

 B.M. 4039 (JR. brachiata). 



long; branchlets 1-2 in. long and '.-1 in. In liiain., 

 twisted at the joints, so that the aughs altnnati' with 

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



10. pentAptera, Pfeiff. Richly branched, 1-2 ft. long, 

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

 almost winged: areolae in crenatures of the angles with 

 scanty wool and an occasional bristle: fls. greenish 

 white, 3-4 lines long: fr. white, bright rose-red above 

 crowned by the withered flower. South Brazil, Uruguay, 

 Argentina. 



