182 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEA (BAKER). [ Erythrina. 
oblique to a shallow slit at the keel. Corolla bright crimson ; standard 
obovate-oblong, 4 in. broad, protruding an inch beyond the calyx, the 
wing's equalling the calyx, the keel shorter. Pod 4—5 in. long, 2-4 in. 
thick, consisting of 4-6 globes enclosing a seed each, with a long pe- 
dicel and deep constrictions between them.—Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 
924. E, latifolia, Schum. et Thonn. Pl. Guin, 383. £. guineensis, 
G. Don, Gard. Dict. ii. 871. EZ. Vogelii, Hook. f. Fl. Nigr. 867. Maere- 
cymbium Vogelii, Walp. in Flora, 1853, 149. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Lepriewr and Perrottet, Whitfield! Sierra Leone, 
Afzelius! Don! Hutton! Dr. Kirk! Guinea proper, Thonning, and others. : 
Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves. A specimen without flowers and fruit, 
gathered in Abyssinia by Petit, is referred here by A. Richard. The genus Jacro- 
cymbium of Walpers owes its origin to a misprint in the description of HZ. Vogelit in 
the Niger Flora. 
2. E. Humei, 2. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 150. A tree 10-20 
ft. high, with woody branches armed with strong straight conical 
prickles 1 in. long. Stipules deciduous. Petioles 3—5 in. long, gla- 
brous, prickly; leaflets casually 5, terminal one on a prickly stalk 
14-3 in. long, the blade rhomboidal 3—5 in. each way, or sometimes 
subhastate, acute or bluntish, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. _Racemes 
dense, 3-6 in. long on woody peduncles as long or longer. Calyx 4-5 
lines deep, slightly silky, shallowly bilabiate, the lips often a little 
toothed. Standard bright scarlet, protruding an inch or more beyond 
the calyx, half an inch broad; wings and keel equal, shorter than the 
calyx. Pod 5-6 in. long, 4-8 in. thick, consisting of 5—G6 globes en- 
closing a seed each, witha long stalk at the base and deep constrictions 
between them.—Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 237. E. Caffra, DC. Prod. ii. 412, 
in part, non Thunb.; Bot. Reg. t. 736; Bot. Mag. t. 2431. E. hastifolia, 
Bert. Illust. Pl. Mozamb. t. 2, fig. A. 
Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Inhambane, teste Bertoloni. Zambesi land, Manganya 
hills and between Tette and the sea-coast, Dr. Kirk! Dr. Meller! 
A plant of Natal. Flowers contemporaneous with the leaves. 
3. E. Livingstoniana, Baker. A large tree with a prickly stem 
and firm glabrous branches. Petiole 8—4 in. long, slender, glabrous, 
slightly prickly; leatlets 3, the terminal one hastate, 4 in. each way, 
the central lobe deltoid, the lateral ones subquadrangular, the sinuses 
shallowly rounded, the petiolule 2 in. long, lateral ones similar on short 
petioles, both sides glabrous. Flowers in dense racemes half a foot 
long on long glabrous woody peduncles. Pedicels thick, glabrous, 
2 lines long. Calyx ? in. deep, glabrous, coriaceous, entire, spatha- 
ceous, slit down to the base on the lower side. Standard red, twice as 
long as the calyx, 14 in. broad; wings round, 4 lines each way 3 keel 
equalling the wings. Pod 5-6 in. long, stipitate, consisting of 5 
1-seeded globes 6—8 lines thick, some abortive. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, sixty miles up the river Shire, Dr. Kirk! 
4. E. Brucei, Schweinf. m Verh. Zool. Bot, Wien, xviii. 658. A small 
tree with stout rugose branches armed with short strong spines. Pe- 
