190 li. LEGUMiNOS-aE, (J- G. Baker.) [Erythrina. 



Walp. in Linnc^a, xxiii. 744 E. alba, Roxh. MSS. E. Nahasuta, and E. 

 Teniformis, Ham. in Wall Cat. 596G, 5968. 



' Himalayas to Ceylon, ascending to 3-4000 in the north-west. 



A tree, reaching 40-50 feet high, with corky deeply cracked bark. Prickles yel- 

 lowish, longer than in the others. Leaflets green and glabrous above, 3-6 in. broad, 

 often broader than deep, usually pointed, with a broad deltoid base, thickly matted 

 •with grey cottony down beneath. Bacemes densely capitate. Calyx f in. long, fointly 

 downy, soon deeply bilabiate. Standard 1^-2 in. long, its blade i- 1 in. broad; keel- 

 petals connate, less than half as long as the sftindard. JJi^per sta77ie7i free from low 

 down. Pod ^ ft. long, subterete, distinctly torulose, 4-5-seeded. 



Var. siihlobata ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 254 (sp.) ; leaflets larger conspicuously sinu- 

 ated. W. 4' A. Prodr, 261 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 87. E. maxima, Eoxb, MSS. Macro- 

 pter3rx sublobata, Walp, in Linnma, xxiii. 740. E. tomentosa, Ham, in WalL Cat. 

 4')964.~0rlssa, Roxburgh. Mungger hills, Hamilton. Subalpine jungles of "Westcru 

 Peninsula, Beddome. 



6. E. arborescens, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 53; Fl. Ind. iii. 256; arbores- 

 cent, leaflets as broad as long glabrous beneath, limb of the standard 2-3 times 

 as long as broad, pod firm flattish. Roxh. Cor. PI. t. 219; Wall Cat. 5962;' 

 Braiid. For. Fl 140. 



Cextrai, and East Him at. ay as; Kumaon to Sikkm and Khasia, ascending to 



7,000 ft, 



A low tree, with few prickles on the branches. Leaflets membranous, greenish on 

 both sides, the end one pointed, truncate or rather cordate at the base, often |-1 ft* 

 broad. Flower very like that of E. suberosa, but the calyx larger and the limb of 

 the standard broader. Pod much curved, i-| ft. long, 1 in. or more broad, 4-6- 

 eeeded, narrowed gradually to a distinct beak and stalk. 



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Stxbgen. 3. Kypaphorus, Hassk. Calyx as in the last. Pod i^^f 



needless and indehiscent in the lower half, bearing 1-3 seeds towards the tip. 

 Connects Erythrina with Butea and Spatholobus. 



7. E. lithosperma, Blume, ex Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 209. E. secuiK> 

 diflora, Hassk. PI Jaw Rar. 378 ; Benth. PI Jungh. 237, non Brotero. 



Eangoon", McClelland. — Distrib. Java; Philippines, Cwning^ 1161- 

 A tall tree, "with branchlets often unarmed. Leaflets membranous, glabrous, 

 greenish, the end one roundish, acute, 4-6 in. long. Racemes pilose, cotemporaneons 

 with the leaves. Calyx velvety, ^-f ^^* ^*^"g> finally splitting down nearly to tne 

 base in two lips. Standard l\~\z^ in. long, the limb oblong, obtuse; keel and wings 

 «ubequal, ^ in. long. Pod much recurved, 4-5 in. long, broader in lower half, witu^ 

 stalk reaching I5-I5 in. long. — Kurz (Journ. Asiat. Soc, Beng. xlii. 2, 69) ^^i^ 

 MiqueVs plant is not Blume's, and that it is E, siimatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp* 

 304. I cannot, without specimens, clearly distinguish E. holosericca, Kurz loc. cit. 

 from this ; its pod is unknown. 



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Twining herbs, with the habit of PhaseoluSy with stipellate 3-foliolate leaves. 

 Flowers in long lax racemes. ' Calyx campanulate, gibbons ; teeth short, ^^^^ 

 imbricated. ' Coyo//a much exserted; standard lanceolate, recurved ; win^s 0^ 

 tuse, more than a third as long ; keel curved, as long as the standard, narrow^ 



into a long beak. ^Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, 



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