Rhipsalis.

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Read about Rhipsalis. in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Rhipsalis (Greek, rhips, wicker- work) . Includes Lepismium. Cactacea;. Epiphytic plants of rather diverse form, sometimes grown in glasshouse collections of succulents and cacti.

Flowers very small, usually without tube; stamens and style very short: fr. small naked berries.— A genus of about 50 species, mostly confined to S. Amer. Excludes Hariota and Pfeiffera of Cyclo. Amer. Hort. Cult. similar to epiphyllum and zygocactus. They are mostly fancier's plants and grown by collectors, for the interesting habit and characteristic kinds of branching.

Index. alata, 15.Houlletii, 16.pilocarpa, 1. brachiata, 4.mesembrianthe-moides, 5.rhombes, 14. Cassytha, 8.myosurus, 3.rosea, 13. commune, 2.pachyptera, 15.saglionis, 4. funalis, 7.paradoxn, 11.squamulosa, 2. gracilis, 6.penduliflora, 6.Swartziana, 14. grandiflora, 7.pentaptera, 12.trigona, 10. Houlletiana, 16. virgata, 9.

R. angustlssima, Web., R. chlorptera, Web., R. Novaerii. lofgren, R. Stmmleri, Beauverd, and R. Wercklei, Berger, are recent species occasionally seen in European collections, but not offered in American trade. J. N. Rose.


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