1327 



ERYTHRINA* caxnea. 

 Flesh-coloured Coral Tree. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Leguminos^t.. 

 ERYTHRINA. — Supra, vol. 4. foL 313. 



E. carnea ; caule arboreo subaculeato, jDetiolis inermibus, foliolis lat^ ovato- 

 rhombeis acutis glabris, vexillo lineari-oblongato, calyce campanulato 

 truncate. Dec. prodr. 2. 4\\. 

 E. carnea. Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 8. 

 E. americana. Mill. diet. n. 2. Trew. Ehret, 2. t. 8. 

 /3. foliis subtils puberulis. Supra, vol. 5. fol. 389. 



Caulis aculeis hrevihus, uncatis. Folia ternata, rotundato-ovata, leviter 

 cordata, acuta, utrinque glabra, petiole subaculeato. Racemi coatanei, 

 4-6 uncias longi, erecti, leviter pubescentes. Calyx tubulosus, trimcatiis, 

 crenis 5 minoribus. Corolla pallide carnea, 1^ iinciam longa ; vexillum 

 lineare, complicatum ; alee et carina cequales, intra calycem inclusce, 

 acutcB. Ovarium pubescens. 



The plant which is represented at fol. 389 of this work 

 is not the genuine Erythrina carnea, but a downy-leaved 

 variety, with smaller flowers, and a less prickly stem. For 

 the opportunity of figuring the species, as originally de- 

 scribed by Miller, and drawn by Ehret, we are indebted 

 to the Comte de Vandes, in whose hothouse at Bayswater 

 our specimen was produced in March 1827. 



A native of the hottest parts of South America, particu- 

 larly of Vera Cruz and Santa Martha, whence seeds were 

 originally sent to Miller by Houston. It is rather a hand- 

 some plant while in flower, but not particularly worth 

 cultivating at any other time. 



Stc??i furnished with short, hooked prickles. Leaves 



See fol. 124G. 



