LXVII. 
ERODENDRUM AMPLEXICAULE. 
Stem-clasping Erodendrum, 
‘ORDO NATURALIS. 
Protez. Juss. Gen. p. 78. 
Sect. I. Pericarpium deciduum, 1-loculare, 1-spermum, clausum. 
gr 2.labiata, nie altero angusto. Pericarpium fusiforme, undique barbatum. 
lindraceu mn, obtusum. Frutices facie bis ia simplicia, perangusta latissimave. 
majorum coloratarum, rigide. Multas pate a Protea sub titulo Leucadendti, qui ad aliud 
genus Sagas pata in Sp. Pl. separavit Linné, postea advenientibus novis iterum conjunxit, 
Huc ideo citande omnes, quas in hoc opere jam descripsi. Nomen ab epws et dsvipov, hisce 
Sruticibus valde amatis. 
# 2 Flores e caule vetusto laterales. 
E. caule decumbente: foliis amplexicaulibus, se aa mucronatis, glabris cum rore, carnosis : 
bracteis involucri extus pubescentibus, fimbriatis 
Sponte nascentem in Hottentots Holland, montibus, legit J. Niven. 
Floret apud nos, a Januario in Martium. 
In the creae number of this sig it was remarked that the genus re Protea od to be 
divided ; and having since become acquainted with most of the diferent fructifications it con- 
tains, or at least prespming so, I venture to distinguish the present shrub, and those —— 
figured, by the name of Erodendrum. This species. bes “is ar nearest to the Cordifolium 
affinity, and was eradaasd by George Hibbert, Esq. M . P. in whose collection it has iately 
owered. 
Stem two or three feet long, decumbent, round, smooth, branching near the bottom. Leaves 
not unlike those of some Crassulas, beg with a red margin, horizontal, very 
entire, mucronated, glossy when their fine m rubbed off, fleshy : Nerves only visible near 
their insertion. Flowers lateral, from the arty part of the stem. Peduncle short, slender, 
white, one of them frequently bifid. alg y thick at the base, white. Stigma rose- 
Calli 
coloured, cylindrical, fluted with 8 grooves, obtu 
hall 
add some other genera confounded with Protea: among their secondary charac. 
ters, the structure of the Bractes, which apg by a little copdeiey Linné describes as a Calyx, 
‘icarpium. 
os Plukn. Corolla —— labio altero — Pericarpinm ventricosum 
cuticu 4 pergaminea, basi barbatum. Stigma clavatum, obtusum Frutices incani. Folia 
nune 3-dentata. Flores in subrotundo t terminal. Bractea 1 inter singulos 
0, rigide. P. Conocarpa, Totta, Haye &c. 
i oeaere Stigma ustissim atum 
exe. Corolla profunde 4-fida. chahagel some Set cng ” Fre im 
obtusum. Frutices incani aut sericei. Fe in qabasom or Inco 
capitulis oblongis axillaribus, Bractea .1 inter singulos preter : 
_loratarum, re Joa Nomen @ piunrys, cum diversa genera simulet. P. “ie, of cna &e 
