ERYTHRINA HERBACEA. 



HERBACEOUS CORAL TREE. 



Diadelphia Decandria, Linn. . Leguminosse, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix sub-bilabiate, various. Vexillum of the corolla very long and lanceolate. Legume 

 torulose, many-seeded. — Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



E. small, herbaceous; leaves trifoliate; folioles sub-hastate ; spike very long ; flowers 

 linear-lanceolate, deep carmine<-red ; calix truncated, entire. B. 



SYNONYMS. 



Erythrina foliis ternatis, caulibus simplicissimis fruticoso annuis. Hort. Cliff. 354. 

 Corallodendron. Tournefort. 



Corallodendron foliis ternatis, caule simplicissimo inermi. Trew. ehret. t. 58. 

 Corallodendron humile, spica florum longissima radice crassissima. Catesb. Car. 49. t. 49. 

 Coral carolinensis, haslato folio. Dillenius, elth. 107. t. 90. f. 106. 



