2 3 LEG UMINOS^. [Eettheina. 



tlie base, or connate with the others half-way up the filaments ; anthers 

 uniform. Ovary stalked, many-ovuled ; Hyle incurved, beardless, 

 stigma capitate. Fod linear, fertile turgid and torulose throughout, 

 or flat and seedless below. — Species 25-30, in the tropics of both 

 hemispheres and at the Cape. 



The Indian Coral-tree {E indica, Lav.ik.) is often planted in garden, 

 and dnring the month of March it is very conspicuous hy its brilliant 

 scarlet flowers, which open before the leaves appear . As a wild species 

 it is mostly confined to localities near the sea-coast. 



Herbaceous, flowers appearing before the 

 leaves . . - • • . 1. E. resupinata. 



A tree, with the flowers and leaves contem- 

 poraneous . . . ■ . 2. E. suherosa. 



1. E. resupinata, Eoxi. Cor. PI t. 220; Fl. hid. Hi, 257 ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 141 : F. B. I. ii, 189. 



Leaves home on herbaceous stems produced from a perennial rootstock * 

 peiioJes long : stipules ovate ; leaflets 2-3 in. long and broad, round- 

 cordate, entire, glabrous, nerves beneath sometimes prickly Racemes 

 direct from the rootstock, dense and many-fld, appearing before the 

 ." leaves ; peduncles short, prichly. Flowers in threes, large. Calyx ^-§ 

 in., 2-lipped, campanulate. Standard oblong, bright- scarlet, 3-4 times 

 the calyx, resupinate ; Tceel half as long as the standard, tinged with red ; 

 wings much shorter, greenish. Pods stipitate, erect, about 3 in. long 

 by f to J in broad, flat, falcate, torulose, 3-seeded. 



Abundant on grass la.nds (chandars) in the districts of N. Oudh and 

 Gorakhpur. Distrib. : Parasnath. A remarkable species, always 

 retaining its dwarfed condition by reason of periodical jungle-fires. 

 The flowers are produced in March, and present a very beautiful 

 appearance. The short herbaceous leaf -bearing stems die down after 

 the rains are over. 



2. E. suberosa, Boxh. Hort. Beng- 53; Fl. Ind. Hi, 253; W. ^ A. 

 Prod. 260 ; D. ^ G. Bomh. Fl. 70 ; Brand. For. Fl. 140; F- B. I. ii, 190 ; 

 WattE.p.'Fi.^uo\6hs.i2,,Boxhl.c.254{sp.);W.SfAProd. 261. Vern. 

 Dauldhdh, maddr, tiasut, pangra 



A medium-sized deciduous tree with deeply cracked corky bark. 

 Branches armed with white or pale-yellow prickles. Young parts, under 

 surface of leaflets and inflorescence softly tomentose. Leaflets 3-8 in. 

 broad, often broader than deep, green and glabrous above, glaucous 

 and matted with grey cottony pubescence beneath, rhomboid, entire or 

 lobed, acute, base broadly deltoid. Racemes dense, terminating the 

 branches. Calyx campanulate, becoming deeply 2-labiate. Standard 1^- 

 2 in. long, oblong, narrowed into a short claw ; keel-petals connate, less 

 than t the length of the standard. Upper stamen free from low down. 

 Pod 5-6 in. long, terete, tapering at the ends, torulose, seeds 4-5 

 black. 



