50 FLORA OF JAMAICA Teramnus 



surface, with scattered adpressed hairs beneath, 1-5-5 cm. 1. Calyx about 

 3-5 mm. 1., villose. Corolla "white," turning pink; standard about 

 4 mm. 1.; wings about 3-5 mm. 1., with a rounded lobe at junction of 

 claw and limb, and the limb kneed opposite to it; keel about 2-8 mm. 1. 

 Pod 3 -5-4 -5 cm. 1., 3-5-4 mm. br., slightly curved, the upper suture 

 forming a narrow wing. 



15. ERYTHRINA L. 



Trees or erect shrubs, often prickly. Racemes axillary (in 

 Jamaican species). Flowers generally scarlet, 2 or more together, 

 along the rhachis, appearing before the leaves. Bracts and 

 bracteoles small or none. Calyx campanulate, truncate or 

 spathaceous. Standard much larger than the wings and keel, 

 which are often included within the calyx. Uppermost stamen 

 free or united at the base with the rest, the others united about, 

 or above, the middle. Pod stalked, constricted or sinuate between 

 the seeds, 2-valved or opening only along the upper margin, or 

 scarcely opening. 



Species 30, natives of the tropics. 



Glabrous. Standard erect, folded together, 



oblong 1. E. corallodendrum. 



Tomentose. Standard reflexed, nearly as 



broad as long 2. E.velutina. 



1. E. corallodendrum i./Sp.PZ. 706(1753) ; glabrous; calyx 

 tubular; standard oblong, folded together, slightly curved, erect. 

 — Wright Mem. 292 ; Macf. Jam. i. 297 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. 

 pt. 1, 174; Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 199 ; Urh. Symb. Ant. iv. 302. 

 Coral arbor non spinosa flore longiore et magis clauso Sloans Cat. 

 143 &, Hist. ii. 38, t. 178,/. 1, 2. Coral arbor americana Commel. 

 Amst. i.2\\,t. 108. Erythrina arborea spinosa et non spinosa '&c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 288. Specimens from Hort. Cliff, and Sloane 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Coral Tree, Red Bean Tree. 



Sloane Herb. vi. 12 I Broughton 1 Macfadyen ( J.P. 910, Morris I Mount 

 Faraway, bOOO ft., Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 7309 ; Lucea, Hitchcock. — West Indies, 

 Central and S. America. 



Tree 15-20 ft., with or without thick spines here and there on the 

 stem. Leaflets broadly ovate-rhomboid, 5-10(-15) cm. 1. Flowers 2-3 

 together. Calyx truncate, occasionally shortly split, 1 - 2 cm. 1. ; teeth 

 very small or wanting. Corolla deep crimson ; standard 4 times as long 

 as the keel, to 7 cm. 1., to 2 cm. br. ; wings a little longer than the calyx ; 

 keel of separate petals, a little shorter than the wings. Stamens shorter 

 than the standard, the uppermost united with the rest at the base. Pod 

 contracted between the seeds, about 1 dm. 1. ; the lower part stalk-like and 

 apex long-beaked. Seeds scarlet, about 1 cm. 1. 



2. E. velutina Willd. Sp. PI. Hi. 914; inflorescence, leaves 

 and pods, covered with tomentum, at length deciduous, especially 

 on the upper surface of leaves ; calyx spathe-like, tomentose ; 



