Erythrina, DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 255 
lar, repand, downy underneath. Petioles unarmed, Ra- 
cemes terminal, 
Teling. Badadum. 
An immensely large tree, a native of the inland mountains 
in the Circars. Leaves deciduous, Flowering time, &c. as in 
the former, 
Trunk erect, frequently of very great size. Branches 
spreading, very numerous, the larger as well as the trunk. 
without prickles and covered with thick bark, the inner 
stratum of which is fibrous, the middle yellow, and farinace- 
ous, the exterior a smooth, hard, yellow, firm crust, of ve- 
getable gluten, Prick/es strong, conical, very sharp, ex- 
ceedingly numerous onthe younger branches, covering them 
almost entirely ; three of them, and generally they are the 
Jargest, stand round the marks left by the insertions of the 
leaves; these were the only stipules. Leaves alternate, ter- 
nate, froin twelve to eighteen inches long. Leaflets the pair 
obliquely cordate ; the odd one rhombic,all variously lobate- 
sinuate, or notched; above smooth, covered with soft, white 
down underneath, from five to six inches each way; while 
young covered with much rust-coloured down, Petioles 
long, round, downy, without prickles. Glands as in E, su- 
berosa, Stipules three-fold, strong, conical, sharp, perma- 
nent, becoming prickles. Racemes terminal, erect, slender, 
a little downy, lowers three-fold, spreading, otherwise in 
every respect very much like those of E, suberosa, 
The wood of all these species is remarkably light, soft, and 
spongy. It is generally employed, but chiefly that of E, in- 
dica, being the most common, by the people who make trunks, 
paint, varnish, &c. to make trunks, toys, and other things that 
are to be varnished; its numerous, large pores admit, and 
retain their priming, or under coating better. than almost 
any other wood; besides it is not liable to warp, contract, 
or split, and is, as before observed, exceedingly light. At the 
village of Kundupilla, near Masulipatam, they are particu- 
larly clever at varnishing upon these sorts of wood. 
