L egum inosa Erythrina. 135 



E. laurifolia is a variety of the foregoing, easily distinguished 

 by its less robust habit, smaller bright green leaves, and brighter 

 scarlet flowers. 



TRIBE IH.SOPHbREdt. 



Tall erect trees or shrubs or climbers. Leaves pinnate. 

 Stamens 10, free. 



28. CLADRlSTIS. 



Small trees with imparipinnate exstipulate leaves and ter- 

 minal panicles of white flowers. Pod shortly stalked, flat, thin, 

 scarcely dehiscent. Only two species are described : the following 

 an American, and another from Manchuria. 



1 . (7. lutea(&g. 76), syn. Virgllia lutea and tinctoria. Usually 

 known under the latter name. This is a handsome deciduous 



Pig. 76. Cladrastis Intea. ( nat. size.) 



tree, bearing a great profusion of white flowers in July. There 

 are some specimens in England upwards of thirty feet high. 

 The wood is yellow, whence the specific name and the American 

 appellation of Yellow Wood. 



C. Amurensis (Mdaclda) has smaller leaves and yellowish 



