LEGUMINOSil. 445 



dilated rhomboidal rather than ovate-reniform, as in Gaudichaud's 

 original specimens and figure. 



4. Ertthrina ovalifolia, Roxb. 



Erythrina ovalifolia, Koxb. Fl. Ind. 3, p. 254 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 1, t. 247. 



Hab. Near Manilla, Luzon. (Foliage only.) 



73. STRONGYLODON, Vogel. 



Char, auctus. Calyx campanulatus, truncatus sea k-b-dentatus, denti- 

 bus obtusissimis vel obsoletis. Vexillum ovato-oblongum, acutum, 

 demum recurvo-patentissimum, basi breviter unguiculatum et mem- 

 branula inflexa appendiculatum, intus Ucallosum. Alee subfedcatee, 

 vexillo et carina rnulto minores. Carina gamopetala, falcata, ros- 

 trata, vexillo cequilonga. /Stamina 10, diadelpha: anthera? fere uni- 

 formes. Ovarium stipitalum, uni-pauciovulatum : stylus capillaris, 

 longissimus, stigmate subcapital penicillato terminatum. (Fruetus 

 adhuc ignotus.) — Frutices vel suffrutices, caidibus gracilibus volu- 

 bilibus scandentes, inermes, glaberrimce; foliis pinnatim trifoliolatis 

 stipellatis; racemis elongatis multifloris, pedicellis gracilibus ad nodos 

 fasciculatis ; floribus rubris. 



Strongylodon ruber, the typical species of this genus, is distin- 

 guished from Erythrina (Micropteryx) by its appendiculate and con- 

 spicuously bicallose vexillum, its obtusely four-lobed calyx, with the 

 upper lobe notched, its uni{-bi-) ovulate ovary, its setaceous stipels, and 

 its voluble, Phaseoloid habit. From Spatholobus, which has a similar 

 habit, it differs in the form of the calyx, in the acute as well as 

 appendiculate and bicallose vexillum, and in the uniovulate, long- 

 stalked ovary. From Mucuna it differs in the calyx, vexillum, the 

 uniform anthers, the stigma, ovary, &c. The fruit is still unknown. 

 The ovary, although often uniovulate, as characterized by Vogel, I 

 find as frequently to contain two ovules. I therefore venture to 

 annex to the genus a plant from Luzon, of similar habit and cha- 



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