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ERYTHRINA Crista gaUi. 



Cock' s-comb Coral-tree. 



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BIADELPHIA DEC^NDRI^. 



Nat. ord, Leguminosjc. Jussieu gen. S4S. J)iv. V. 



ER YTHRINA. Cal. limbo lobato iiisqualj v. subinte^, recto v. 

 obliquo. . Vex. longissimum ; alee et carina 2-petala inu)td brevionss. Sftnii, 

 basi monadelpha. Legum. longum polyspermura torulosum, sent, renl- 

 formia hylo lateral!. Arbusculte aculeatte inermesve, auifrutices interdtim 

 tuhherbacei ; folia ut in DohiCHO ternata stipulaceat petitduUs artiadatis et 

 aristatis s. glandulosis, raritis simplicia ; JHoresJasciculati axiUaret aut spicati 

 terminaleSf seepe coccinei. Statu. E. Crista galU diadelpka. AUs et carina 

 vexillo eequales in E. isopetala Lamarck idea forte non congeneri, Jujm. 1. c. 

 356. 



E. Crista galli, foliis ternatis, petiolis subaculeatis glaodulosi*, caule «r- 



boreo inernii. Lin.si/st. nat. ed. 12. 473> 

 Erythrina Crista galli. Lin. Mant. 99. Hort. Ket». 3. 9. ed. 2. 4. 252. Ztf- 



marck encyc. 2. 391, Willd. sp. pi. 3. 916. Smith exot. tot. 2. 69. t. 95. 

 Erythrina laurifolia. Jacq. obs. 3. 1. 1. 51. 

 Coral arbor non spinosa trifolia. Pet. mut. 76. MaJ. dendr. 100. 



We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the specimen of this 

 fine plant. It flowered in his hothouse at Spofforth. As 

 we had however no opportunity of taking a description 

 while the blossom was fresh, we shall borrow Sir James 

 E. Smith's description in the Exotic Botany : 



" Its branches are round, furnished, as well as the leaf- 

 " stalks, with a few hooked prickles. Every part, except 

 " the germen, is destitute of pubescence. Leaves temate; 

 « leaflets ovate, entire, stalked, with prickly ribs. A pair 

 «' of glands are placed at the base of the partial footstalks. 

 « Flower-stalks clustered, terminal and axillary, short and 

 « simple. Flowers of a rich unpolished red. Calyx bell- 

 « shaped, with two small bractes at its base ; its margin 

 " sliffhtly 2-lobed, membranous, with 2 Uttle teeth, one of 

 « which is hooked. Keel of one petal, more than half as 

 « long as the standard. fTrngs very smaU, slightly 3-Iobed. 

 « Stamens truly diadelphous. ^^iw sm^ simple, or 



« slightly capitate. Germen downy. The fruit we have 

 " not seen. 



