Erythrina, | LEGUMINOS&. 369 
REMARKS.—Wood soft and white, loose-grained, very light, soon attacked 
by xylophages. It is the mtichi wood of Madras, employed for children’s toys, 
boxes, etc. Said to yield lac. 
Nore.—Strange enough, this sea-shore tree scantily re-occurs in the dry forests 
of the Prome district. I have not examined the respective localities, but suspect 
that there are brine wells or limestone in the vicinity. 
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base, bluntish, about 14 in. long; keel ovate-lanceolate, half as 
long 3 wings about 2 lin. long, faleate-lanceolate, acuminate ; pods 
follicular-lanceolate, 24-3 in. long, chartaceous, glabrous, acuminate 
at both ends; seeds free, 1-3, brown. 
Has.—Frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah and Prome, 
rare in Martaban, up to 2,000 ft. elevation—Fl. March-Apr.; Fr. May-June.— 
_L—SS.=SiS. Metam. : 
ReMaRxKs.—Wood white, soft. 
uneven and deeply longitudinally cracked, pale-coloured, the crakes 
se eta. . . : 
of the leafless branchlets; calyx ample, 4-5 lin. long, slightly 
mealy outside, silvery silky inside, glabrescent, at the base constricted 
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