Erythrina.] xlvii. § PAPiLiONACEiE (baker). 183 



tioles prickly, 2-3 in. long; leaflets ovate, the central one 3-4 in. 

 long on a petiolule above an inch long, lateral smaller, slightly oblique, 

 subsessile. Racemes half a foot long, densely flowered, the rachis and 

 pedicels densely clothed with dark brown woolly tomentum. Calyx 

 9-12 lines long, densely brown-tomentose, finally slit down to the base, 

 the upper lip entire. Standard more than twice as long as the calyx, 

 oblong-spathulate, externally tomentose. Pod 3-4 in. long, with 3—4 

 seeds. — Kuara, Bruce's Travels, vii. 1. 19. E. senegalensis y A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. 213 ? 



Nile Land. Abyssinia. 



Known only by Bruce's figure and flowering specimens without leaves gathered by 

 Steudner. 



5. E. excelsa, Baker. A tree 60-80 ft. high with glabrous branches 

 with numerous sharp straight short prickles. Petioles 4-6 in. long, 

 slender glabrous, slightly prickly ; leaves not contemporaneous with 

 the flowers j central leaflet broad- ovate or obovate, 8—9 in. long by 

 rather less broad, the veins sometimes prickly, the petiolule 3 in. long, 

 the lateral ones sometimes imbricated, subcoriaceous, both sides gla- 

 brous. Flowers in dense racemes half a foot long on thick woody pe- 

 duncles. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, glabrous. Calyx \\ in. long, spa- 

 thaceous, coriaceous, glabrous, the outer two-thirds subligulate, the 

 apex bifid, the lower side slit down to the base. Corolla bright scarlet, 

 the standard nearly equalling the calyx, the wings and keel not more 

 than 3 lines deep, and the former \ in. broad. Pod not seen. 



Upper Guinea. Ambas bay, Mann I Banks of the Niger, Barter ! 



6. E. suberifera, Welw. mss. A tree reaching 15-25 ft. high, with 

 very thick corky spinose grey branches. Petioles reaching 6—7 in. 

 long, sparsely muricated; leaflets subcoriaceous, always glabrous 

 above, when young matted closely with deciduous brownish tomentum 

 below ; central one broader than deep, blunt, not at all lobed, reaching 

 6-8 in. long ; petiolule 2-3| in. Flowers in dense racemes 2-5 in. 

 long on woody densely grey-pubescent peduncles which exceed them. 

 •Bracts linear, deciduous. Bracteoles setaceous, 3-4 lines. Calyx 9-10 

 lines, grey-pubescent, slit more than halfway down on the lower side, 

 the upper lip cut into five thickened oblong lobes not more than J in. 

 long. Standard 16-18 lines long, 6-7 lines broad. Pod falcate, 3-4 

 in. long, 6-8-seeded, densely velvety when young, not seen mature. 



Lower Guinea. Highlands of Golungo Alto, Br. Welwitsch ! 



7. E. huillensis, Welw. mss. An erect comose tree 8-15 ft. high, 

 the old branches terete, comparatively slender, armed with numerous 

 straight spines, the young ones angular, sulcate, densely clothed with 

 grey pubescence. Stipules lanceolate, pubescent, J in. long. Petioles 

 §-3 in. long, finely downy, slightly prickly; leaflets coriaceous, 

 matted on both sides with close brown tomentum when young, glabres- 

 cent above when mature ; central one blunt, 3-3 J in. long and broad, 



