Erylhrina. diadelphia decandria. 263 



3. E. suberosa. Roxh. 



Arboreous with corky, deeply cracked bark. Leaves 

 while, with down, ternate, prickles three fold, and stipulary. 

 Petiolea armed. Racemes axillary, spreading. Wings must 

 luiiuite. Keel oiie-petalled. 



Tpi'imi. 3Ioonee, Maduga. 



This species I have found in the Circar only ; there it is 

 nuich less common than the E. indica, but giows in every 

 soil, and situation. Leaves deciduous during- the cold sea- 

 son. Flowers in February and March, soon after the leaves 

 appear. 



In the Ganjam district, a variety is found, with the exte- 

 rior leaflets reniform, and the apex perfectly rounded. 



Trunk erect, generally from eight to twelve feet to the 

 branches, covered with light gray, corky, deeply cracked 

 bark ; branches numerous, very crooked, spreading in every 

 direction. Prickles stipulary, three-fold at the insertion of the 

 leaves, and no where else, recurved, sharp, falling ofll' about 

 the third or fourth year. Leaves alternate, ternate. LeaJ- 

 lets the pair obliquely broad-cordate, the exterior one rhom- 

 biforrn, entire, above hairy ; below covered with much soft, 

 white down, three or four inches each way. Petioles pretty 

 long, round, downy, armed with a few small prickles. Glands 

 a pair at the insertion of the lateral leaflets, and another pair 

 w here the common petiole ends in the exterior leaflets. Sti- 

 pules lanceolate. Racemes axillary, sometimes terminal, ho- 

 rizontal, &.C. as in indica, but much smaller. Flowers as in 

 indica but smaller. C«///.i' tubular, with a two-lipped mouth. 

 Corol; banner as in indica. Wings minute, colourless, hid 

 within the calyx. Keel one-petalled, cordate, many times 

 longer than the wings. Filaments ten, all connected, alter- 

 nately shorter. Legume pedicelled, containing generally two, 

 though sometin)es three remote seeds, the interstices tilled 

 with a gray, light spongy substance. 



