LXXVI. 
ERODENDRUM FORMOSUM. 
Handsome Erodendrum. 
Ordinem Naturalem et Characterem Generis, vide sub. No. 67. 
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* Flores ramis majoribus terminales. 
E. foliis ellipticis margine crasso, tenellis tomentosis: bracteis involucri fimbriatis, o 
fe ‘beris: corolla extus tomentos&, apice V valde attenuat® 
perangustis : stigmatis apice crasso. 
_ Sponte nascentem 1 Hottentots Holland, montibus legit J. Niven. 
— Floret apud nos Maio, Junio. 
The doubts expressed in the last number respec ting the production of honey, by those 
this Natural Order, are fully con- 
four narrow callous bodies, found in several gen 
h which the style of E 
ed. The quantity wit 
Melliferum is besmeared, first induced me to suppose that it w as secreted by some other 
part; and from the poe of Mr. Hippert s ei gardenet Sis. watch- 
a no falls in a =e drop upon the pericarpium _ below: afterwards 
‘the two lips separate. [ have examined all the species now in flower at gator apt 
am quite assured that this is the situation of the nectaria in Erodendrum ; but Tail re- 
main utterly ignorant of the designation of the four callous bodies: they are are inserted in 
the torus, alternate with the petals, generally yery narrow, but. sometimes dilated or whe 
bifid, and the liquid I saw upon them in Euryspermum Salicifolium, must either have 
been their own proper secretion, OF moisture condensed during the 4 
night. ; Pane fe es ke 
Varieties and hybrid species of Erodendrum ee endless coy oe may be easily 
distinguished from those in our gardens with a simi act 
clove is prey equally disposed, not forming a thick tuft at sb e top. The lower bractes 
ee sre separate from each other than in an I have seen, not closing till the - 
ae ksfiowere papi to fade ; and the anthers are exce ceedingly né eros but contain perfect 
len. 
Stem low, . flowerin when a foot: cated. a half high, ercety very 10 Leaves 
from 4 to 6 inches tee, and 1 to 14 broad; while young W mii with 2 “Thick brown 
| very tomentose; afte ards pale ,and * 
‘the involucrum : cals narrower, longer, 
series about half half the sak the pseu below, eit 
coloured | apg yond 
‘sma brilliant deep pink, curved at ve 
} which it has a whitish secreting orifice. 
