60 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
compressis, lamellis destitutis, junioribus hispidissimis.— Hook. Bot. Misc. vol. iii. t. Suppl. 14. 
Rheed. Mal. vol. viii. t. 36.  Carpopogon giganteum, Roxb. Cat. Cale. 54. Dolichos giganteus, Willd. 
Spec. vol. iii. p. 1041. Citta nigricans, Lour. Fl. Coch. 557; Rumb. Amb. vol. v. t. 6.—In woods, 
Taviuni (Seemann! n. 119), Ovalau, and Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected in the 
Sandwich Islands (Barelay ! n. 1320), in Tana (Barclay ! n. 3486), and on the east coast of Australia. 
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XI. Erythrina, Linn. Gen. n. 855; Endi. Gen. n. 6667; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 252. 
Calyx campanulatus v. tubulosus, oblique truncatus aut bilabiatus, hine fissus. Vexillum obovato- 
oblongum, ecallosum, incumbens, alas et carinam 2-petalam longissime superans. Stamina 10, 
recta, nune 2-adelpha, nunc filamento vexillari reliquis adherente, aut interdum abortivo, magis 
minusve l-adelpha; antherz conformes. Ovarium stipitatum, ac-ovulatum. Stylus glaber, rectus, 
apice breviter incurvus, subtus stigmatosus. Legumen stipitatum, lineari-faleatum, acuminatum, 
indehiscens, inter semina compressum, torulosum. Semina ovalia v. oblonga, distantia, umbilico 
laterali oblongo, estrophiolata.—Arbuscule v. frutices, rarius trunco subterraneo ramis annuis sub- 
herbacez ; caule foliisque interdum aculeatis; foliis pinnatim 3-foliolatis, foliolo terminali a reliquis 
remoto, stipellarum loco sepe glandulis stipitatis; stipulis parvis a petiolo distinctis ; racemis elon- 
gatis; pedicellis sepe 3-natim approximatis ; floribus szepe rubicundo-coccineis, rarius albis, speciosis ; 
bracteis minutis v. nullis; seminibus sæpissime rubro et nigro variegatis, nitidis. 
Erythrina is represented in Polynesia by three species, the two enumerated below, and E. monosperma, 
Gaud., a native of the Sandwich Islands. 
l. E. ovalifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 254; Wight, Icon. t. 247; arborea; ramis petio- 
lisque aculeatis; foliolis ovalibus, subtus albidis; stipellarum loco glandulis stipellatis; racemis ter- 
minalibus horizontalibus; vexillo obcordato; corolla obscure rubra.— Nomen vernac. “Drala Kaka.” 
—Island of Viwa (Seemann! n. 124). Also found in Manila and the East Indies. 
Much rarer than the following species, though not confined to the small islet on which I collected my 
Specimens, 
2. E. Indica, Lam. Dict. vol. ii. p. 391; var. a. arborea, glabra; ramis aculeatis; petiolis iner- 
mibus; foliolis late ovatis integerrimis, terminali rhomboideo, lateralibus obhquis; floribus racemosis | 
coccineis v. albis; vexillo ovato stipitato.— Wight, Icon. t. 58. Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 253. 
DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 419.— E. Corallodendron, Forst. Prodr. n. 268, non Linn.; Parkins. Drawings 
of Tahit. Pl. (ined.) t. 70. E. Corallodendron, var. B. Linn. Spec. 992. Nomen vernac. “ Drala” 
v. “Drala dina?— Common throughout the group, and often planted (Seemann! n. 125). Also 
collected in the Society (Banks and Solander!) and Tongan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), the east 
coast of New Holland, the East Indies, and the Archipelago. 
Var. 8; floribus albis.— Much rarer than var. a. 
The flowering of the Drala, which takes place about the end of July or the beginning of August, is the 
general signal for planting the yams, and one of the natural phenomena upon which the Fijian calendar is 
based. For this reason this tree is found near almost every village, either wild or planted. The wood is 
soft and useless; the seeds are used by children for toys, or by the heathen priests to cover the so-called 
oracle-boxes. 
XII. Strongylodon, Vogel in Linnza, vol. x. p. 585; Endl. Gen. n. 6668; A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 445. Calyx campanulatus, truncatus seu 4—5.dentatus, dentibus obtusis v. obsoletis. 
Vexillum ovato-oblongum, acutum, demum recurvo-patentissimum, basi breviter unguiculatum et 
membranula inflexa appendiculatum, intus 2-callosum. Ale subfaleatz, vexillo et carina multo 
minores, Carina gamopetala, falcata, rostrata, vexillo equilonga. Stamina 10, 2-adelpha ; anther 
fere uniformes. Ovarium stipitatum 1-pauciovulatum ; stylus capillaris, longissimus, stigmate sub- 
capitato penicillato terminatus. Legumen oblongum, turgidum, 1-2-spermum. Semina suborbicu- 
