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Cacti.— Orcutt, 



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among a hundred Is but little over an 

 inch in height and diameter, and In 

 earlier days they were literally worth 

 their weight In gold. The flowers are 

 open only in sunlight. 

 Variety PECTIN ATA KS. 



GeniiM PHYLJiOCACTUS liimlc. 



Epiphytal plants with spineless flatten- 

 ed leaf-like branches, with a promirieni 

 midrib, mostly with large sho"R srs, 



nn creamy white to the richesl crim- 

 son and scarlet, produced from notches 

 in the margins, of the stems. 



Readily produced by cuttings or seeds, 

 the phyll'ocacti are established favorites, 

 and hundreds of varieties have been pro- 

 duced by hybridization. Young growth 

 often cylindrical, then triangular, finally 

 assuming the flattened form, 



PHYLLOCACTUS ACKERMANNI Walp. 

 The King cactus was taken from 

 Mexico to England prior to 1829 by 

 George Ackermann, and bears the most 

 gorgeous flowers, 6 to 8 inches in di- 

 ameter, the acutely pointed, wavy pet- 

 als of a deep brilliant crimson, bor- 

 dered at the base with bright mag- 

 enta, the interior decorated with a mass 

 of white filaments and antlers, the 11 

 stigmata and style also white. The 

 plant blooms freely and may be seen 

 in many San Diego gardens. The plant 

 before me is about a foot hish and 

 bears one open flower and three buds 

 today (May 3, 1900). 



PHYLLOCACTUS ACUMINATUS KS. 



State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 PHYLLOCACTUS ANGULIGER Lem. 



PHYLLOCACTUS BIPORMIS Lab. 



Honduras, Central America. 



PHYLLOCACTUS CRENATUS Walp. 

 Honduras, Central America. 



PHYLLOCACTUS HOOKERI S. 



PHYLLOCACTUS KAMPMANNI Hort. 

 Kampmann's Case-knife cactus is a 

 less robust plant than the King cactus, 

 and the flowers are only about 3 inches 

 in diameter, the petals broader in pro- 

 portion, of a bright, but lighter, crim- 

 son. Filaments white, antlers canary 

 yellow. This is a general favorite in 

 San Diego gardens ,also, producing its 

 lovely flowers in the greatest profusion. 



PHYLLOCACTUS LATIPRONS Walp. 



The Queen cactus is quite the giant 

 among the Phyllocacti, the stout flat- 

 tened stems 4 to 5 inches broad, deeply 

 crenated and commonly 8 to 10 feet 

 high. The flowers are 7 to 8 inches long, 

 about 6 inches in diameter, the petals 

 of a delicate, clear, creamy white, the 



Sepals and I UD6 "I a. nddi::li tuie. 



I ivc of Mexl< o. 



PHYLLOCACTUS PH YhhA NTH< '< 



Link. 

 PHYLLOCACTI PHYLLAN1 HI a 



Link. 



PI I FLLOCACTUS 'RUBSELLLA 

 PHYLLOCAC] US i TE'N< iPETALl S 

 I'll VI, i (OCACTUS STRIC1 I 'S Lem. 

 PHYLL< ICA< TUS THOMASIANUS KS. 

 PHYLLOCACTUS WitAVf Hort. 



Genus pis.ooojuoius Lemaive. 



Included under the • genus Cer 



Tribe O PUNT1 EA E. 

 Calyx tube not extending beyond the 

 ovary; stems branched and jointed. 



Genus HARIOTA Adans. 



Adans Fam 2:243 (1763). 



This genus is generally treated as a 

 synonym of Rhipsalis, to which we refer 

 all the species, fcehuraann maintains the 

 genus as defined by De Candolle. 

 H. alternata Lem Hort Univ i t 50, is R. 



paradoxa. 

 H. cassytha Cels ex Foerst Handb 408, is 



R. cassytha. 

 H. cribrata Lem 111 Hort iv Misc 12 (1857), 



is R. sagllonis? 

 H. floccosa Cels, ex Foerst Handb 458, is 



R. fioecO'Sa. 

 H. funalis Cels, ex Foerst Handb 457, is 



R, funalis. i 



H. mesembrianthemoides Lem Cact Alia. 



Nov Desc 29, is R. mesambrianthemoides 

 H. pentaptera Lem ex Foerst Handb 453, 



is R. pentaptera. 

 H. prismatica Lem 111 Hort x Misc 84 



(1863), is R. tetragona? 

 H. caglionis Leim Cact Aliq Nov Desc 39, 



HARIOTA* SALICORNIOIDES DC. 



Rhipsalis salicornioides Haworth, of 



Brazil. 

 Variety BAMBUSOTDES Weber. 

 HARIOTA VLLLIGERA KS. 



KS' Fl Br 266: S Paulo, Brazil. 

 H. elavata Web U S, is R. clavata. 



Genus KHIPSALIS Gaertn. 

 RHIPSALIS CASSYTHA Gaertn. 

 RHIPSALIS SALICORNIOIDES Haw. 



Schlumbergera/ epiphylloddes Lem., is 

 Phyllo cactus Russellianus. 



S'tromatocactus Kotschubeyi Karw, is 

 Anhalonium sulcatum S. 



Tephrocactus andicolus Lem, is Opuntia 

 andicola,. 



Tephrocactus aoraeanthus Lem, is Opun- 

 tia andicola Pf. 



Tephrocactus diadematus Lem, is Opun- 

 tia diademata. 



Tephrocactus pla.tyacanthus Lem, is 

 Opuntia platyacantha. 



Zygocactus Altenstemii KS, is Epiphyl- 

 I'um truncatum fide KS. 



Genus PFEIPFERA Salm. 



PFEIFFERA CEREIFORMIS Salm. 

 A synonym of Rhipsalis cereiformis. 



