190 L. LEGUMiNOS-E. (J. G. Baker.) [Erythrina. 



Walp. in Linnaa, xxiii. 744. E. alba, Roxb. MSS. E. Nahasuta, and E. 

 reniforinis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5966, 5968. 



HIMALAYAS to CEYLON, ascending to 3-4000 in the north-west. 



A tree, reaching 40-50 feet high, with corky deeply cracked bark. Prickles yel- 

 lowish, longer than in the others. Leaflets green and glabrous above, 3-6 in. broad, 

 often broader than deep, usually pointed, with a broad deltoid base, thickly matted 

 with grey cottony down beneath. Racemes densely capitate. Calyx f in. long, faintly 

 downy, soon deeply bilabiate. Standard 1^-2 in. long, its blade -| in. broad ; keel- 

 petals connate, less than half as long as the standard. Upper stamen free from low 

 down. Pod $ ft. long, subterete, distinctly torulose, 4-5-seeded. 



VAE. sublobata ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 254 (sp.) ; leaflets larger conspicuously sinu- 

 ated. W. $ A. Prodr. 261 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 87. E. maxima, Roxb. MSS. Macro- 

 pteryx sublobata, Walp. in Limited, xxiii. 740. E. tomentosa, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 

 r )964. Orissa, Roxburgh. Mungger hills, Hamilton. Subalpine jungles of Western 

 Peninsula, Beddome. 



6. E. arborescens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 256 ; arbores- 

 cent, leaflets as broad as long glabrous beneath, limb of the standard 2-3 times 

 as long as broad, pod firm flattish. Roxb. Cor. PL t. 219 ; Wall. Cat. 5962 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 140. 



CENTRAL and EAST HIMALAYAS ; KTJMAON to SIKKIM and KHASIA, ascending to 

 7,000 ft. 



A low tree, with few prickles on the branches. Leaflets membranous, greenish on 

 both sides, the end one pointed, truncate or rather cordate at the base, often f-1 ft. 

 broad. Flower very like that of E. subcrosa, but the calyx larger and the limb of 

 the standard broader. Pod much curved, -| ft. long, 1 in. or more broad, 4-6- 

 eeded, narrowed gradually to a distinct beak and stalk. 



SFBGEN. 3. Hypaphorus, Hassk. Calyx as in the last. Pod flat, 

 seedless and indehiscent in the lower half, bearing 1-3 seeds towards the tip. 

 Oonnects Erythrina with. Butea and Spatholobus. 



7. E. lithosperma, Blume, ex Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 209. E. secun- 

 diflora, Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 378 ; Benth. PL Jungh. 237, non Brotero. 



RANGOON, McClelland. DISTBIB. Java; Philippines, Cuming, 1161. 



A tall tree, with branchlets often unarmed. Leaflets membranous, glabrous, 

 greenish, the end one roundish, acute, 4-6 in. long. Racemes pilose, cotemporaneous 

 with the leaves. Calyx velvety, -f in. long, finally splitting down nearly to the 

 'base in two lips. Standard 1 j-1^ in. long, the limb oblong, obtuse ; keel and wings 

 subequal, ^ in. long. Pod much recurved, 4-5 in. long, broader in lower half, with a 

 talk reaching l^-lf in. long. Kurz (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 69) says 

 Miquel's plant is not Blume's, and that it is E. sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 

 304. I cannot, without specimens, clearly distinguish E. holosericea, Kurz loc. cit. 

 from this ; its pod is unknown. 



63. STRONGVX.ODON, Vogel. 



Twining- herbs, with the habit of Phaseolus, with stipellate 3-foliolate leaves. 

 Flowers in long lax racemes. Calyx campanulate, gibbous ; teeth short, obtuse, 

 imbricated. Corolla much exserted ; standard lanceolate, recurved ; wings ob- 

 tuse, more than a third as long ; keel curved, as long as the standard, narrowed 

 into a long' beak. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary stalked, 



