( 3360 ) 
ERtopENDRON ANFRACTUosUM, (. Caribeum. Frvz- 
STAMENED SILK-Corron TreE; Caribean var. — 
SEK RK RR KEKE KEK KEE ERK EEE 
Class and Order. 
MonapELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Bompaceaz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx nudus obtuse 5-lobatus. Petala 5 inter se et cum 
staminum columna connexa. Stfamina filamenta basi in 
tubum brevem coalita, apice pentadelpha, adelphiis ad 
summum connexis filiformibus apice antheras 2—3 ge- 
rentes lineares aut anfractuosas et antheram unicam simu- 
lantes, | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ERiopEnDRON anfractuosum ; antheris anfractuosis, foliolis 
integris, caudice sepius aculeato. 
Eriopenpron anfractuosum. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 479. 
Bompax pentandrum. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 959. Cav. Diss. v. 
5. p. 293. t. 151. 
Bompax occidentale. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 124. 
(«.) Indicum, floribus intus flavescentibus. Rheede Hort. 
Malab. v. 3. t.49—51. Rumph. Amboyn. v. 1. t. 80. 
(8.) Caribeum; floribus fauce purpureis. Jacg. Amer. 191. 
t. 176. f. 70. ‘Tab. nostr. 3360. 
(y.) Africanum. Brown Congo. p. 10. 
An elegant as well as singular looking tree, of which the present vari- 
ety is a native of the West Indies, but cultivated in Madeira, where it 
rises with a clear, straight, slender stem to a considerable height, and then 
throws out somewhat distant, spreading, or nearly horizontal branches, 
“Swhich, like the stem in young trees, are covered with a shining, smooth, 
green bark: this, however, soon becomes grayish, and almost hidden by 
very large and remarkable, woody, or rather corky inside, sharp, conical, 
brown, usually straight prickles, which on the stem are much the size 
and shape of an extinguisher, presenting a most formidable and peculiar 
appearance. Occasionally they are bifid, or even three to six-cleft at 
the point. They become smaller and rarer on the branches ; and on the 
ultimate 
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