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Rhipsalis t’E.^DULIFLORA, N, E, Br, ' ' ^ 
Pendulous, much branched, branches fastigiate, 
short, articulate, joints 3—5 lines long, i — 1| line 
thick (those which form the principal branches are 
longer, f— i inch long), quite terete, very minutely 
punctate ; areolse minute, each with a very minute 
deltoid scale, from the axil of which arise two white 
hairs half a line in length, accompanied by a few 
microscopic woolly ones. Flowers terminal, 
pendulous, ovary exserted, semiglobose, pale green. 
Perianth \ inch in diameter, segments 9 — ii, 
spreading, linear-oblong, very obtuse, sometimes 
slightly emarginate, semitransparent, whitish with an 
apical reddish spot, the 3—4 outer segments shorter 
than the others. Stamens yellowish-white, salmon- 
coloured at the base. Stigma 4-lobed, white. 
The Royal Gardens, Kew, received this plant from 
Mr. Pfersdorft in 1875, under the name of R. cribrata, 
a name which seems to have no application to the 
plant ; so, as I can find no description of it published 
I propose for it a name more suitable. As a species 
this ranks next R. Saglionis, to which it is closely 
allied, but is well distinguished by the following 
characters : — Habit more pendulous, branches more 
fastigiate (not divergent), the young joints as well as 
the old quite terete, (not angular as in R. Saglionis), 
areolae less conspicuous, with fewer and shorter hairs ; 
and lastly, the petals are much more obtuse, 
N, E, Broivn^ Kew, 
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