. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 246 THE CACTACEAE. Plate XXXV, figure 3, shows a flowering plant received from A. Berger in 1908. Figure 232 is from a photograph of Miss Eaton's painting of the plant obtained by Dr. Rose in Brazil in 1915 (Xo. 20708) which flowered and fruited in the New York Botanical Garden in 1922. 55. Rhipsalis oblonga Lofgren, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 36. 1918. In cultivation bushy; main branches terete below, more or less flattened above; ultimate branches narrowl}- oblong, 5 to 15 cm. long, i to 2 cm. broad, shi
. The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 246 THE CACTACEAE. Plate XXXV, figure 3, shows a flowering plant received from A. Berger in 1908. Figure 232 is from a photograph of Miss Eaton's painting of the plant obtained by Dr. Rose in Brazil in 1915 (Xo. 20708) which flowered and fruited in the New York Botanical Garden in 1922. 55. Rhipsalis oblonga Lofgren, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: 36. 1918. In cultivation bushy; main branches terete below, more or less flattened above; ultimate branches narrowl}- oblong, 5 to 15 cm. long, i to 2 cm. broad, shining green even in sunlight; flowers borne along the sides of the branches, solitary at the areoles; fruit globular to short-oblong, 3 to 4 mm. long, nearly white, naked, crowned by the withered perianth. Type locality: On Ilha Grande, Brazil. Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Illustration: Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 2: pi. 8, as Rhipsalis oblonga. Plate XXXV, figure i, shows the plant grown by Dr. Lofgren at Rio de Janeiro and given to Dr. Shafer in 1917, which flowered and fruited in the New York Botanical Garden in May 1922. 56. Rhipsalis cuneata sp. nov. Epiphytic on trees; joints oblong to spatulate, 8 to 12 cm. long, thin, obtuse, cuneate at base, strongly crenate, naked at the areoles or with a bristle or two; flowers so far as known solitary; fruit globose, 4 mm. in diameter, Fig. 233.—Rhipsalis cuneata. Collected by R. S. Williams above San Juan, Bolivia, altitude 5,500 feet, April 2, 1902 (No. 2458). This species is known to us only from herbarium specimens. Figure 233 is from a photograph of the specimen in the U. S. National Herbarium. 57. Rhipsalis roseana Berger, Zeitschrift fxir Sukkulentenkunde 1: 22. 1923. Lower joints flat, 15 to 20 mm. broad, distinct^ alternate^ notched; areoles small, with a little tuft of white wool and a single short brown hair, 15 to 20 mm. apart, the upper ones more closely set; upper joints narrower and mo
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