58o XLVii. LEGUMiNOS^. [Erythrina. 



mens from Singapore (Hullett) were planted in waste ground near 

 Tanglin post-office. Hah. Perak, Waterloo estate (Curtis) ; Gunong 

 Malacca, Kinta (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). Distrih. Indo- 

 China and Malay islands. 

 \.yJ^*- (6) E. rostrata Ridl. n. sp. 



Much-branched tree about 40 ft. tall. Young parts scurfy 

 velvety. Leaves 9 in. long; petioles 3 to 4 in. long unarmed; 

 leaflets thin, membranous, deltoid-ovate, terminal one with very 

 broad cuneate base, apex acuminate, sub-acute, 5 in. long and as 

 wide at base; nerves 4 pairs, laterals smaller, base broad very 

 inaequilateral, rounded; petiolules '2 in. long, all glabrous, glands 

 globose oblong. Calyx spathaceous, not bifid, split on upper 

 side, "5 in. long (in fruit) ribbed. Pod stipitate; stipes "j in. 

 long; i-seeded at base alDOve stipes, dilate fusiform, 2 in. long, 



1 in. through, tip long-beaked, beak 2 to 2*5 in. long, narrowed to 

 the point. Seed one oblong, •$ in. long, pinkish red; hilum narrow. 

 Hah. Pulau Adang seashore (Ridley). 



I have seen no other specimen Hke it from anywhere, and no petals. 

 Nearest perhaps to E. indica, but with only one seed and both ends of the 

 pod narrowed. 



19. INDIGOFERA, Linn. 



Herbs and shrubs, more or less covered with appressed hairs and 

 compound odd pinnate leaves. Flowers small numerous in axillary 

 racemes. Calyx campanulate; teeth 5. Corolla standard ovate; 

 keel straight not beaked, spurred at base. Stamens diadelphous; 

 anthers apiculate. Ovary sessile ; style short, incurved. Stigma 

 pencillate. Pod linear-cylindric several-seeded. Species 250, 

 tropics. 



Herb very hairy ; pod hairy ; flowers rather large, 



red (i) I. hirsuta 



Half shrubby, nearly glabrous ; pod glabrous. 



Calyx deep cleft ; flowers small ; pods narrow- 

 straight I in. ; flowers yellow . . . . (2) I. tinctoria 

 Calyx short-toothed; pods ascending 3 in. long; 

 flowers pink , . . . . . (3) I. Finlaysoniana 



(i) I. hirsuta Linn. Sp. PL 751 ; Baker, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 98; Prain, I.e. 81. 



An annual branching brown-hairy herb, i to 3 ft. tall. Leaves 



2 to 5 in. long; rachis brown-hairy; leaflets elliptic to obovate, 

 base narrowed, tip rounded, silky on both sides, i"25 in. long, 

 6 in. across; petiolules 'i in. long. Racemes axillary, 7 to 8 in. 

 long, elongating, hairy. Flowers very numerous, small. Calyx 

 •15 in. long, densely pubescent. Corolla '2 in. long, red. Pod '5 

 to "7 in. long, straight, densely pubescent, 6- to 8-seeded. Hah. 

 Sandy seashores. Singapore, Tanjong Katong. Pahang, Pekan; 

 Malacca, Pulau Besar. Penang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kamposa. 

 Distrih. Tropical seashores. 



