Tas. 4742. 
ERYTHROCHITON Brasitiense. 
Brazilian Erythrochiton. 
Nat. Ord. Ruracem.—PENTANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx magnus, coloratus, tubulosus, ¢wo compresso, quinquecos- 
tato, limbi bilabiati Jodis eequalibus, integris vel superiore trifido. Corolla hypo- 
gyna, gamopetala, subhypocraterimorpha, ¢ubo calycem eequante, dimbi quinque- 
partiti laciniis cequalibus, patentibus. Stamina 5, omnia fertilia, tubo corolle 
breviora et eidem adglutinata, limbi lobis alterna ; filamenta complanata, subu- 
lato-triangularia, basi in tubum brevissimum coalita ; anthere introrsee, bilocu- 
lares, lanceolate, erectee, mutice, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, disco 
urceolato glanduloso cincta et superata, unilocularia. Ovula gemina, suture 
ventrali superposite inserta, superius adscendens, inferius pendulum. Capsula 
pentacocea, coccis bivalvibus, endocarpio cartilagineo, soluto, elastice bilobo, basi 
membranacea cwm seminibus secedente, dispermo vel abortu monospermo. Se- 
mina reniformia, sinu umbilicata, testa coriacea tuberculato-muricata.—Arbus- 
cula Brasiliensis ; foliis alternis, simplicibus, petiolatis, lanceolatis, longissimis, in- 
tegerrimis, glabris ; rarmulis avillaribus, subaphyllis, floriferis pedunculos longissi- 
mos mentientibus ; floribus in axilla folii bracteaformis duobus vel pluribus fascicu- 
latis, breviter pedunculatis; pedunculo basi articulato, bibracteolato ; calycibus 
rubris; corollis albis. Endl. 
ERyYTHROCHITON Brasiliense. 
Eryrnrocutron Brasiliense. Nees et Mart. in Nov. Act. Acad. Cas. Nat. Cur. 
v. 11. p. 150 ef 166. ¢. 18¢ e¢ 22. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, ¢. 47. 
A Brazilian Erythrochiton, with a Palm-like habit ; the stem 
being erect and naked, in its native country said to be ten feet 
high, unbranched, and bearing a tuft of very long leathery leaves 
at the extremity, together with the long peduncles, which End- 
licher and others consider axillary, aphyllous, floriferous branches. 
The flowers are large and particularly handsome, the calyx being 
red, the corolla white. It is a great ornament to our stoves, and 
blossoms frequently and almost throughout the whole year. 
Descr. Our plant is about three feet high, including the 
ample terminal foliage, unbranched. Leaves large, two feet and 
more long, broadly lanceolate, subcoriaceous, entire, dark glossy 
green, tapering below into a terete petiole, with a swollen jomt 
OCTOBER Ist, 1853. 
