260 LEGUMINOS 2. ' ERYTHRINA. 
late: partial ones setaceous. Racemes axillary, simple: bracteas broadly 
oval, deciduous. Legume shortly tomentose. Seeds (in C. tomentosum} 
bluish violet. 
To this ay Cylista A of the Botanical Magazine, t. 1859, likewise belongs. 
It differs from Cylista by the habit, by the ecallose vexillum, the legume, and seve- 
ral other characters. 
797. (1) C. tomentosum (W. & A.:) bracteas oval, cuspidate ; calyx ad- 
pressed-villous ; upper lip scarcely cleft to the middle.—Wight! cat. n. 766. 
Cylista tomentosa, Row).! Cor. 3. t. 221; fl. Ind. 3. p. 319; DC. prod. 2. 
p. 410; Spr. syst. 3. p. 194; Wall.! L.n. 5585.——Southern provinces. 
LVII. ERYTHRINA. Linn.; Lam. ill. t. 608. 
- Calyx tubular, truncated, or 2-lipped, or spathaceous. Corolla papiliona- 
ceous: vexillum very long, obovate-oblong, without spurs or callosities at 
the base, much larger than the small alee and keel. Stamens straight, nearly 
as long as the vexillum, diadelphous, or more or less monadelphous. Ovary 
stalked, with several ovules. Style glabrous, straight, subulate, incurved at 
the apex. Legume stalked, long, torulose, compressed between the seeds, 
pointed. Seeds distant.— Trees or shrubs, rarely herbaceous plants. Stipules 
small, free from the petiole. Leaves petioled, pinnately trifoliolate. Partial 
stipules gland-like. Stems and petioles sometimes prickly. Racemes elon- 
gated : pedicels usually in threes. 
Besides the following, Dr Wallich (L. n. 5960), enumerates Æ. picta of the Madras 
herbarium, from the Missionaries’ garden : this we have not seen, and cannot there- 
fore determine if it be the same as the Linnzan species of that name: it is probably 
not a native of the Peninsula. 
798. (1) E. Indica (Lam. :) arboreous, armed with numerous black prickles: 
stipules faleate: petioles and leaves unarmed: leaflets glabrous, entire, Me 
terminal one broadly cordate: racemes terminal, horizontal : calyx spathace- 
ous, contracted and 5-toothed at the apex : vexillum about three times shorter 
than the calyx, and about four times longer than the ale: keel about the 
length of the ale, its petals distinct: stamens monadelphous with the sheath 
entire at the base, thence diadelphous with the tube split: ovary 10-15-ovule 3 
legume 6-8-seeded.— Lam. ene. meth. 2. p. 391 (2) ; DC. prod. 2. p. 4135 
Spr. syst. 3. p. 243; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 249; Wall.! L. n. 5963 ; Wight! cal. 
n. 156.—E. corallodendron £, Linn. sp. p. 992.—Rheed. Mal. 6. t. T; Rump! 
Amb. 2. t. 76 (bad). 
.799. (2) E. stricta (Roxb. :) arboreous, armed with numerous white prickles : 
stipules faleate: petioles rarely prickly: leaves unarmed ; leaflets glabroU» 
entire, the terminal one reniform-cordate, pointed: racemes terminal, 20r 
zontal: calyx spathaceous, entire, acute, short: vexillum about ten times 
longer than the calyx, and twice the length of the keel ; keel 4-5 times longer 
than the alse, its petals united : stamens monadelphous with the sheath enU? 
at the base, diadelphous upwards: ovary 4-8-ovuled : legume usually 
seeded.—Roab. fl. Ind. 3. p. 251 -——-Anjengo in Travancore. 
800. (3) E. suberosa (Roxb. :) arboreous, with corky deeply cracked bark : 
branches almost unarmed except at the insertion of the petioles : stipules get 
ceolate: petioles pubescent, prickly: leaves unarmed ; leaflets tomentose 9 
the under side, terminal one rhomboid and acuminated, sometimes re E 
and rounded: racemes axillary or sometimes terminal, aprendo calyx. idi 
bular, 2-lipped: vexillum 5-6-times longer than the calyx, an more t am 
twice the length of the keel; keel cordate, many times longer than the ver) 
— 
minute alee, its petals united: stamens monadelphous: legume 2-3-8 2 
