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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Erythrina continued. 



galli, with annual shoots, and axillary and terminal spicate 

 flowers. 



E. Hume! (Hume's), fl. brilliant scarlet, fading to purple, in 

 a sub-verticillate spike; peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 leaves, erect, rounded, studded with white, linear warts. L 

 ternate, rhomb-shaped, acuminate, with an obtuse point ; petioles 

 alternate, horizontal, longer than the leaves, armed with a few 

 distant prickles. Stem erect, woody, h. 30ft. to frOft. South 

 Africa. A very elegant stove tree. (B. M. 2431, under name of 

 K. ca/ra.) 



Erythrina continued. 

 L lanrlfolla (laurel-leaved). 



A synonym of K erista^aUi. 



E. speciosa (showy), fl. deep crimson; racemes and calyces 

 velvety. August to October. /., leaflets broad, slightly three- 

 lobed, acuminated, glabrous ; petioles and ribs of leaves prickly. 

 Stems shrubby, prickly, h. 6ft. to 10ft. West Indies, 1805. 

 (A. B. R. 443.) 



E. spinosa (spinous). A synonym of E. Corallodendron. 

 Other very good garden forms, chiefly of E. crista-galli, are: 



Cottyana, flowers deep rich red ; jloribunda, flowers rosy-crimson ; 



Fio. 734. ERYTHRINA INDICA PARCELLI. 



E. Indica (Indian).* fl. of a splendid scarlet colour. L, leaflets 

 broad-ovate, acute, glabrous ; petioles unarmed. Stem arboreous, 

 prickly: spines black, h. 20ft. to 30ft. East Indies, 1814. There 

 is a handsome white-flowered form of this species. 



E. i. marmorata (marbled). I. large, broad, blotched and 

 spotted with white in a very effective manner. Polynesia, 1879. 

 An elegant variegated plant. 



E. L Parcelli (Parcell's). I. alternate ; leaflets three, with a 

 yellow variegation, sometimes forming a feather-like stripe along 

 the costa and main veins, sometimes more diffused, and forming 

 a band lin. wide. Stem stout, woody. South Sea Islands. See 

 Fig 734, for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull. 



Madame Belanger, flowers velvety, rich dark reddish-crimson ; 

 ornata, flowers dark vermilion ; ruberrima, flowers large, brilliant 

 crimson, rosy-tinted ; spectabilis, leaves with fine bold variegation, 

 markings chiefly yellow. 



ERYTHROCKITON (from erythros, red, and chiton. 

 a tunic; calyx red). ORD. Rutacece. A genus of four 

 species of very ornamental stove evergreen trees, natives 

 of Brazil, Guiana, and New Grenada. They thrive well 

 in a compost of loam and leaf mould. Increased by 

 seeds, or by cuttings. 



