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LEGUMINOSiE. CCV. Cylista. CCVL Erythrina. 



ments cuneated, upper one bifid, lower and lateral ones equal ; threes ; calyx 5-tootlied ; stem prickly ; root tuberous. %,V, 



legume divided transversely into 2 1 -seeded cells, somewhat 

 constricted in the middle ; bracteas broad, ovate, mucronulately 

 acuminated. 1/ . '^. S. Native o£ Mysore. Flowers yellow. 

 Seeds spherical, bluish violet, polished, lower one usually abor- 

 tive. 



Tmnentose Cylista. Clt. 1820. PL tw. 



3 C? ALBiFLORA (Sims, bot. mag. 1859.) calyx half- 5 -cleft, 

 with nearly equal segments, shorter than the corolla ; bracteas 

 ovate, acuminated. Tj .'^. S. Native of the Mauritius. The 

 plant is clothed in every part with ferruginous pubescence. Per- 

 haps a species of Rynchosia, Flowers white. 



White-Jlowered Cylista. Fl. April, May. Shrub iw. 



4 C. vitLosA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4, p. 300,) calyx 

 membranous ; upper segment bifid. I2 • '^- Cr. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Dolichos hirtus, Andr. bot. rep. t. 446. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Villous Cylista. Fl. April, May. 



5 C. pychnostaVhya (D. C. prod. 2. p. 410.) calyx with one 

 of the lips bipartite, and with the other bluntly tridentate. ^. 

 ^. S. Native of Sierra Leone. Leaves unknown. Pedicels 

 twin, densely racemose. Calyx and legume permanent, clothed 

 with velvety down. Petals and stamens permanent. Corolla 

 probably resupinate. The tridentate lip is usually under the 

 vexillum. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Slcnder-sjnked Cylista. Shrub tw. 



Cull* See Erioshna, for culture and propagation, p. 348. 



Native of Louisiana. Xyphanthus hederaefolius, Rafin. Flowen 

 scarlet. 



Ivy-leaved Coral-tree. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



3 E. REsupiNA^TA (Roxb. cor. 3. t. 220.) branches herbace- 

 ous, annual, and are, as well as the petioles, rather prickly; 

 leaflets roundish; racemes crowded with flowers, short; calyx 



Native of the East 



Racemes 2 or S 



Clt. 1776. Shrub tw. 



bilabiate; vexillum oval-oblong. %. S. 

 Indies. Vexillum of a lurid scarlet colour, 

 inches long, rising before the leaves. 



/Ze^wpmaie-flowered Coral-tree. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 foot. 



§ 2. Species the stems of which are only herhaccom intlie gar- 

 denSf or when not protected in winter by a stove, but in their na' 

 tlve countries become small trees. 



4 E, iio'rrioa (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod, 2. p. 413.) stems almost herbaceous, angular, and are, as 

 well as the petioles and ribs of leaves, very prickly; leaflets 

 ovate, cordate, acute ; calyx 5-toothed ; legume stipitate, pen- 

 dulous, pvlckly. % . F. Native of Mexico, on mount Aya- 

 hual-tempos. Flowers unknown, but probably crimson. 



//omrf Coral-tree. Clt. 1824. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



5 E. lo'ngipes (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, ined. D, C. prod. 

 2, p. 413.) stems nearly herbaceous, prickly ; petioles unarmea; 

 leaflets ovate; racemes lateral, on long peduncles; calyx ob- 

 liquely truncate, somewhat bilabiate ; vexillum oblong; stamens 

 9 connected, the tenth free.* 1^. F. Native of Mexico. Flowers 



CCVI. ERYTHRINA (fromfpv0poc, erythros, red; in re- of a coppery scarlet colour. Root fibrous. 



ference to the colour of the flowers). 



^v.... v.^^. Lam 



Long-pedtmcled Coral-tree. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ^ 



6 E. LEPTORHfzA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D.C. 



t. 608. D. C. prod, 2. p. 410.— Corallodendron, Tourn. inst. t. ^, ^' leptorhiza i^ivioc. et feesse, 11. mex. icon. i"c". ^. 



44fi.— Mouricou, Adans. V^'^^- 2. p. 413.) stems herbaceous, and are, as well as iii 



Mouricou, Adans. 

 Lin. sysT. Diadelphia^ Dccdndria. Calyx tubular (f. 50. r/.), 

 with a truncate, somewhat dentate border (f. 50. a.), or spathace- 

 ous. Corolla with a very long oblong vexillum (f. 50. Z>.) ; 

 wings as well as the dipetalous keel much shorter than the vex- 

 illum. Stamens diadelphous (f. 50. c), straight, the tenth 

 one adhering more or less to the rest, but sometimes free, 

 much shorter than the wings, rarely deficient. Legume long (f. 

 50. rf.), torulose, many-seeded, 2-valved. 3eeds ovate, having 

 a lateral hylum. — Trees or shrubs, rarely herbs, with small sti- 



fmlas, which are distinct from the petiole, pinnately-trifoliate 

 eaves, having the leaflets furnished with glands at the base in- 



Stems and petioles usually furnished with 

 prickles. Racemes of flowers elongated, with the pedicels 

 usually approximating by threes. Flowers red, scarlet, or crim- 

 son. Seeds shhiing, usually black and red mixed, or pure black 

 or red. 



stead of stipels. 



Racemes 



petioles, unarmed ; leaflets ovate, rather cordate ; calyx spatha- 

 ceous ; vexillum oblong, bidentate at the apex ; legume rather 

 villous. %. F. Native of Mexico. Racemes terminal. Howlers 

 of a pale scarlet colour. Stamens 9 connected, and one free, w- 

 gume stipitate, cuspidate at the apex. 



Slender-rooted Coral-tree. PL 2 to 3 feet. , , 



7 E. cri'sta-ga'lli (Lin. mant. 99.) stems woody; peboies 

 prickly, glandular ; leaflets oval or ovate, glaucescent, coriace- 

 ous, bluntish ; calyx truncate, somewhat bidentate ; ^^"^^IJ^ 

 connected, but with the tenth free ; keel 3 times the length ol^ 

 calyx. Vi. F. Native of Brazil. Smith, exot. bot. 2. P-^^ 

 Sweet, fl. gard. 214. 

 scarlet colour. ' 



A stout shrub. Flowers of a bright deep 



Shrub 



ffm- 



§ 1. Acaidcs (from «, without, and cauIiSy a stem ; in reference 

 to the species contained in this division having nothing but an- 

 nual stems, rising from a subterraneous trunk). 



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thcjli 

 yearly, and rising 



1 E. iierba'cea (Lin. spec. 992.) branches herbaceous, an- 

 nual, and are, as well as the leaves, unarined and glabrous ; leaf- 

 lets rhomboid ; racemes elongated ; flowers distant, tern ; calyx 

 truncate; vexillum lanceolate. % . F. Native of Carolina, 

 Florida, and about the Mississippi, in sandy fields and woods. 

 Trew. ehr. t. 5S* Sims, bot. uuig. 877. Lodd. bot. cab. 851. 

 Floriferous branches sometimes furnished with one or two leaves. 

 Corolla deep scarlet. The tenth or loose stamen free and short. 



Herbaceous Cox;x\'trQC. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1724. PI. 2 



to 3 ieeU 



2 E. iiEDER^FOLiA (Sprcng. syst. 9. p. 244.) leaflets some- 

 what 3-lobed, acuminated ; pedicels rising in the racemes by 



Cock's-comb Coral-tree. Fl, May, July. Clt. 1771. 

 6 to 8 feet, or tree 20 feet. 



^ 8 E. LAURiFOLiA (Jacq. obs. 3, p. 1. t. 51.) stems su 

 ticose, branched ; branches glabrous, rather prickly ; '^ 

 petiolate, oblong, acuminated ; petioles rather prickly, gl^ 

 lar ; calyx truncate, unidentate ; keel monopetalous ; s^* - 

 monadelphous. T2 . F. Native of South America. ^^^^ • ' 

 gard. 2. t. 142. E. cnsta-galli, Ker. bot. reg. 313. exclusi 

 of the synonymes. Flowers of a rich dull crimson. . ^ 



ZawreWearerf Coral-tree. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1800. *^*- 

 feet, or tree 20 feet. 



§ 3. Arboreous or shrubby species, with the branches vearH 

 the racemes as welt as the leaves. 



9 E. ca'rnea (Ait. hort. kew. 3. p. 8.) stem shrubby, P"'^^ ^! 

 petioles unarmed ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, acute, g'abro"^ » 

 vexillum linear, elongated ; calyx campanulate, truncate. '2 . 

 Native of South America, in Vera Cruz and St. Martha. l^'jT ' 

 bot. reg. 1327. Trew. ehr. 2. t. 8. E. Americana, MiU- «"^'* 

 no. 2. Flowers pale red, not large, about 2 inches long. 



Var. ft ; leaves puberulous beneath. Ker. hot. reg. 389» 



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