provided by a plant which has long been under cultivation in 
the Palm House at Kew, where it flowered for the first time 
in 1910. The Kew plant, which was obtained, by ip ecm 
on the Continent, is about thirty feet in height, and judging 
from its behaviour here its cultural requirements are tropical. 
It does not flower at all freely at Kew, and in this respect 
it ig in accord with the other arborescent species of 
Lérythrina in the collection. 
Descriprion.— Tree up to 30 ft. high; branches terete, 
green, sometimes streaked with reddish-brown, here and 
there rather conspicuously lenticelled, sparingly prickly. 
Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate, petiole 2}—-4}:in, long, thickened 
at the base and there cylindric, upwards channelled, green, 
sparingly beset with stoutish prickles; lateral leaflets 
oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic, somewhat unequal-sided, 
shortly obtusely acuminate, base wide-cuneate or somewhat 
rounded, 2$-3% in. long, 11-24 in. wide, glabrous on both 
sides, rather paler beneath, the midrib underneath often 
with a single prickle near the base; terminal leaflet 1-—]1 in, 
remote from the lateral, elliptic to obovate, shortly obtusely 
acuminate, base rounded or subacute, 23-43 in. long, 
13-2% in., glabrous on both sides, but with usually 1-2 
prickles on the midrib beneath near the base; lateral 
nerves 7-8 on each side, conspicuous above, somewhat 
raised beneath, secondary venation and fine reticulation 
conspicuons ; petiolules }-} in. long, nearly glabrous, slightly 
channelled on the upper side ; stipels minute, erect, Injlores- 
cence axillary, 3-flowered ; pedicels over 1 in. long, nearly 
glabrous; bracts and bracteoles fugacious. Calyx some- 
what fleshy ; tube nearly $ in. long and almost as wide; 
lobes short, mareescent. Standard elli ptic-obovate, cuneate 
at the base, over 2 in. long, 14 in. wide. Wing-petals over 
t in. long, y'5 in. wide in the middle. Keel 1 in. long, 
ly in. long. 
3. in. wide in the middle. Anrhers about 
Ovary white-arachnoid, with a large glabrous stipe, about 
2 in. long; style rather short. 
Fig. 1, flower-bnd; 2, win -petal ; 3, kel- ‘ami ; 
anthers ; 6, pistil :—ul/ aleraad. en ‘ 
