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ERYTHROCHITON Brasiliensis. 
Brasilian Red-coat. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rutace^e. 
ERYTHROCHITON. Nees et Martius. Calyx magnus, coloratus, 
tubulosus, tubo compresso, quinquecostato, limbi bilabiati lobis aequalibus, 
integris vel superiore trifido. Corolla hypogyna, gamopetala, subhypocrate- 
rimorpha, tubo calycem aequante, limbi quinquepartiti laciniis aequalibus, pa- 
tentibus. Stamina 5, omnia fertilia, tubo corollae breviora et eidem adgluti- 
nata, limbi lobis alterna ; filamenta complanata, subulato-triangularia, basi in 
tubum brevissimum coalita; anther ce introrsae, biloculares, lanceolatae, erectae, 
muticae, longitudinabter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, disco urceolato glanduloso 
cincta et superata, unilocularia. Ovula gemina, saturae ventrali superposite 
inserta, superius adscendens, inferius pendulum. Capsula pentacocca, coccis 
bivalvibus, endocarpio cartilagineo, soluto, elastice bilobo, basi membranacea 
cum seminibus secedente, dispermo vel abortu monospermo. Semina reni- 
formia, sinu umbilicata, testa coriacea tuberculato-muricata. Embryo .... 
Arbuscula brasiliensis ; foliis alternis, simplicibus, petiolatis , lanceolatis, lon- 
gissimis , integerrimis, glabris, ramulis axillaribus subaphyllis, floriferis pedun- 
culos longissimos mentientibus ; floribus in axilla folii bracteceformis duobus v. 
pluribus fascicrulatis , breviter pedunculatis, pedunculo basi articulato, bibrac- 
teolato, calycibus rubris, corollis albis. Endlich. Gen. no. 5992. 
Erythrochiton brasiliense. Nees fy Martius in Nov. act. Acad. Cces. Nat. 
cur. vol. 11. pp. 150 fy 166, tt. 18 c. et 22. 
This fine Brazilian plant is stated by Messrs. Nees and 
Martius to form a small tree, at the most 10 feet high, with 
the habit of a Theophrasta, the stem being altogether un- 
branched, and the long leathery leaves collected at its end. 
From amongst them rises a long three-cornered flower-stalk, at 
the end of which are a few large white flowers, conspicuous 
for their fine red calyxes, from which circumstance the name 
has been contrived ; viz. epvOpos red, and \n(£>v a coat. 
It is said to inhabit close shady places in the virgin woods 
of Brazil, preferring a granitic soil ; especially near the Pre- 
sidio of St. John the Baptist, in the province of Mines. For 
