1514 



EHIPSAUS 



RHIPSALIS 



EB. The h vd it ch ' 

 alike 



' / / 



. . 4. grandiilora 



.".. Cassytlia 



li. virgata 



AA. J^ni iirlies (t )i(jifhir: fJs. 



and fr. not im inr)-se<l . 7. iantliotliele 

 s. trig'ona 

 \). paradoxa 

 10. pentaptera 

 AAA. BraticJit's a tiqula r. ofti'ii 

 )l e" r/ >/ rnrrn:! iri/h 

 ron/s: arn^hc'holhnrnJ, 

 th (' /"/. n ,nJ fr. i m - 

 l,<rrs,.l, a-lfh r,.i.i^',fs 



bri.sfits 11. squamulosa 



l:^. myosuTUS 



AAAA. I)niiirli(-s flat , ranlif 



triaminlar, rrrwih' in- 



.^rrrate, w^th >ui<J<J/r^ 



and HsiKi I hi s /</.'- rilis: 



rarelj/ sr/n/osr.- lis. 



iji'lloiv ••!• ijrilnirlsli . . A?., rhombea 



14. pachyptera 

 1.". HouUetiana 



1. salicomioides, Haw. [Rnrinhi sii/irnnil<>)drs, T>C). 

 Plant upright, !■(.-■ achin^^ a lici;rlit of IS iii., richly 

 hraiicheil ; areuhy hardly s^liilose nr laiKi1<': stems 

 cereifonii, with (.'vlindric or ul>knig'-elliptic jtiiiits: ma- 

 ture or fruiting brandies with verticiJlate, club- or Ibisk- 

 sbaped joints, -with slender base, all apparently, as well 

 as the Hs. and fr. ;j:ro\^-iiig from the tops of j<iints: Ms. 

 yellow, funnelform, }■■ iu. long: berry small, whitish. 

 "Brazil. B.M. 2401. 



2. Saglionis, Otto {J>'. hraclildta. Hook. Haridta 

 .S<f;///dj;/.s-, Lem.). Fig. 2101. Reaching a height of 2 ft.. 



2101. Rhipsalis Saglionis 



richly l>raiK-hed: longor eereifnrm branches ^^.-1 ft. long; 

 sei'(,7iil;iry <ir fruiting branches oblong-elliptic or short- 

 cyliiidrir, rounded at tlie ends, spirally or rarely v<-rti- 

 ciilately arranged, sometimes woakly groovcil, not nmre 

 than ^. in. long: nreola- with very s<-;iiity wool and 2-4 

 sliort bristles, which on the end 'braindn'-s i-roject a.s a 

 little bnisb: fis. near the tops of the short lirancbes, 

 flat, % in. in di;im..with 12 white h^nvi's witli vrllow- 

 i.sh midsrripe: hern- white. Uruguav anrl Argentin;i. 

 B.BI. 40;!0 (/t*. }>rurhiiila)- ' ' 



3. mesembrianthemoidea, 'iii\\\.{Haribfa mo^emhrian- 

 fJirhKiide.'i, Leni.|. Upright, the ends dronping, richly 

 branched: long branches 4-8 in. long. 1 line in diani.; 

 fruiting branches 3-5 lines long, not more than 2 lines 

 in diani., spirally attached, thickly crowded : areolge 

 sparsely woolly, with 1-2 bristles which project from 

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

 about 5 lines in diam., formed of 10 white with yellow 

 midstriped leaves: berry white. Brazil. B.M. 3078.- 

 Hardly more than a slender variety of the preceding. 



4. grandifldra, Haw. (J^. fundlis, Salra.). Branching, 

 cyliuilrical, rather stout, the branches reaching a Iieight 

 u'f 3 ft., with a diameter of more than hi in.; ultimate 

 branchlets short, often vertieillate: areolae tlepre.ssed, 

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

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

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



5. Cass^tha, Gaertn. Richly branching, pendulous, 

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

 lines in diam., pale green; ultimate branchlets spirally 

 attached : areoh^ 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 

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

 Africa. B.M. 3080. 



6. virg^ta, Web. Richly branching, pendulous, be- 

 cuniing a yard long; terminal branchlets hardly more 

 than a line thick, spirally attached : areohe bearing 

 s[]arse woolly hairs, with an occasional brislle: fls. lat- 

 ei-al, 3-4 lines in diam.: berrj' only 1?^^ lines in diam. 

 Brazil.— Very much like the preceding. 



7. ianthothele, Web. (Pfelffera ianth<dJH']>is,V\eh. R. 

 Ci'rciforiii i.^, Porst. PfeAffera cereifornii-'i, >Salm.). Stems 

 ])endent, 1-2 ft. long, branching, less than 1 in. in diam., 

 4-, rarely 3-angled; ribs tuberculate; areolre at summit 



of tubercles short- 

 woolly, soon na- 

 ked, bearing 0-7 

 short bristles: fls. 

 with verv short 

 tube, but the fl. 

 bell-shaped, pur- 

 ple-red witliout, 

 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. t r i gon a , 

 Pfeife. Richly 

 branched, becom- 

 ing a yard long: 

 branches 3^ to 

 nearly 1 in , in 

 diam., 3-angled: 

 areola? sparsely 

 woolly and brist- 

 ly, the blooming 

 areolfpmuch more 

 copiously so ; fls. 

 greenish outside, 

 white within, 4 or 

 .5 lines long. Bra- 

 zil. 



0. parad6xa, 



Salm. iSparingly 



branched, 1-2 ft. 



long; l>raiiehlcts 1-2 in. long and "■ -j-l in. in diam., 



twisted at tlie joints, so that the angles allernate with 



the sides: fls. -;.. in. long, white. Brazil. 



10. pentaptera, PfeifC. Richly branched, 1-2 ft. long, 

 4-.') lines in diam. : brnnchlets 2-5 in. long. H-O-angled or 

 almost winged: areolae in crenatures of the angles with 

 sca.nty wool and an occasional iiristle: fls. greenish 

 \\hite, 3-4 lines long: fr. white, luigbt rose-red above 

 '■rowned by the withered flower. South Brazil. Uruguay, 

 Argentina. 



