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6667/3. MICROPTERYX Wlprs. 

 (Wlprs. Linnaea XXIII. 739.) 



Calyx campanulatus oblique truncatus v. bilabiatus, Jabiis integris. 

 Corollae papilionaceae vexillum maximum ovato-Ianceolatum ecallosum, 

 sub anthesi erectum. Alae minimae squamaeformes a calyce inclusae 

 V. eo parum longiores. . Carina gamopetala rostrata, apice integra v. 

 brevissime bifida^i^ vexillum longitudine subaequans v. paullo brevior, 

 Stamina 10, monadelpha, filamentis in vaginam superne fissam coalitis, 

 decimo interdum basin usque libero, Ovarium stipitatum pluri-ovula- 

 tum, stylus filiformis longitudine staminum , stigma simplex truncatum. 

 Legumen stipitatum coriaceum, inter semina torulosum polyspermum, 

 demum longitudinaliter dehiscens. — Frutices tropici habitu Ery- 

 thrinarum. 



Observ. Erythrina L. secundum characteres ab ipso auctore con- 

 stitutos differt carina dipetala alisque brevissimis vix calyce longioribus. 

 Erythrinae species in botanicorum operibus hucusque descriptae habitu 

 magis quam characteribus floris inter se conveniunt. 



1. *M. CRISTA GALLI Wlprs. \. c. 740.— Erythrina Crista galli Linn. Mant. etc. — DC. 

 Proilr. II. 413. no. 20. — Paiton, Magaz. of bot, IIL 175. (c. ic.) — Swect, Brit. Uow. 

 gard. III. t. 214. 



2. *M, LAURIFOLIA Wlprs. mss. — Erythrina laiirifolia Jcq. Obs. III. 1. tab. 51, Sweet 

 Brit. flow. gard. tab. 142. — A. JW. Crista galli, quacura hanc De CandoUe conjunxit, 

 certissime diversa, foliolis ovato- lanceoiatis acutis statim dignoscenda. 



3. M. FASCICULATA Wlprs. mss. — Arborea glabra aculeata: foliolis ovatis. subtus glau- 

 cescentibus; pedicellis fasciculatis axillaribus, supremis in racemum terminalem (aphyl- 

 lum?) dispositis, oranibus calyce longioribus; calycis breviter bilabiati labio superiore 

 integro truncalo, inferiore acumioato vel tridentaio; vexillo genitalia superante; carina 

 paulo breviore ; alis nanis ; filametito vexiliari iufra infra medium cum caeteris con- 

 nato; ovario villoso longe slipilato. — Erythrina fasciculata Bnth. Linnaea XXII. 517. 



— Crescit in Brasiliae provincia Minas Geraes ad Fazenda do Salido ad Rios. 



4. 'M. STRICTA Walp. Linnaea XXIII. 740. — Erythrina stricta Rxb. Flor. Indic. III. 251. 



— Walp, Repert. L 768. no. 1. (et III. Emend.) — Wght. et. Arn. Prodr. I. 260. 



5, \M. SUBEROSA Walp. 1. c. — Erythrina suberosa Rxb. l c. 253, — Walp. I, 1, c. c, 

 no. 2. — Wght, et Arn. I. c. — Erylhrina alba Rxb, Ic. ined, 



6, "M. SUBLOBATA Walp. I. c. — Erythrina sublobata Rxb. 1. c. 254. — Walp. 1. 1. c. c. 

 no. 3. — Erythrina maxima Rxb. Ic. ined, — Wght. et Arn. I. c, 261. 



7, M. POEPPIGIANA Walp. 1. c. — Erythrina microptei-yx Poepp. Ilerb. — In Peruvia 

 subandina. — Fruticosa inertois(?): petiolis glabris; foliolis membranaceis orbiculari- 

 ovalibus obtusis v. abrupte acuminulatis, utrinque glaberrimis, infra glaucescentibus, 

 nervis vii tenuissime puberulis; floribus racemosis ternis quaternisve subsecundis ver- 

 ticillatis; calyce truncalo integerrimo. glandula inframarginali; vexillo lanceolato .is- 

 cendente, quam carina falcata, roslrata, apice brevissime bifida parum longiore , alis 

 calyce vix dimidio longioribus elliptico- ovalibus ; staminibus vexillum aequantibus. 

 filamento decimo basin usque libero. — Petiolus 4 - pollicaris , petiolulus folioli terrai- 

 nalis 4-pollicaris . laieralium V^-poHicaris , foliola lateralia 4'/4 poll. longa et totidem 

 lata, terminale semipedale, prope basin 47» poll, latum, Calyx 4 lin. longus , vexillum 

 21 lin. longum, 8 lin, latum, alae 5 lin. longae, carina fere sesquipollicaris. Flores 

 coccinei? Leguraen non vidi, (v, s. specimen unicum imperfectum in Herb, reg. 

 Berolinensi,) 



8, 'M. RETICULATA Walp. l.c, 741. — Erythrina reticulata Prsl. Symb, bot. U, 22. t, 68. 



— Walp. 1. c. 769. no, 9. — Species carina ultra medium bifida insignis, 

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