LEGUMINOS^E 443 



terete, slightly thickened at the apex under the leaf without any 

 pulvinus, much thickened at its union with the stem ; stipules 

 slender, linear-subulate, acute, pale green, hairy, soon becoming 

 brown and falling away early. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Opposite, trilobed, with deltoid, acute, or subacute 

 lobes, cordate at the base ; middle lobe much the largest. 



Nos. 3 and 4. Alternate, simple, much larger, trilobate, cordate 

 at the base, strongly five-nerved ; middle lobe somewhat constricted 

 at the base making it rotund, cuspidately acuminate, sometimes 



FIG. 287. Erythrina suberosa. One-fourth nat. size. 



showing an obtuse, small, or obsolete tooth on each side ; lateral 

 lobes triangular, cuspidately acuminate, with sometimes a small 

 lateral tooth. 



Erythrina Vespertilio, Benth. 



Hypocotyl and cotyledons as in E. suberosa. 



Stem soft and succulent, rather thin, erect, terete, glabrous, pale 

 green ; 1st internode 10 cm. long ; 2nd 1'8 cm. ; 3rd 5 mm. ; 4th 

 4 mm. 



Leaves compound, alternate (first four simple, two opposite), 

 glabrous, or pubescent in a very young state, pale green. 



Nos. 1-4. Broadly deltoid, cuspidate, obtuse, entire, penninerved, 

 glabrous ; stipules ovate, acute, subserrulate ; petioles terete, pale 

 green, striped with darker green, glabrous, 1*5-1*8 cm. long ; 



