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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Erythrina—continued. 
galli, with annual shoots, and axillary and terminal spicate 
flowers. 
E. Humei (Hume's). J. brilliant scarlet, fading to purple, in 
a sub-verticillate spike; peduncles axillary, longer than the 
leaves, erect, rounded, studded with white, linear warts. l 
ternate, rhomb-shaped, acuminate, with an obtuse point ; petioles 
alternate, horizontal, longer than the leaves, armed with a few 
distant prickles. Stem erect, woody. A. 30ft. to 60ft. South 
Africa. A very elegant stove tree. (B. M. 2431, under name of 
E, caffra.) 
Erythrina—continued. 
E. laurifolia (laurel-leaved). A synonym of E. crista-galli. 
E. speciosa (showy). fl. deep crimson; racemes and calyces 
velvety. August to October. Z, leaflets broad, slightly three- 
lobed, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles and ribs of leaves prickly. 
Stems shrubby, prickly. A. 6ft. to 10ft. West Indies, 180%. 
(A. B. R. 443.) 
E. spinosa (spinous). A synonym of E. Corallodendron. 
Other very good garden forms, chiefly of E. crista-galli, are: 
Cottyana, flowers deep rich red ; floribunda, flowers rosy-crimson ; 
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Fig. 764. ERYTHRINA INDICA PARCELLI. 
Æ. indica (Indian).* jf. of a splendid scarlet colour. l, leaflets 
broad-ovate, acute, glabrous ; petioles unarmed. Stem arboreous, 
prickly; spines black. h. 20ft. to 30ft. East Indies, 1814. There 
is a handsome white-flowered form of this species, 
i. marmorata (marbled). J. large, broad, blotched and 
spotted with white in a very effective manner, Polynesia, 1879, 
An elegant variegated plant. 
E. i. Parcelli (Parcell’s). l. alternate; leaflets three, with a 
yellow variegation, sometimes forming a feather-like stripe along 
the costa and main veins, sometimes more diffused, and forming 
a band lin. wide. Stem stout, woody. South Sea Islands. See 
Fig. 734, for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. 
Madame Belanger, flowers velvety, rich dark reddish-crimson ; 
ornata, flowers dark vermilion‘; ruberrima, flowers large, brilliant 
crimson, rosy-tinted ; spectabilis, leaves with fine bold variegation, 
markings chiefly yellow. 
ERYTHROCHITON (from erythros, red, and chiton, 
a tunic ; calyx red). ORD. Rutacee. A genus of four 
species of very ornamental stove evergreen trees, natives 
of Brazil, Guiana, and New Grenada. They thrive well 
in a compost of loam and leaf mould. Increased by 
seeds, or by cuttings. 
