Erythrochiton
(from erythros, red, and chiton, a tunic; calyx red). ORD. Rutaceae. A genus of four species of very ornamental stove evergreen trees, natives of Brazil, Guiana, and New Grenada. They thrive well in a compost of loam and leaf mould. Increased by seeds, or by cuttings.
E. braziliensis (Brazilian). fl. large, in the axillae of the bract-like leaves, two to four, or more in a cluster, on short, bracteolate pedicels; calyx red; corolla white. July. l. alternate, simple, stalked, lanceolate, very long, quite entire, smooth. Axillary branches almost leafless, bearing the flowers at their ends. h. 10ft. Brazil, 1842. (B. M. 4742.) E. hypophyllanthus (leaf-flowering). fl. white; cymes short, one to three-flowered, developed on the costa beneath. l. bold, cuneate-oblong, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long. Columbia, 1853. Habit erect, unbranched. (B. M. 5824.)