244 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 4, 



Glabrous ; leaves membranous or chartaceous ; pods glabrous, E. Indica. 



* * Wings of corolla minute, as long as or shorter than the 

 sjjathaceous calyx. 

 Subg. 4. Microptcryx, Walp. Pods follicle-like opening along the ventral suture, 

 continuous. Seeds free. 

 Leaves rigidly chartaceous or almost coriaceous, more or less shortly tomentose or 



puberulous beneath ; calyx spathaceously 2-lobed, E. saberosa. 



Leaves chartaceous, glabrous, acuminate ; calyx spathaceous, E. stricta. 



1. E. lithospekma. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 209, vix Bl. ; Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. II. 190. (JE. Sumatrana, Miq. Suppl. Fl. Sum. 304). 



Hab. Frequent on the small savannahs along hill-streams, river-sides, 

 etc., in the vicinity of tropical forests, all over the Pegu Yomah and the 

 Martaban bills. — Fl. Jan., Febr. ; Fr. March, Apr. 



The subgenera of JErythrina are better marked than many of tbe other 

 Leguminous genera generally adopted by botanists. But here, like in 

 Sterculia, the great uniformity of habit seems to be in favour of their 

 reduction. 



2. E. holoseeicea, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873. 69. 

 Hab. Pegu, TharraAvaddi District (Dr. Adamson). 



A curious species, the flowers of which much resemble those of JE. 

 bvalifolia, while the leaves (if they really belong to the flowers) are those 

 of JE. lithosjperma. 



3. E. ovalieolia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 254 ; Wight Icon. t. 247 ; 

 Hf . Ind. Fl. II. 189. (Duchassaingia ovalifolia, Walp. in Linn. XXIII. 

 742). 



Hab. Frequent in the tidal forests and the tidal savannahs of Lower 

 Pegu ; often also cultivated in villages. — Fl. Febr., March. 



4. E. Indica, Lamk. Encycl. Meth. II. 391 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 

 249 ; Wight Icon. t. 58 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 188. (JE. bisetosa, Griff. Not. 

 Dicot. 441). 



Hab. Frequent in the beach-forests all along the coasts of Burniah 

 and the adjacent islands ; recurs in the dry Prome District but there very 

 rare ; often planted in villages. — Fl. March, Fr. June, Sept. 



5. E. stjbebosa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 253 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 189. 

 (Micropteryx suberosa, Walp. in Linn. XXIII. 744). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the upj)er mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah. 

 — Fl. March, Apr. 



6. E. steicta, Boxb. Fl. Ind. III. 251 ; WA. Prod. I. 260 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 175 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. II. 189. (Microperyx stricta, Walp. in 

 Linnaea XXIII. 740). 



Hab. Frequent in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah and 

 the Martaban hills, east of Toungboo. — Fl. March, Apr. ; Fr. May, June. 



