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ERYTHROCHITON Brasiliensis. 

 Brasilian Red-coat. 



PExVTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. RuTACEiE. 



ERYTHROCHITON. Nees et Martius. Calyx magnus, coloratus, 

 tubulosus, tubo compresso, quinquecostato, limbi bilabiati lobis sequalibus, 

 integris vel superiore trifido. Corolla hypogyna, gamopetala, subhypocrate- 

 rimorpha, tubo calycem sequante, limbi quinquepartiti laciniis sequahbus, pa- 

 tentibus. Stamina 5, omnia fertilia, tubo corollse breviora et eidem adgluti- 

 nata, limbi lobis alterna ; filamenta complanata, subulato-triangularia, basi m 

 tubum brevissimum coalita; antherce introrsae, biloculares, lanceolatse, erectse, 

 muticse, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, disco urceolato glanduloso 

 cincta et superata, unilocularia. Ovula gemina, satura ventrali superposite 

 inserta, superius adscendens, inferius pendulum. Capsula pentacocca, coccis 

 bivalvibus, endocarpio cartilagineo, soluto, elastice bilobo, basi membranacea 

 cum seminibus secedente, dispermo vel abortu monospermo. Semina reni- 

 formia, sinu umbilicata, testa coriacea tuberculato-muncata. 1-mbryo . . . . 

 Arbuscula brasiliensis; foliis alternis, simplicibus, petiolatu,, lanceolatis, lon- 

 gissimis, integerrimis, glabris, ramulis axillaribus subaphyllts, flonferu pedun- 

 culos longisJmos mentientibus ; floribus in axilla folii bractea/ormisduobus v. 

 pluribus fascicular, breviter pedunculatis, pedunculo basi articulato, bibrac- 

 teolato, calycibus rubris, corollis albis. Endhch. Gen. no. 5991. 



Erythrochiton brasiliense. Nees Sf Martins in Nov. act. Acad. Cos. Nat. 

 cur. vol. ll.jjp. 150 $• 166, tt. 18 c. et 22. 



This fine Brazilian plant is stated by Messrs. Nees and 

 Martius to form a small tree, at the most 10 feet high, with 

 the habit of a Theophrasta, the stem bemg altogether un- 

 branched, and the long leathery leaves collected at its ena. 

 From amongst them rises a long three-cornered flower-stalK , at 

 the end of which are a few large white flowers, conspicuous 

 for their fine red calyxes, from which circumstance the name 

 has been contrived j viz. epvdpos red, and %trw a coat 



It is said to inhabit close shady places in the virgin woods 

 of Brazil, preferring a granitic soil ; especially near the rre- 

 sidio of St. John the Baptist, in the province of Mines. For 



