Erythrina.J L. LEGUMINOS^. (J. G. Baker.) 189 



A tall tree, with thin grey bark, the prickles minute, conical, usually black. Pe- 

 tioles 4-6 in., mostly unarmed ; leaflets membranous, subconcolorous, glabrous, the 

 end one round-cuspidate, 4-6 in. long and broad, truncate or broad-rhomboidal at the 

 base. Racemes dense, ^ ft. long, on spreading woody peduncles ; pedicels \-^ in., 

 downy. Calyx 1-1 in. long, with a very oblique mouth from the first, subglab- 

 rous, minutely 5-toothed at the very tip. Standard 2-2^ in. long, the blade 1 in. 

 broad ; wings and keel subequal, not more than half as long as the calyx. Pod | 1 ft. 

 long, distinctly torulose. E. picta, Linn. (JRumph, Amboin. t. 77) ^appears to be a 

 mere form of this, with variegated leaves. 



2. . stricta, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 251 ; calyx entire at 

 the tip, keel-petals connate, pod 2-3-seeded. W. $ A. Prodr. 260 ; Dalz. fy 

 Gibs. Bomb. Flora, 70 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 175. Micropteryx stricta, Walp. in 

 Lirnuea, xxiii. 740. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, common. 



A large tree. Prickles whitish, rarely extending to the petioles. Leaflets same 

 shape as in E. indica, glabrescent on both surfaces. Calyx siibglabrous, ^ in. long. 

 Standard oblong-lanceolate, 1^ in. long ; keel half as long as the standard^ much ex- 

 ceeding the truncate wing. Stamens as in the last. Pod 4-5 in. long, less torulose 

 than in the last, narrowed to both ends, glabrous, its stalk longer than the 

 calyx. 



SUBGEX. 2. Blicropteryx, Walp. Calyx campanulate, more' or less 

 distinctly 2-lipped, "but not splitting down to the base. Pod turgid and seed- 

 bearing through its whole length. 



3. E. resupinata, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 220 ; Hort. Seng. 53 ; FL Ind. iii. 

 257 ; herbaceous, leaflets as broad as long, limb of standard oblong. DC. Prodr. 

 ii. 410 ; Brand. For. Fl. 141, 



UPPER G-ANGETIC plain ; Nawal Khar, Dr. Brandis. Oudh, Dr. Stewart. 



Racemes direct from the rootstock, under a foot high, dense, appearing before the 

 leaves. Petioles and peduncles prickly. Leaflets round-cordate, 2-3 in. long and 

 broad. Calyx 5 -^ in. long, campanulato-bilabiate. Standard 3-4 times the 

 calyx ; keel half as long as the standard tinged with red, its petals united ; wings much 

 shorter, greenish. Upper stamen free from low down. 



4. E. ovalifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 254 ; arborescent, 

 leaflets twice as Ions: as broad, glabrous, limb of the standard as broad as lono-. 

 Watt. Cat. 5961 ; Wight 2c. t. 247; Bedd. FL Sylv. 88 ; Benth. PL Jungh, 237. 

 E. picta, Watt. Cat. 5960, non Linn. Duchassaingia ovalifolia, Walp. in Lin- 

 nfca, xxiii. 742. 



Forests of SILLET, ASSAM, BENGAL, CEYLON, BIRMA and MALACCA. DISTRIB. Java, 

 Polynesia, and perhaps not distinct from American E. alauca, Willd. 



Branches pale grey. Prickles usually black, not extending to the petiole. Leaflets 

 subcoriaceous, glaucous, the end one ovate or obovate-oblong, very different in shape 

 from that of any other species, often ft. long, obtuse or subacute. Calyx f- in., 

 brown-velvety, splitting nearly down to the base in two halves. Standard deep scarlet, 

 H-2 in. by i^- in, emarginate; keel petals adherent, half as long as standard ; wing 

 rather shorter. Pod 6-8-seeded, ^ ft. long, distinctly torulose, narrowed into a short 

 stalk. 



5. B. suberosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 58 ; FL Ind. iii. 253 ; arborescent, 

 leaflets as long as broad matted with pubescence beneath, limb of the standard 

 3-4 times as long as broad, pod turgid. Wall. Cat. 5959 ; W. fy A. Prodr. 

 260 ; Bedd. FL Sylv. 87 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 70. Microptervx suberosa, 



