. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RHIPSALIS RHODE ISLAND 1515 11. squainul6sa,Schuin.(i>^;pi5/»ii»H( co)iimune,PteiS.). SomewlKit lir:inclied, reaching a length of 2 ft.: branches very uuBqiuil hi length, %-l In. thick, triangular, the angles winged: lis. 1-2, from tlie deep areolae, 5 lines long, greenish without, yellowish within. Brazil,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. RHIPSALIS RHODE ISLAND 1515 11. squainul6sa,Schuin.(i>^;pi5/»ii»H( co)iimune,PteiS.). SomewlKit lir:inclied, reaching a length of 2 ft.: branches very uuBqiuil hi length, %-l In. thick, triangular, the angles winged: lis. 1-2, from tlie deep areolae, 5 lines long, greenish without, yellowish within. Brazil, Ar- gentina. 3763. 12. myosilrug, Salmm. {Lepismium myosHrus, Pfeiff.). Somewhat branched, a yard long: branches 3-6 lines thick, 3^-augled, the angles not winged, the terminal branchlets generally acuminate, often tipped by a pencil of bristles: fls. solitary in the deep areola?, 4-5 lines long, rosy white: fr. red. Brazil. 3755. 13. rMmbea, Pfeiff. (i?. Swartziclna (?), Pfeiff.). Branching, reaching a yard in length; joints green, leaf- like, crenate - oblong or rhomhic, 1-5 in. long, K-2 in. broad: fls. yellow, about 5 lines long. Brazil. 14. pachyptera, Pfeiff. {B. aldta, Steud.). Erect, branching, reaching a height of nearly 1 yard; joints flat, rarely 3-winged, rather thick, usually somewhat concavo-convex, 3-8 in. long, blunt, 2-5 in. broail, often purple-red: fls. about 8 lines long, yellow with reddish tips. Brazil. 2S20 (Cactus alatiis). 15. , Lem. (jR*. EoulUtli, Lem.). Stem richly branched, becoming 3 ft. or more long, 1-lJ^ in. broad, often tapering to the round midrib for a consider- able distance, then becoming again broad and leaflike: fls. 8-9 lines long, yellowish white to yellow: berry red. Brazil. 0089. Katharine Bbandegee. EHIZ6PH0RA is discussed under Mangrove. The plant is now ottered for sale in S. Calif. EHODANTHE. See Relipterum. EHdDEA. See BolicUa. RHODE ISLAND, HORTICULTURE IN. Figs. 2102, 2103. Rhode Island, the mo
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