of Brazil, and was introduced in
1830; Flowering-season, October to December. It may be grown in a warm
greenhouse, and treated as a basket-plant or as a small pot-shrub. Syn.
Lepismium commune.

R. crispata (curled).--Stem branching freely. Branches jointed and
flat, like Epiphyllum. Margins of joints notched, and slightly curled.
Flowers small, white, produced singly, in November and December, in the
notches on the younger joints. Fruits white, pea-like, rather rarely
ripened. A free-growing, compact stove shrub, with a bright green,
healthy appearance. The similarity of its branches to Epiphyllum led to
its being included in that genus by Haworth.

R. c. purpurea (purple).--This variety has larger, broader joints,
which are bronzy-purple in colour.

R. fasciculata (cluster-branched); Bot. Mag. 3079.--Stems terete, as
thick as a goose-quill. Branches usually in clusters, and sometimes
jointed, green, with small red dots and little tufts of fine, hair-like
bristles. Flowers white, produced in March, springing irregularly from
the older branches, small, star-like. Fruit a white berry. From its
habit of growing on trees, and the character of its stems and fruit,
this plant has been called parasitical. It is, however, only indebted to
the tree on which is grows for moisture, for it thrives if planted in a
pot or basket in ordinary soil, and kept in a stove temperature. It is a
native of Brazil, and was introduced in 1831.

R. floccosa (woolly).--Stems as in R. Cassytha, but thicker, longer,
and with the branchlets in compact clusters on the ends of the long,
arching branches. The dots marking the position of the microscopic
hair-tufts are in small depressions. Flowers and fruit as in R.
Cassytha, of which this might reasonably be called a variety. This
species requires warm-house temperature.

R. funalis (cord-like); Fig. 89.--Stem straggling, branched. Branches
numerous, composed of long, terete joints, rather thicker than a
goose-quill, glaucous-green, slightly roughened on the surface, with
depressions for the dot-like cushions. Branchlets usually fascicled and
spreading. Flowers white, produced in spring, on the sides of the young
joints, 1 in. across, large for the genus. Introduced from Central
America about 1830. An easily-grown plant, sturdy, rather straggling,
but very free-flowering. In old specimens the branches become
semi-pendulous. It grows best when kept in a warm house. Syn. R.
grandiflora.

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