Erythrina 



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standard nearly as broad as long, reflexed. — Mev. J. Lindsay Ic. 

 ined. ; Lowe in Bot. Mag. t. 3227 ; Macf. Jam. i. 298 ; Benth. torn, 

 cit. 173; Griseb. loc. cit. Coral arbor Sloane Cat. 142 & Hist. ii. 



38. (Pig. 15.) 



OoralTree, RedBeanTree. 



Sloane Herb. vi. 11 ! Wright 1 Bobins ! Macfadyen ; Savanna la Mar, 

 Purdie ! Moneague, Prior ! Arcadia, St. Ann, Mrs. Seioell ! Gordon Town, 

 J.P. 1314, Hart ! Chapolfcon, Mrs. Craig ! between Rose Hill and Temple 

 Hall ; Ohapelton ; Fawcett ! —Tropical S. America. 



Tree to 30 ft., with sliort spines on the stem. Leaflets variable in shape, 

 more or less ovate-rhomboid, triangalar, or roundish, lateral oblique, 



Fig. 15. — Erythrina velutina Willd. 

 A, Leaf and raceme. B, Flower. C, Pod. 



All X 



almost always tomentose beneath, 4-9 cm. 1. Flower-huds oblong-ellip- 

 soidal, 2 "5-3 cm. 1. Flowers 2-3 together. Calyx 1-5-2 cm. 1. Corolla, 

 standard orange-red (almost vermilion), 3 "2-6 cm. 1.; wings exserted, 

 chestnut-red with purple-red edge ; keel of 2 petals similar in shape 

 and colour to the wings and about the same length. Stamens about 

 6 cm. 1. Pod somewhat contracted between the seeds, about 13 cm. 1. ; 

 sometimes 1-seeded, 5-8 cm. 1., tomentose, the lower part seedless, with a 

 short beak at the apex. Seeds vermilion-red, about 1*5 cm. 1. 



16. MUCUNA Adans. 



Twining herbs or shrubs. Lateral leaflets unequal-sided. 

 Stipules deciduous. Flowers in racemes which are sometimes 

 subumbellate, large, purple, red or yellowish, occurring singly or 

 in clusters on the rhachis. Calyx shortly canipanulate, with 



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