EPIPHYLLANTHUS. l8l 



Illustrations: Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: pi. 4, as Zygocactus opuntioides; 

 Arkiv Bot. Stockholm 8: pt. 7. 10, as Epiphyllum opuntioides. 



Figure 1 88 is reproduced from the first illustration cited above ; figure 1 89 is reproduced 

 from the second illustration cited above. 



Figs. i88 and i8g. — Epiphyllanthus obovatus. 



2. Epiphyllanthus microsphaericus (Schumann). 



Cereus microsphaericus Schumann in Martins, FI. Bras. 4°: 197. 1890. 

 Cereus panndus Schumann in Martins, Fl. Bras. 4-: 197. i8go. 

 Cereus obtusangulus Schumann in Martins, Fl. Bras. 4-: 198. 1890. 

 Cereus anomalus Schumann, Keys Monogr. Cact. 16. 1903. 

 Epiphyllanthus obtusangulus Berger, Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 16: 84. 1905. 

 Zygocactus obtusangulus Lofgren, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 28. 1918. 



Low, at first erect, much branched and more or less prostrate, growing under rocks and perhaps 

 epiphytic on trees ; joints slender, terete or obtusely angled, somewhat spiny or often naked ; flowers 

 all terminal, purple to rose. 



Type locality. Province of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



Distribution: Central Brazil. 



Dr. Rose collected this species on Itatiaya, Brazil, 

 higher altitudes than E. obovatus. 



Epiphyllum obtusangulum Lindberg (Martins, Fl 

 referred here as a synonym, has not been published. 



Illustrations: Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: pi. 5 

 Schumaim, Gesamtb. Kakteen f. 30, as Cereus obtusangulus. 



Figure 190 is reproduced from the first illustration cited above 



in 1 91 5 (No. 20494), growing at 

 . Bras. 4-: 198. 1890), usually 

 as Zygocactus obtusangulus; 



