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40. ERYTHRINA, L. 



Standard conduplicate, exauricled, much exceeding the wings, which are often included 

 within the calyx. Stamens monadelphous at the base : vexillar filament often free above it. 

 Legume stipitate, torulose, linear, falcate, filled with cellular tissue, sometimes follicular, or 

 indehiscent. — Shrubs or trees, often prickly ; leaflets 3 ; inflorescence fascicled-racemose ; 

 flowers usually scarlet. 



Rudolphia rosea, Tuss. [of Haiti !], connects JErythrina and Dioclea, having the corolla of 

 the former, and the calyx and legume of the latter genus : it has further a twining stem 

 and single leaflets. 



Sect. 1. Euerythrina. — Calyx campanulate, truncate. Carina! petals distinct, 

 included within the calyx. 



110. E. Corallodendron, L. Arboreous, prickly, glabrous ; leaflets ovate- rhomboid ; 

 calyx-teeth obsolete ; standard erect, linear-oblong , obtusate (2" long), 6-4 times exceeding 

 the wings and keel ; legume many-seeded, mouiliform, beaked, subcompressed, glabrous. — 

 SI. t. 178. Besc. Ft. 4. t. 291.— E. speciosa, Andr. (Bot. Repos. t. 443).— Calyx 4"'-6'" 

 long, a little exceeded by the wings ; standard scarlet ; seeds scarlet, usually with a little black 

 spot. — Hab. Jamaica {Macf), common ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; St. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [Mexico 1 to Brazil]. 



Sect. 2. Chieocalyx. — Calyx spathaceous. Carinal petals distinct, small. 



111. E. velutina, W. Arboreous, prickly; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, rounded at the 

 top, furfuraceous-tomentose beneath ; calyx cleft almost to the base : teeth 5 , minute ; stan- 

 dard reflexed, orbicular, (1"-1|" diam.) : wings and keel nearly as long as the calyx; sta- 

 mens longer than the standard; legume few-seeded, sinuate, contracted below, velvety. — 

 Bot. May. t. 3227. — Calyx 9'"-12'" long, tomeutose; standard scarlet; vexillar stamen 

 free above its base. — Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al., in the southern plains; [Venezuela! to 

 Brazil]. 



112*. E. in die a, Lam. Arboreous, glabrous ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid ; calyx cleft 

 almost to the base .- teeth 5, minute ; standard slightly recurved, ovate-oblong, bluntish, 

 (2" long), 2-3 times exceeding the wings and keel ; stamens shortly exserted ; legume 6-8- 

 seeded, moniliforra, glabrous. — Wight, Ic. 1. 1. 58. — Calyx 1", legume 6" long. — Hab. Na- 

 turalized in Antigua !, Wullschl. ; St. Vincent !, Guild. ; [East Indies !, Pacific Islands !]. 



Subtribe 7. DALBERGIEM. — Legume indehiscent; stamens monadelphous, or 

 variously combined. — -Stem woody ; leaves pinnate, or reduced to a single leaflet. 



41. LONCHOCARPUS, Kth. 



Calyx shortly 5(-4)-dentate or subentire. Wings adhering to the keel. Vexillar stamens 

 adhering to the column above its base. Ovules several or many. Legume compressed, often 

 sinuate, wingless. — Leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets oj>posite ; racemes axillary ; pedicels 

 often geminate or bifid; Rowers purplish. 



113. la. latifolius, Kth. Leaflets 2-4-jugal, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, 

 paler and minutely puberulous beneath ; calyx rusty-sericeous : teeth minute, distant ; stan- 

 dard sericeous ; legume thin-membranaceous, glabrous, subsinuate- oblong, pointed, tapering 

 at the base 3-1-seeded. — Robinia sepium, Sw. {non Jacq.). Amerimnum latifolium, Sieb. 

 Mart. 176'. L. Swartzii, BC. L. oxycarpas, BC. L. macrophyllus, Walp. {non Kth.). 

 Piscidia carthaginensis, Macf. {non Jacq.). — A shrub or tree : leaflets 6"-3" (-2") long, vari- 

 able in breadth (2"-l" broad) i down appressed; flowers pale purple; calyx 1'", corolla 4'" 

 Ion" • legume 3"-2" long, 12'"-10'" broad, somewhat contracted between the seeds. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Macf, A I., Wils., Wullschl.: a form with narrow leaflets; Dominica!, Imr. ; 

 S. Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Pd. ; [Haiti!, French islands! ; Teapa, Panama!, New 

 Granada!, Guiana]. 



