Tab. 5824 

 ERYTHROCHITON hypophyllanthus. 



Lindens Erytlirocliiton. 



Nat. Ord. Rutace^e. — Pentandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx magnus, tubuloso-campanulatus, coloratus, 5-angu- 

 latus v. costatus, inasqualiter fissus, 3-5-fidus v. partitus, lobis valvatis 

 acutis. Corollas tubus rectus v. curvus, lobis patentibus subgequalibus 

 imbricatis v. induplicato- valvatis. Discus urceolatus. Stamina 5, omnia 

 perfecta v. 1-3 ananthera, tubo corollas agglutinata; anthera? lanceolata;, 

 erectae, loculis basi simplicibus v. auriculatis. Ovarium alte 5-lobum, 

 5-loculare ; stylus terminalis, stigmate capitato 5-lobo ; ovula 2, superposita. 

 Capsula 5-cocca. coccis 2-valvibus, endocarpio soluto elastice 2-lobo 

 1-2-spermo basi cum semine secedente. Semina subreniformia, sinu umbili- 

 cato, testa coriacea rugulosa opaca ; albumen tenue, carnosum, plicis cotyle- 

 donum intromissum; cotyledones plicato-convolutas, exteriore interiorem 

 involvente; radicula breviuscula, incurva, clavata. — Frutices glabri, sub- 

 simplices. Folia versus apicem caulis alterna, longissime obovato-lanceolata, 

 integerrima. Flores hypophylli v. pedunculate pedunculis axillaribus nunc 

 foliiferis scepissime elongatis angulatis. Flores speciosi, racemosi v. sub- 

 fasciculati, calyce rubro, corolla alba v. rosea. 



Erythrochiton hypophyllanthus ; foliis (floriferis) unifoliolatis cum petiolo 

 l_llp lli car i nodoso-articulatis anguste cuneato-oblongis (1-1 J pedali- 

 bus) glaberrimis obtuse acuminatis margine integro irregulariter 

 repandis, cymis 1-3-floris e costa media subtus enatis, staminibus fer- 

 tilibus 2-3 sterilibus liguli-formibus. Planch. 



Erythrochiton hypopbyUantlxus, Planch and Linden in Ann. Sc. Nat. 

 sir. III. vol. xix. p. 75.— Planch in Mem. Acad. Stanislas, de Nancy. 

 1853. 



This very remarkable plant was discovered by Schlim, m 

 rocky ravines, in the province of Ocaiia, in New Granada, at 

 an elevation of 2500 feet above the sea ; and was imported 

 by M. Linden, of Brussels, from whom the Koyal Gardens 

 received it some years ago. It flowered for the first time at 

 Kew in 1864, and has done so almost annually since, the 

 plant attaining meanwhile a height of about five feet. In the 

 position of the flowers, which are always produced at the 



MARCH 1ST, 1870. 



