Tap. 8532; 
ERYTHRINA PoULCHERRIMA. 
South America? 
Lecuminosak. Tribe PHASEOLEAE. 
Eryturina, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 581. 
Erythrina pulcherrima, Tod. Nuovi Gen. e Sp. p. 70, et in Ann, Sc. Nat. 
sér. iv. vol. xx. p. 307, et in Hort. Bot. Panorm, t. xi.; ab E. Crista-galli, 
Linn., cui affinis, foliolis plus minusve ellipticis vel oblongis apice breviter 
obtuse acuminatis facile distinguenda. 
Arbor parva. Ramuli teretes, glabri, virides, interdum rubro-brunneo-lineolati, 
lenticellis parum conspicuis hic illic instructi, aculeis sparsis. Folia 
pinnatim trifoliolata, petiolo 5°5-11 em. longo hasi incrassato terete vel 
superne canaliculato viridi aculeis validiusculis hic illic instructo suffulta. 
Foliola lateralia oblongo-ovata vel oblongo-elliptica, parum inaequilatera, 
apice breviter obtuse acuminata, basi late cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata, 
6-9°5 cm. longa, 3°4-5°5 em. lata, pagina utraque glabra, subtus pallidiora, 
costa subtus basin versus aculeo solitario saepe instructa, terminalia a 
lateralibus 2°7-3°5 em. distantia, ex elliptica ad fere obovata, apice 
breviter obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel late cuneato-rotundata, 
7-11 em. longa, 4°5-7°3 cm, lata, pagina utraque glabra, inferiore aculeis 
0-2 costa basin versus instructa; nervi laterales utrinsecus 7-8, supra 
conspicui, subtus prominuli, nervulis uti reticulatione conspicuis ; petioluli 
0°5-1 em. longi, subglabri, supra leviter canaliculati; stipellae parvae, 
erectae. Inflorescentia axillaris, triflora; pedicelli 2°7 cm. longi, subglabri; 
bracteae bracteolaeque fugaces. Calycis carnosiusculi tubus 11 mm. 
diametro et longus, lobi breves, marcescentes. Corol/ae vexillum elliptico- 
obovatum, basi cuneatum, 5°2 cm. longum, 3°4 cm. latum; alae 2-1 em. 
longae, medio 2°5 mm. latae; carina 4°4 cm, longa, medio 8°5 mm. lata, 
Antherae circiter 2 mm. longae. Ovarium albo-arachnoideum, stipiti 
subaequilongum, circiter 2 cm. longum, stylo breviusculo.—W. G. Crars. 
This beautiful Erythrina, like several other similar species 
which have from time to time been introduced into Italian 
gardens, and have thence found their way into northern 
European collections, has an obscure history. Its original 
habitat was unknown to Professor Todaro when he first 
described it, nor has the doubt been yet cleared up, though 
it is probable that it is a native of Argentina and perhaps 
of the northern provinces of that state. The nearest ally of 
E. puleherrima is E. Cristi-galli, Linn., a native of Brazil, 
ficured at t. 2161 of this work, but our plant can be readily 
distinguished from the older species by the different shape 
of its leaflets. The material for our illustration has been 
JANUARY, 1914. 
