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ERYTHRINA carnea. 



Flesh-coloured Coral- tree. 



DrADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Legumihosje. Jussieu gen. 345. Div. V. 

 ERYTHRINA. Supra vol. i.fd. 313. 



E. earned., foliis ternatis glabris, caule arboreo etbaculeato, caJycibui cam- 

 panulatis truncatis. HoH. Kevo. 3. 8. 



Erythrina carnea. Hart. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 251. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 912. 



Erythrina americana. Mill. did. ed. 8. n. 2. 



Corallodendron triphyllum aniericanum non spinosum foliis mag»9 acumi- 

 natis, flore pallida rubente. Treto ehret. 2. t. 8. « 



Caulis 7-pedalis, aculeatus. Calyx truncates uti in Erythrina herbacea. 



Vexillum carneum, fere rectum, latere deflexum, compression, calyce sextuph 



longius. Alee pallidce, oblongce, altero latere recta, calyce vtx longiores. 



Carina pallida, dipetala; petans basi rotundatis, dein subulatis, longttudint 



alarum. Dryander in sched. bankaianis. 



We are obliged to Mr. Herbert, for the drawing of this 

 scarce shrub, which flowered in the hothouse at SpofForth, 

 in the early part of last spring. The species was introduced 

 by Dr. Houston, from Vera Cruz, before 1733. 



Having had no opportunity of taking a description of the 

 plant ourselves; we shall subjoin a few notes concerning, 

 the species from Mr. Dryander's manuscripts in Sir Joseph 

 Banks's library. 



Stem about 7 feet high, thorny. Calyx truncate, as in 

 Erythrina herbacea. Vexillum flesh-coloured^ nearly 

 straight, bent down at the sides, compressed, six times 

 longer than the calyx. Alee pale, oblong, with one straight 

 side, scarcely longer than the calyx. Carina pale, of two 

 petals rounded at the base, then tapered subulately, of the 

 same length as the alse. 



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