PLATE CCCCXLIUL 
ERYTHRINA SPECIOSA, 
+ Showy Ergthrina. 
CLASS XVU. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Chives in two sets. 
ORDER IV. 5s 
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Ten chives. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, integrum, 
meee ore superne emarginatum, inferne 
melliferis —— 
Geos Papilion 
exillum adenine “itera deflexum, adscen- 
dens, longissimum. 
Ale sub-ovate, calyce vix brs nally extra tubum 
vexilli vix eminentes, 
Carina recta, longitudine alarum, dipetala, emar- 
ginata. 
Stamina. Filamenta diadelpha, filamenta decem, 
inferne connata, parum incurva, longitudine 
dimidii vexilli, inequalia, sagittata. 
Piles, Germen pedicellatum, subulatum, 
attenuatum in stylum subulatum, longitudine 
staminum. Stigma terminale, simplex. 
cage aa Legumen longissimum, ac se- 
a” 1 ass ? 
Semrina reniformia. 
Obs. E. Herbacea staminibus decem distinctis. 
: 
Emeacement. Cup one-leafed, entire and tubu- 
tr, emarginated on the upper part, the part 
beneath iene little pores containing honey. 
Biossom. Butterfly-sha 
Standard \ance-shaped, bowing sideways, ascend- 
ing, and very lon, 
Wings ‘early egg-shaped and scarcely longer than 
the of the ne alement, outside the 
stan sary and very sm 
Keel straight out, the length of the wings, two- 
nd emarginated. 
Cuives. Threads in two sets, ten threads joined 
together beneath, slight! turned inwards, 
half the —— of the standard, unequal, and 
Seed- bad with a footstalk awl-shaped, 
and tapering into the shaft, which is awl- 
shaped, and of the length of the stamens. 
Summit terminating simple. 
Seep-vessex. A very long pod, and before the 
seeds are swelled out terminated with a sharp 
point ; of one ce 
Saas. kidney-shape 
_ E. Herbacea has ten distinct stamens. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
“Eavranina speciosa, foliis magnis, ternatis ; fo- 
ulis 
tripedalis, erectus, spinosus, viridis, 
ErytTurina with showy flowers, leaves large and 
ivided; leaflets heart-shaped, with 
prickly nerves on the under side. Stem three 
feet high, upright, thorny, and green, 
camino 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
i. 
2. 
3. The sta 
4. One e of the wings. 
5. Fhe keel. 
6. The chives spread 
7. Seed-bud and pointal. 
PG Rc sensrn ise! ; 
Turs superb Erythrina was communicated to the author by A. B, Lambert, esq., with whom it flowered 
in the month of November, for the first time in this kingdom. It is at present treated as a hot-house 
plant, but Mr. Lambert informs us that it is perfectly hardy, and strikes so freely that, although at 
_ present it is a nondescript and very rare plant, it will, doubtless, soon make its appearance in most col- 
Jections : its splendid flowers and easy culture will soon recommend it into general notice. There are but . 
five species of this genus yet known ; the present subject will therefore be a valuable addition to the 
number. The falling off of the ipaves | is its only defect, which we have no doubt but a hardier mode 
: _ of treatment will remove. egiemot native of South America. 
