298 LEGUMINOSZ. 
50. ERYTHRINA. 
Erythrina, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 855; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p- 531. 
Trees, shrubs, or herbs. About fifty species, generally dispersed in the warm 
countries of both hemispheres. Several of the names below may belong to the same | 
species; but, judging from the material in herbaria (although very imperfect), the 
species must be rather numerous in Mexico and Central America. 
1. Erythrina breviflora, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 413 ; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 251. 
_ Sour Mzxico, on the river Ayacapixtla (Mogino & Sessé). 
_ 2. Erythrina coralloides, DC. Prody. ii. p. 413; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 253. 
NortH Mexico, Guadalupe cafion, Sonora (Thurber), summit of mountains north 
of Imores (King), Sierra del Pajarito (Schott); Soura Muxico, Misantla (Schiede). 
Hb. Kew. | | 
8. Erythrina corallodendron, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 992, excl. var. p. 
South Mexico, valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 485, 2305), valley of Mexico (Bourgeau, 
1188); Nicaracua, Granada ((rsted)—West Inpies and northern part of SourH 
America. Hb. Kew. 
4, Krythrina divaricata, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 414; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 256. 
MEXI00, without locality (Mogino & Sessé). | : 
5. Erythrina glauca, Willd. Nov. Act. Nat. Scr. Berol. p. 428. 
Duchassaingia glauca, Walp. Ann. ii. p. 424. 
Nicaracua, Lake of Nicaragua (@rsted), vicinity of Granada (Lévy, 445); Panama, 
common (S. Hayes, 486), low swampy ground, Chagres (Fendler, 81).— VENEZUELA 
and CuBa. Hb. Kew. 
6. Erythrina horrida, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 413; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 252. 
Mexico, on Mount Aya-hual-tempos. 
7. Erythrina leptorhiza, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 413; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 250. 
Mexico. | 
8. Erythrina longipes, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 413; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 254. 
Sours Mexico, Mineral del Monte, Velasco, Cerro Ventoso, Regla, and San Miguel 
(Ehrenberg). 
9. Erythrina patens, DC. Prodr. ii. p. 414; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 255. 
Mexico. 
10. Erythrina princeps, A. Dietr. in Otto & Dietr. Allg. Gartz. ii. p. 305. 
MEXIco. 
11. Erythrina reticulata, Presl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 22, t. 68. 
MEXICco. | | 
