Teramnus.} xlvii. § papilionace.<e (baker). 181 



broad, slightly recurved, densely silky, 10-12-seeded. — Harv. Fl. 

 Cap. ii. 235. G. parvijlora, Lam. Enc. ii. 738.; DC. Prod. ii. 248. G. 

 senegalensis, DC. Prod. 1. c. G. abyssinica, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. 

 No. 1037 ; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 212. Kennedya arabica, H. et S. in 

 Schimp. Hb. Arab. No. 900. Bujacia gamsonychia, E. Meyer, Comm. 127. 

 Glycine axilliflora, Kotschy, PI. Bind. 17, t. 7. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Eeudelot ! Guinea, Burton! Princes island, 

 Barter ! 



Nile Land. Nubia^ Kotschy ! Binder I Abyssinia, Schimperl Quart in- DiUon ! 

 Unyoro, Speke and Grant ! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Dr. WelmtschI 



Tropics of Old and New World, extending south to Natal. It varies much in pubes- 

 cence, and is sometimes subglabrous. 



56. ERYTHRINA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 531. 



Calyx bilabiate or spathaceous, slit down the base on the lower 

 side, the teeth short or elongated. Standard ample and elongated, 

 erect or patent, subsessile or furnished with a claw, not appendiculate 

 at the base ; wings short or none ; keel much shorter than the 

 standard, shorter or longer than the wings, its petals often free. Upper 

 stamen free or connate with the others below ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 stalked, multiovulate ; style incurved, not dilated, beardless, with a 

 small terminal stigma. Pod stalked, linear, falcate^ narrowed at the 

 base and apex, much constricted between the seeds, both sutures or 

 only the upper one splitting. — Erect trees or shrubs often armed with 

 spines. Leaves trifoliolate, with a pair of glands at the base of each 

 leaflet, the lateral leaflets unequal-sided. 



A considerable very well-marked genus, widely spread through the warmer regions 

 of both hemispheres. 



Calyx campanulate. 



Calyx obliquely truncate 1. E. senegalensis. 



Calyx bilabiate 2. E. Eumei. 



Calyx spathaceous, slit deeply down the keel. 

 Upper lip of calyx short, blunt, entire: 



Leaflets hastately lobed; calyx and rachis glabrous . . 3. E. Living stoniana. 



Leaflets ovate entire ; calyx and rachis tomentose . . . 4. E. Brucei. 



Upper lip of calyx elongated, shallowly bifid 5. E. excelsa. 



Upper lip of calyx elongated 5-lobed. 



Lobes short oblong '. . . . 6. E. suberifera. 



Lobes middle size, linear- lanceolate I.E. huiUensis. 



Lobes long whip-like 8. E. tomentosa. 



1. E. senegalensis, DC. Prod. ii. 413. A tree 8-16 ft. high, with 

 woody branches armed with small firm falcate prickles J in. long from 

 a dilated base. Stipules deciduous. Petiole 2-3 in. long, woody, gla- 

 brous, prickly j leaflets ovate-oblong, terminal one 4-5 in. long, 

 2-2| in. broad, coriaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in short- 

 stalked lax racemes 6-9 in. long, the axis pubescent, the lower ones 

 fascicled in threes. Bracts \ in. long, linear, pubescent, deciduous. 

 Pedicels 2 lines long, pubescent. Calyx 4-5 lines deep, the mouth 



