Enjihrina. diadelphi\ decandria. 2ii) 



terally. Calyx bilabiate, the downy upper lip bidentate; 

 the under one three cleft. Corol pa|)ilionaceous. Stamina 

 one and nine. Jinthers round. Germ sessile, tno-seeded. 

 StHjma large, smooth, pellucid. Lcyume pedicelled, linear, 

 thin, clothed with a soft, brown, velvet-like down, apex one- 

 seeded. Seed roun<l-rcniforn), compressed, its oroalest dia- 

 meter nearly an inch. Intpfjnment single, smooth, brown. 

 Perisjjerm none. Embryo as in the other LeyuniinosiB, 



ERYTHRINA. Schreh. gen. N. 1163. 

 Calyx bilabiate. Corol with the standard much larger 

 than the small wings and keel. Le.jume pedicelled, torose. 



1. E. hidica. Willd. iii. 91:?. 



Arboreous, arjiied with black prickles. Leaves ternate, 

 unarmed. A'acp/we*' terminal, horizontal, /iee/ two petalled, 

 equalling the wings. 



Mouricou. lilieed. Mai. vi. /. 7. 



Sans. xMundar. 



]ir7if/. Palita niandar. 



Telhiff. Radsta-chittoo. 



Dudap, or Dtidap of the Malays; and when employed to 

 support the black pepper vine, for which it is very general- 

 ly used, they call it chmkereen. 



A pretty large tree, and common over India and the 

 islands. Flowering time the beginning of the hot season, in 

 March and April. Seed lipens in .Jinte and July. 



Trunk pretty straight, short but thick ; branches many, 

 forming a large, shady head. Bark of the trunk and large 

 branches smooth, of a greenish ash-colour, in the younger 

 branches, armed with small, black, sharp prickles, which 

 generally fall oft" about the third or fourth year, leaving the 

 trunk and large branches unarmed. Leaves ternate. Leaf- 

 lets smooth, and entire, the terminal one broad-cordate; the 

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