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ERYTHRINA* carnea. 



Flesh-coloured Coral Tree. 



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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^.. 

 ERYTHRINA. — Supra, vol. 4. fol. 313. 



E. carnea ; caule arboreo subaculeato, petiolis inermibus, foliolis lat^ ovato- 

 rhombeis acutis glabris, vexillo lineari-oblongato, calyce campanulato 



truncato. Dec. prodr. 2. All. 

 E. carnea. Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 8. 

 E. americana. Mill. diet. n. 2. Trew. Ehret, 2, t. S. 

 fi. foliis subtils pubenilis. Suprd, vol. 5. fol. 389. ' . . . 



Caulis aculeis brevibus, uncatis. Folia ternata, rotundato-ovata, levtter 

 cordata, acuta, utrinque glabra, petiolo subaculeato. Racemi cotBtanet, 

 4-6 uncias longi, erecti, leviter pubescentes. Calyx tubulosus, truncatus, 

 crenis 5 minoribus. Corolla pallidi carnea, \\ unciam longa ; vexiHuni 

 lineare, complicatum ; alee et carina (Bquales, intri calycem tnclusce, 

 acutcB. Ovarium pubescens. , 



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The plant which is represented at fol. 389 of this work 

 the genuine Erythrina carnea, but a downy-leaved 



variety, with smaller flowers, and a less prickly stem 

 the opportunity of figuring the species, as ongmaUy 

 scribed by Miller, and 



For 

 de- 



drawn by Ehret, we are indebted 

 the Comte de Vandes, in whose hothouse at Bayswater 

 our specimen was produced in March 1827. 



A native of the hottest parts of South America, particu- 

 larly of Vera Cruz and Santa Martha, whence seeds^were 

 originally sent to Miller by Houston 



It is rather 



hand 



some plant while in flower, but not particularly worm 



ivating at any other time. ' 



Stem furnished with short, hooked prickles 



Leaves 



• See fol. 124G 



