190 L. LEQTJMiNOSiE. (J. Gt, Baker.) [Erythrina. 



Walp. in lAnnaa, xxiii. 744. B. alba, S,oxb. MSS. E. NaJiasuta, and E. 

 Temformis, Sam. in Wall. Cat. 6966, 5968. 



HiMAiAYAS to Cbtxon, asoending to 3-4000 in the north-west. 



A tree, reaching 40-SO feet high, with corky deeply cracked bark. PricJcles yel- 

 lowish, longer than in the others. Xeo^fe green and glabrous above, 3-6 in. broad, 

 often broader than deep, nsuaUy pointed, with a broad deltoid base, thickly matted 

 ■with grey cottony down beneath. Racemes densely capitate. Calyx J in. long, faintly 

 downy, soon deeply bUabiate. Standard 1^-2 in. long, its blade ^-| in. broad ; keel- 

 petals connate, less than half as long as the standard. Upper stamen free from low- 

 down. Pod ^ ft. long, subterete, distinctly torulose, 4-5-Beeded. 



Vae. sublobata ; Eoxb. PI. Ind. iii. 254 (sp.) ; leaflets larger conspicuously sinu- 

 ated. W. # A. Prodr. 261 ; Bedd. Fl. Syhi. 87. E. maxima, Roxb. MSS. Macro- 

 pteryx sublobata, Walp. in Idmusa, xxiii. 740. E. tomentosa, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 

 ^'i9Si.— Onssa,, Roxburgh. Mungger hills, Samilton. Subalpine jungles of Western 

 Peninsula, Beddome. 



6. a. arborescens, Soxl. Sort. Beng. 63 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 256 ; arbores- 

 cent, leaflets as broad as long glabrous beneath, limb of the standard 2-3 times 

 as long as broad, pod &m flattish. Eoxh. Cor. PI. t. 219 ; Wall. Cat. 5962 ; 

 Bra-nd. Fm: Fl. 140. 



Centrai, and East Himalayas ; KtrMAON to Sikkim and Khasia, ascending to 

 7,000 ft. 



A low tree, with few prickles on the branches. Leaflets membranous, greenish on 

 Ijoth sides, the end one pointed, truncate or rather cordate at the base, often J-1 ft. 

 broad. Flower very like that of E. suberosa, but the calyx larger and the limb of 

 tlie standard broader. Pod much curved, ^-S ft. long, 1 in. or more broad, 4-6- 

 •seeded, narrowed gradually to a distinct beak and stalk. 



StTBGEN. 3. Hypapliorus, Sassh. Calyx as in the last. Pod flat, 

 seedless and indehiacent in the lower half, bearing 1-3 seeds towards the tip. — 

 Connects Ei-ythrina with Bwtea and Spatholohus. 



7. E. litbosperma, Blume, ex Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. i. 209. E. secun- 

 ■diflora, Sassk. PL Jav. Par. 378 ; Benth. PI. Jwngh. 237, non Brotero. 



'BAMBOO'S, McCleUand. — Disteib. Java ; Philippines, Cuming, 1161. 



A tall tree, with branchlets often unarmed. Leaflets membranous, glabrous, 

 greenish, the end one roundish, acute, 4-6 in. long. Racemes pilose, cotemporaneoiis 

 vrith the leaves. Calyx velvety, J-f in. long, finally splitting down nearly to the 

 base in two lips. Standard IJ-IJ in. long, the limb oblong, obtuse; keel and wings 

 subequal, ^ in. long. Pod much recurved, 4-6 in. long, broader in lower half, with a 

 stalk reaching IJ-lf in. long. — Kurz (Joum. Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlii. 2, 69) says 

 Miquel's plant is not Blume's, and that it is E. sumatrana, Miq. El. Ind. Bat. SiippL 

 304. I cannot, without specimens, clearly distinguish E. holosericea, Kurz loc. cit. 

 from this ; its pod is unknown. 



63. STRONGVXiODOir, Vogel. 



Twining herbs, with the habit of Phaseolus, with stipellate 3-foliolate leaves. 

 Flowers in long lax racemes. Calxjx campanulate, gibbous ; teeth short, obtuse, 

 imbricated. Corolla Tnuch. eiserted; standard lanceolate, recurved ; winga ob- 

 tuse, more than a third as long ; keel curved, as long as the standard, narrowed, 

 into a lon^ beak. Stamens diadelphous; anthers uniform. Ooary stalked. 



