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40. ERYTHRINA, L. 



Standard coudiiplicate, ejaurioled, much exceeding the wings, which are often Jjicluded 

 within the calyx. Stamens monadelphoas at the hase : vexillar filament often free ^bpve it. 

 Legume stipitate, torulose, linear, falcate, filled with cellular tissue, sometimes fojliculai-, or, 

 indehisosnt.— rShrubs oj- tteea, lofien pricily ; leaflets 3; iu&oKweace fascicled-racemose ; 

 flowers usually scarlet. 



RudolpJUa rosea, Tuss. [of Haiti !], connects Erythrina and Dioclea, having the coroUa of 

 the former, and the calyx and legume of the latter genus : it has further a twining stem 

 and single leaflets. 



Sect, 1, EuEBTTHRiNA. — Calgx campanulate,trimcate. Cariaal petals distinct, 

 included within the calyx. 



110. £!. CoralIoden4ron, L. Arboreous, prickly, glahrous ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid ; 

 calyx-teeth obsolete ; standard erect, linear-oblong, obtusate (3" long), 6-4 times exceeding 

 the wings and keel ; legume many-seeded, moniliform, beaked, subcompressed, glabrous. — 

 «. t. 178. Sesc. Ft. i. t. 391.— B. speciosa, Andr. (Bot. Eepos. t, 443).— Calyx 4"'-6"' 

 long, a little exceeded by the wings ; standard scarlet ; seeds scarlet, usually with a little black 

 spot. — Hab. Jamaica [Macf.), common; Antigua!, Wullschl,; St. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [Mexico 1 to Bfaail]. 



Sect. 3. Chikocalyx. — Calyse spathaceous. Carina! petals distinct, small. 



111. E. velutina, W. Arboreous, prickly; leaflets ovate-rhomboid^ rounded at the 

 top, furfuraceous-tomentose beneath ; calyx cl^t almost to the hase : teeth 5, minute ; stan- 

 dard rejlexed, orbicular, (1"-1^" diam.) : wings and keel nearly as long as the calyx ; sta- 

 mens longer than the standard; legume few-seeded, sinuate, contracted belo\y, velvety. — • 

 Bot.Uag.t.Zai.-^-Gai.^^ 9"'-13"'long, tomeutose; standard scarlet; vexillar stamen 

 free above its base.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Al.,ixi the southern plains; [Venezuela! to 

 Brazil] . 



112*, E. iudica, Lam. Arboreous, glabrous ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid ; calyx cleft 

 almost to the base: teeth 5, minute; standard slightly recurved, ovate-oblong, bluntish, 

 (3" long), 3-3 times exceeding the wings and keel ; stamens shortly exserted ; legume 6-8- 

 seeded, moniliform, glabrous. — Wight, le. 1. 1. 58. — Calyx 1", legume 6" long. — Hab. Na- 

 turalised ia Antigua!, Wullschl.; St. Vincent!, Guild.; [East Indies I, Pacific Islands !]. 



' SuBTRlBE 7. DALBEEGIEJl. — Legume indehiscent; stautens monadelphotis, or 

 variously combined. — Stem woody ; leaves pinnate, or reduced to a single leaflet. 



41. L0NCHCX3ARPUS, Kth. 



Calyx shortly 5(— 4)-dentate or subentire. Wings adhering to the keel. Vexillar stamens 

 adhering to the column above its base. Ovules several or many. Legume compressed, often 

 sinuate, wingless. — Leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets opposite; racemes axillary; pedicels 

 ^toi geminate or bifid; fiOvreiB purpUsh. 



113. !•■ latifolras, Kth. Leaflets 3-4-jugal, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, 

 paler and minutely puberulous beneath ; calyx rusty-sericeous : teeth minute, distant ; stan- 

 dard sericeous ; legume thin-memiranaceous, glabrous, subsiuuate- oblong, pointed, tapering 

 at the base, B-1-seeded. — Robiuia sepium, Sw. (non Jacq.). Amerimnum latifolium, Sieb. 

 Mart. 176. L- Swartzii, DC. L. oxyoarpus, J)C. L. macrophyHus, Wa^. (non Kth.). 

 Pisoidia caithaginensis, Macf. {non Jacq.). — A shrub or tree : leaflets 6"-3" (-3") long, vari- 

 able in breadth (2"-l" broad) : down appressed ; flowers pale purple ; calyx V", corolla 4'" 

 long ; legume 3"-^2" long, 13"'-10"' broad, somewhat contracted between the seeds. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Macf, At., Wils., Wullschl.: a form with narrow leaflets; Dominica!, Imr.; 

 S. Lucia!, Anders.; Trinidad!, Pd.; [Haiti!, IVench islands! ; IJeapa, Panama!, New 

 Granada I, Guiana]. 



