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ERYTHRINA* poianthes. 
Naked-flowering Erythrina. 
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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LrouMixosx. 
ERYTHRINA. — Supra, vol. 4. Jol. 313. 
E. poianthes ; foliis ternatis, foliolis lateralibus ovatis, intermedio rhombeo- 
ovato, omnibus subtús pubescentibus, rachi petioloque communi aculeatis, 
caule arboreo aculeato, calyce obliquè truncato, latere superiore v. fisso 
v. integro, staminibus ‘diadelphis vexillo vix brevioribus. — Brotero in 
Linn. trans. 14. p. 342. tt. 10 et 11. 
This fine plant was sent, in 1827, from the Royal 
Gardens at Ajuda to Mr. Lambert, through the interven- 
tion of Lord Heytesbury, at that time Ambassador at the 
Court of Portugal. It is cultivated in the stove, where it 
produces its flowers without the leaves. Our drawing was 
made from a specimen in Mr. Lambert's possession, in 
August 1828. 
According to Professor Brotero, this is 10 or 15 feet 
high, growing in the Botanic Garden of Ajuda, and else- 
where in Portugal; and flowering in January, February, 
and March. Its native country is unknown : it is conjec- 
tured by Brotero that it may be a native of Asia. 
To the very prolix description given by this Botanist 
in the Transactions of the Linnean Society, we find nothing 
to add. He observes, that it must not be confounded with 
either E. corallodendron, indica, or picta, to-all which it is 
related, but from which it differs in having the stamens 
truly diadelphous. J. L.. 
* So called from ie»39ex, red, in allusion to the usual colour of the 
flowers. What is meant by poianthes, we hardly know ; unless the word is 
formed from z»;;73;, adventitious, in obscure allusion to the flowers appearing 
without the leaves. 
