Teramnus. | XLVII. § PAPILIONACE® (BAKER), 181 
broad, slightly recurved, densely silky, 10-12-seeded.— Harv. FI. 
Cap. ii. 235. G@. parviflora, Lam. Ene. ii. 738; DC. Prod. ii. 248. G. 
senegalensis, DC. Prod. 1. ¢.  G@. abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 
No. 1037; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 212. Kennedya arabica, H. et 8. in 
Schimp. Hb, Arab. No. 900. “Bujacia gamsonychia, E. Meyer, Comm. 127. 
Glycine axillifiora, Kotschy, Pl. Bind. 17, t. 7. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot! Guinea, Burton! Princes island, 
arter ! 
Wile Land. Nubia, Kotschy! Binder! Abyssinia, Schimper! Quartin-Dillon! 
Unyoro, Speke and Grant ! 
Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! 
Tropics of Old and New World, extending south to Natal. It varies much in pubes- 
cence, and is sometimes subglabrous. 
56. ERYTHRINA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 531. 
Calyx bilabiate or spathaceous, slit down the base on the lower 
side, the teeth short or elongated. Standard ample and elongated, 
erect or patent, subsessile or furnished with a claw, not appendiculate 
at the base; wings short or none; keel much shorter than the 
standard, shorter or longer than the wings, its petals often free. Upper 
stamen free or connate with the others. below; anthers uniform. Ovary 
stalked, multiovulate; style incurved, not dilated, beardless, with a 
small terminal stigma. Pod stalked, linear, falcate, narrowed at the 
base and apex, much constricted between the seeds, both sutures or 
only the upper one splitting —Erect trees or shrubs often armed with 
spines. Leaves trifoliolate, with a pair of glands at the base of each 
leaflet, the lateral leatlets unequal-sided. 
A considerable very well-marked genus, widely spread through the warmer regions 
of both hemispheres. 
Calyx campanulate. : 
Calyx abiadaly trancale (6 4 maces ere ee et ee senegalensis. 
Calyx bilabiate® oo Po ee 
Calyx spathaceous, slit deeply down the keel. 
Upper lip of calyx short, blunt, entire. : 
Leaflets hastately lobed; calyx and rachis glabrous 3. E. Livingstoniana. 
Leaflets ovate entire; calyx and rachis tomentose . . . 4. #. Brucei. 
Upper lip of calyx elongated, shallowly bifid . . 5. E. excelsa, 
Upper lip of calyx elongated 5-lobed. es 
Lobes short oblong et a ee ee E. suberifera. 
Lobes middle size, linear-lanceolate. . . - . . + - 7. EL. huillensis. 
Lobes long whip-like rae 8. E. tomentosa, 
1. E. senegalensis, DC. Prod. ii. 413. A tree 8-16 ft. high, with 
woody branches armed with small firm falcate prickles } in. long from 
a dilated base. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 2-3 in. long, woody, gla- 
brous, prickly; leaflets ovate-oblong, terminal one 4—5 in. long, 
2-24 in. broad, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in short- 
stalked lax racemes 6—9 in. long, the axis pubescent, the lower ones 
fascicled in threes. Bracts } in. long, linear, pubescent, deciduous. 
Pedicels 2 lines long, pubescent. Calyx 4-6 lines deep, the mouth 
