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Boil, and suspended near the glass in a warm greenhouse or stove. 

 It is attractive even when not in flower. Syn. Lepismium myosurus. 



R. pachyptera 



Stem woody ; branches jointed, flattened as in Phyllocactus* 

 2 inches wide, with deep notches. Flowers small, yellowish- white, 

 borne singly in the notches in November. Fruit a small white 

 berry. Brazil. Syn. Cactus alatus. 



R. paradoxa. 



Stems trailing, with numerous long branches of extraordinary 

 form. Imagine a three-angled, fleshy branch, often several feet 

 in length, green, with smooth, reddish margins. At intervals of 

 about 2 inches the branch has the appearance of having been 

 twisted half round. Flowers produced in November, in the apex 

 of the interrupted angles, small, white. Brazil. 



R. penduliflora. 



Stem thin, with smooth, green branches, no thicker than whip- 

 cord, and numerous fascicled or clustered, small joints, J inch 

 long, green, with red dots, angular when young. Flowers on the 

 tips of the terminal joints, pale yellow, i inch across, developing in 

 August. Fruit white, Mistletoe-like. Tropical. America. Requires 

 stove treatment. Var. laxa ( loose j has the branches curved and 

 more lax. 



R. pentaptera. 



Stems erect ; branches stiff, long-jointed, with five wing-like 

 angles, slightly spiral, the angles notched at intervals of 1 inch. 

 Flowers in the notches, J inch across, white, produced in August. 

 Fruit a white, Mistletoe-like berry. Brazil. Grown in a tropical 

 house, it forms a compact pot- shrub, 2 feet high, and is attractive 

 on account of its peculiar stems. 



R. rhombea. 



Stems and branches as in E. crispata, but without the wavy 

 margins, and with more elongated joints. Flowers small, white, 

 produced in the notches of the joints in November. Fruit a shining 

 milk-white berry. Brazil. Should be grown in pots, in the stove, 

 and encouraged to form a globose bush. 



R. Sagllonls. 



A tiny plant, 6 inches high, similar in habit to R. penduliflora, 

 but with brown branches, the small joints angled, and bearing 

 silky hairs. The branches and joints are set at zigzag angles. 

 Flowers pale yellow, produced in autumn on the younger joints. 

 Fruits white, mistletoe-like. Buenos Ayres. A delicate plant 

 requiring stove treatment. Syn. R. brachiata. 



