1168 BULLETIN DE l'HEBBIER B0ISSÏER (2 m * SEK.). 1905 (10) 



ruli; pelioluli 4 — 8 mm. longi, pnecipue supra puberuli. Lamina apice 

 acuminata. basi anguslata, 5 — 14 cm. longa, 3 — 9 cm. lala, utrinque gla- 

 briuscula, folioli terminalis rhomboideo-obovala, laleralium late ovata vel 

 elliptica, paullo obliqua; vente laterales utrinque 5—6. Racemus 20 — 30 

 cm. longus, gracilis, superne minute pubescens. Pediceili 6 — 9 mm longi, 

 pubescenles. Calyx campanulalus, irregulariter 3— 5-lobus, 2 mm. supra 

 basin anlice inflexus, extra pubescens. lobo antico cuspidalo; tubus 

 6,5— 8 mm. longus (receptaculo 2 mm. longo incluso); lobi postici 

 2 — 3 mm., anticus 3 — 4 mm. [longus. Flores miniati (leste cl. Spruce). 

 Yexillum elliptico-orbiculare, 2,5 — 2,7 cm. longum (ungue triangulari 

 5 mm. longo incluso), 1,75 — 2 cm. lalum, apice 1 — 2 mm. acute emargi- 

 natum. Aise obtuse trianguläres, lalere antico 6 — 6,5 mm., postico infero 

 2,5—3 mm., postico supero 4,5 mm. longo, vel (apice 3 mm. acuminata) 

 latere antico 8,5 mm., postico infero 3 mm., postico supero 4 mm. longo. 

 Carinre pelala 17,5 — 18 mm. longa (ungue semiovato 2 mm. longo 

 incluso), 8—8,5 mm. lata, subbilobala, medio 5 — 8 mm. connata, apice 

 6—8 mm., basi 3,5 mm. libéra. Filamentum vexillare basi cum ceteris 

 circa 5 mm. connatum, parle libéra 14,5 — 17 mm. longo, anthera 

 1,5—1,75 mm. longa; (ilamenta cetera lateribus 9—13 mm., medio 

 11—16 mm. connata; parles libérai filamentorum longiorum9— 11 mm., 

 breviorum 6,5 — 8 mm. longse; anthene staminum longiorum 2,3 — 2,5 

 mm., breviorum 1,75 — 2,25 mm. longa 3 . Ovarium ferrugrneo-lomentel- 

 lum, 4 mm. supra basin antice inflexum, stylo gracili. « Legumen utrin- 

 que dehiscens, pericarpio carnosulo » (teste cl. Spruce), 10-20 cm. longum 

 (stipite incluso), inter semina constriclum. Semina 2 — 2,5 cm. longa, 

 1—1,5 cm. lata, obscure brunnea, juniora opaca impresso-punclata. 

 matura nitidula punctis + obsolelis, hilo depresso. 



Ecuador : Bafios, Spruce, 5005. 



According to the label accompanying the fruits of Spruce, 5005, in the 

 Kew Museum, Erythrina esculenta has edible seeds, and is knownin the 

 Andes of Ecuador as « Frijol del Monte » or, in the Quichua language, 

 « Sacha-porolo » bolh names signifying Wood Kidney-bean. E. esculenta 

 bas the gênerai habit of E. edulis, Triana, but ma y readily be distin- 

 guished by the shape of the wing petals; in E. esculenta the wings are 

 triangulär, with the greatesl breadlh below the middle; in E. edulis they 

 are obovate. In E. esculenta the buds are scarcely cuspidale; in E. edulis 

 they hâve a conspicuous recurved cusp. In E. esculenta the keel petals 

 are slightly bilobed, and the keel (with the petals opened out) is slightly 

 longer than broad;in E. edulis the keel petals are entire, and the keel is 



