Erythrina.] xlvii. leguminos^. 579 



Racemes 8 in. long. Flowers numerous, blackish red. Calyx cup- 

 shaped entire with a short cusp '5 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 

 I in. long ; standard ovate ; wings short, oblong-linear ; pistil 

 pubescent stalked. Pods 6 to 7 in. long, '5 in. wide, long-beaked 

 torulose falcate. Seeds cylindric-oblong, blunt. Hab. Open sandy 

 country. Kedah, Alor Sta, Bukit Pinang. Lankawi, Kwah 

 seashore (Ridley). 



(3) E. suberosa var. horrida Ridl. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall thorny, thorns large. Branches covered 

 with thick conic thorns. Leaves unknown. Flowers i"5 in. long, 

 appearing before leaves. Calyx spathaceous, oblique refuse not 

 2-lipped, pubescent. Corolla standard narrow vermilion, much 

 longer than broad, keel golden. Stamens grey. Hab. Lankawi, 

 Terutau (Curtis). Distrib. Bangtaphan. 



Prain says, I.e. p. 73, that the flowers are exactly those of E. suberosa, but 

 the branch is much more thorny than in the Tenasserim form. I therefore 

 make it a variety of E. suberosa, at least till the foliage has been collected. 



(4) E. ovalifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; Baker, I.e. ii. 189 ; 

 Prain, I.e. 72. 



Big tree. Bark grey prickly. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; petioles 



4 to 5 in. long, prickly; leaflets sub-coriaceous, glaucous beneath, 

 glabrous, terminal one ovate, 4 to 6 in. long, 2*5 to 3*5 in. wide, 

 laterals smaller, base round or broad cuneate; stipels 2 ovate 

 glands. Racemes lax, 8- to 20-fiowered, 3 to 6 in. long ; peduncles 



5 to 8 in. long. Buds narrow ovate. Calyx "5 in. long, 2-lobed, 

 •6 in. across. Corolla dark velvety brown tinged scarlet ; standard 

 1*5 in. wide, emarginate. Ovary grey puberulous, stalked. Pod 6 

 to 8 in. long; stalk -5 in. long, valves dehiscing. Seeds 6 to 8, 

 brown, sub-reniform. Hab. Low country, probably the remains 

 of cultivation. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Kinta (Kunstler). 

 Distrib. India to Malaya and Polynesia. Formerly cultivated here 

 as a shade-tree for coffee. 



(5) E. lithosperma Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 209 {not of Blume) ; 

 Baker, I.e. ii. 190; Prain, I.e. 73. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Stem prickly. Leaves 10 to 12 in. long ; 

 petioles 4 to 5 in. long, sometimes prickly; leaflets membranous, 

 glabrous when adult, triangular-ovate cuspidate, terminal one wide 

 cuneate at base, 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. across ; stipels 2 oblong 

 glands, "15 in. long. Stipules ovate acute, puberulous. Racemes 

 dense, 3 to 4 in. long; peduncles 5 to 8 in. long. Buds ovate. 

 Calyx "3 in. long puberulous, equally 2-lipped. Corolla 1*5 in. 

 long. Standard oblong obtuse, crimson red, wings and keel -5 in. 

 long. Pod 4 to 8 in. long, 1-25 in. wide at base, which is flat and seed- 

 less, '6 in. wide in the upper i- to 3-seeded part. Seeds 75 in. 

 long, black. Hab. Dubiously wild here, formerly planted as a 

 shade for cocoa and persisting in abandoned estates. The speci- 



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