Erythrina.| XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). 183 
tioles prickly, 2-3 in. long; leaflets ovate, the central one 3~4 in. 
long on a petiolule above an inch long, lateral smaller, slightly oblique, 
subsessile. Racemes half a foot long, densely flowered, the rachis and 
pedicels densely clothed with dark brown woolly tomentum. Calyx 
9-12 lines long, densely brown-tomentose, finally slit down to the base, 
the upper lip entire. Standard more than twice as long as the calyx, 
oblong-spathulate, externally tomentose. Pod 3-4 in. long, with 3-4 
seeds.— Kuara, Bruce’s Travels, vii. t.19. Z. senegalensis, A. Rich. FI. 
Abyss. i. 213 ? 
Nile Land. Abyssinia. 
Known only by Brace’s figure and flowering specimens without leaves gathered by 
Steudner. 
5. EB. excelsa, Baker. A tree 60-80 ft. high with glabrous branches 
with numerous sharp straight short prickles. Petioles 4-6 in. long, 
slender glabrous, slightly prickly; leaves not contemporaneous with 
the flowers; central leaflet broad-ovate or obovate, 8-9 in. long by 
rather less broad, the veins sometimes prickly, the petiolule 3 in. long, 
the lateral ones sometimes imbricated, subcoriaceous, both sides gla- 
brous. Flowers in dense racemes half a foot long on thick woody pe- 
duncles. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, glabrous. Calyx 1} in. long, spa- 
thaceous, coriaceous, glabrous, the outer two-thirds subligulate, the 
apex bifid, the lower side slit down to the base. Corolla bright scarlet, 
the standard nearly equalling the calyx, the wings and keel not more 
than 3 lines deep, and the former } in. broad. Pod not seen. 
Upper Guinea. Ambas bay, Mann! Banks of the Niger, Barter! 
6. E. suberifera, Welw. mss. A tree reaching 15-25 ft. high, with 
very thick corky spinose grey branches. Petioles reaching 6~7 in. 
long, sparsely muricated; leaflets subcoriaceous, always glabrous 
above, when young matted closely with deciduous brownish tomentum 
below ; central one broader than deep, blunt, not at all lobed, reaching 
6-8 in. long; petiolule 2-3} in. Flowers in dense racemes 2—5 in. 
long on woody densely grey-pubescent peduncles which exceed them. 
Bracts linear, deciduous. Bracteoles setaceous, 3-4 lines. Calyx 9-10 
ines, erey-pubescent, slit more than halfway down on the lower side, 
the upper lip cut into five thickened oblong lobes not more than in. 
long. Standard 16-18 lines long, 6-7 lines broad. Pod falcate, 3-4 
in. long, 6—8-seeded, densely velvety when young, not seen mature. 
Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
7. E. huillensis, Welw. mss. An erect comose tree 8-15 ft. high, 
the old branches terete, comparatively slender, armed with numerous 
straight spines, the young ones wigs, sulcate, densely clothed with 
gtey pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, pubescent, { in. long. Petioles 
~-3 in. long, finely downy, slightly prickly ; leaflets coriaceous, 
matted on both sides with close brown tomentum when young, glabres- 
cent above when mature; central one blunt, 3-3} in. long and broad, 
