xi.viu. Li;(iLMi>()S.i:. 367 



on a puberulous or tomentose rhachis ; peduncles stout, woody, reaching 

 6 in. loug; pedicels | in. long; bracts amall, triangular, tomentose, 

 deciduous ; bracteoles ^ in. long, subulate, tomentose. Calyx (before 

 the expansion of the flower) tubular, o-toothed at the tip, 1-1| in. long, 

 clothed with deciduous toinenlum, mouth very oblique, the upper seg- 

 ment subulate, the 2 lateral similar but smaller, the lowest one longer 

 and doubled over the others so as to form a blunt point to the bud, the 

 calyx soon splitting down the back to the base and appearing like a 

 spathe. Corolla bright red, 2-2^ in. long; standard 1-H in. broad; 

 wings and keel-petals subequal, i-| in. long. Stamens much exserted. 

 Pods 5-12 in. long, stalked, subcylindric, distinctly torulose, glabrescent. 

 Seeds 4-8, subreniform, ^|- by § in,, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 188 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 54 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 70 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 63 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 58 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 71 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 424; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 269.— Flowers : 

 Mar. Vern. PdtKjara. 



The Coral-tree of Anglo-Indians. — As a wild species it is probably wliolly littoral, 

 although it is stated by Graham to grow commonly throughout the Konkans, while 

 Talhot gives as its habitat the deciduous forests of the Konkan and N. Kanara. — It is 

 largely grown throughout the Bombay Presidency as a support for vines or pepper 

 plants. Cuttings strike readily and grow quickly. The wood is used for sword-sheaths 

 and in the manufacture of light boxes, toys, and the like. — Distrib. Sea-coasts of 

 India ; Java, Polynesia. 



2. Erythrina stricta, Roxb. Hort. Beny. (1814) p. 53. A large 

 tree ; branches armed with numerous whitish prickles. Leaves un- 

 armed ; petioles reaching 6 in. long, sometimes prickly ; stipules falcate. 

 Leaflets 3-5 in. loug, nearly as broad as long (the terminal reuiform- 

 cordate, the lateral unequal-sided, ovate-cordate or subacute at the base), 

 all shortly acuminate, glabrous ; petiolules ^-| in. loug ; stipels rounded, 

 gland-like, persistent. Flowers in terminal horizontal racemes, arranged 

 in fascicles of 1-3 along the rhachis ; peduncles stout, woody ; pedicels 

 |-| in. long ; bracts minute, caducous. Calyx spathii'orm, k in. long, 

 subglabrous, entire at the tip, splittiug to the base down the back. 

 Corolla bright scarlet; standard \k in. long, oblong-lanceolate; keel 

 half as loug as the standard, four times as long as the wings. Pods 

 3-6 in. long, narrowed at both ends, slightly torulose, compressed, 

 stalked, the stalk longer than the calyx. Seeds 1-3, light brown. 

 Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 189 ; Grab. Cat. p. 54 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 70 ; Bedd. 

 F'l. Sylvat. t. 175 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 71 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1897) p. 424; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 270.— 

 — Flowers : Feb.-May. 



Konkan : Elephanta, G-raham, Woodrow ; Matheran, H. M. Birdwood ; deciduous 

 forests, Talbot ; S. Konkan, common, Dahell ^ Gibson. Deccan : Singhad hill near 

 Poona, Woodrow. KAxXAKa : deciduous forests of N. Kanara, Talbot, — Distrib. 

 India (Western Peninsula). 



3. Erythrina suberosa, Roxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 53. A tree 

 reaching 40-50 ft. high ; bark corky, deeply cracked ; branches nume- 

 rous, crooked, spreading, armed with yellowish-white prickles ^-| in. 

 long, which fall off after the third year. Leaves usually unarmed, but 

 sometimes with a few scattered prickles ; petioles 4-8 in. loug, often 

 prickly ; stipules linear-lauceolate, caducous. Leaflets pale, 4-6 in. long 

 and broad (sometimes broader than long), the terminal rhomboid-ovate, 



