CACTEE ROTATÆ. 
Phyllis subbiserialibus ima basi solum connatis, rosa- 
ceo -expansis, aut erecto-patulis in tubum spurium 
subconniventibus. Caule squamuloso, seu folioso. 
TRIBUS V. — RHIPSALIDE E. 
Flores e crenulis lateralibus ramorum parvu- 
li, rotati vel subinfundibuliformes. Bacca a prin- 
cipio emersa, aut interdum subimmersa , glo- 
bosa vel subglobosa, levis, squamulosa, vel 
 pulvilligera , subpellucens, perigonio marces- 
nte coronata. 
Plantæ parasiticæ aut terrestres . Sepe radi- 
aniis. Caulis articulatim ramosus, teres, an- 
gulosus, aut foliaceo - dilatatus : TEE R 
. Squamarum axillis nudis, lanigeris, vel inter- 
— Qum setaceo- aculeatis. 
RHIPSALIS. Gærin. 
grag Gerin. de fruct, 1. p. 137. gei Adans. 
P. 243. Miq. gen. cact. Puig n, pl. 
: iip et Hariota Pfr. DC. Prod. — fies Haw. 
Cacti 
Synop. — Cact. portau CAE H. Mon - 
teretes. Link. 
cm P erigonii Tibur ultra germen non DS phylla 
- 12-18, POTUM S TV TIED squ : l8,  petaloidea 
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