1897.] G, Kii\g — Maienahfora Flora of the Malay nn Fmin£uhi. 7^ 
BpGchtieii of an ^rythrina belongisipr to this aeotion, cotlfwfced in Lanpkawj. The 
flowers are precianly thoBo of sMhcroati, a, gtabrons form of which 19 common in 
Burma and Tenneserim ; it may, therefnrp, well belorijiT to thnt spHctflS. Bat tho 
Bolitary bmncblet ig dptisply priakly whereas it ia a fratnro of both the tonietitoso 
Indiars and the prlahroQB liido'Chirieae form of E. mibfrom to havo alniogt ntiarmed 
branchlets. As moreover, Mr, Ctirtia' apecimoD is without leaves, tha writer cannot 
on its authority alone, formally include subet-osa among tlio Malayan apecisB. 
SuBGBN. 3. Htpaphorus Hasflk. Oah/x campanulate more or less 
distinctly 2-Iipped, but not splittiug down to tlie ba^e. Pod flat seed- 
less aud iridtilii scent below, 1-3-seeded towards upper half. 
3. Ervtbrina r.JTHOSPERMA Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat, I, 209 not of Blutne. 
A tree 40-60 feet high wifcli spreading bi-anclvea, bai-k white, stem 2 feet in 
dinm,, armed with strmig prickles. Leaves 10-12 in. long ; petioles 4-5 in. 
long with a few priokiea or unarmed, when young brownish-grey 
puberulous soon glabrous ; leaflets 3 membranous unifonnly briglit 
green densely brownish-grey puberulous when young soon quite glabrous, 
ti iangular-ovate cuspidate at apex, terminal wide-cuneate at base 4-6 in, 
long across, lateral pair rounded at bnse ratlier smaller ; petiololes 
■3 in. long ; sfcipels iiepresented by oblong glands "15 in. long '1 in, 
across ; stipules deciduous sborfclj ovate-acute flaccid densely puberulous. 
Inflorescence in short rather dense cacernes 3^4 in. long on stout spreading 
woody peduncles 5-8 in. long, fl^owers 1-3 in axils of minute ovate- 
acute bracts; pedicels *2 in. long puberulous, minutely bracteolate nt 
huspf of calyx. Bud* puberulous ovate. Calyx *3 in. long, softly per- 
eisteiitlj pubei'ulons, equally 2-Hpped. Gorolla. 1*5 in. long^ standard 
oblong obtuse, crimson or crimson with white stripes, wings and keel 
-5 in. long subequal. Ovary compressed faintly puberulous. Pod 
glabrous pale-yellow, 4-8 in. long, J 25 in, wide in the wing like com- 
pressed seedless indehiscent lower half to two-thirds, *6 in wide in tlio 
upper 1-3 seeded duhiwcent portion ; seeds subreniforra "75 in. long 4 in, 
wide, testa almost black, hilnm small elliptic pale, Bak. in Flor. Brit. 
Ind. II, 190. E, sumatrana Hiq. Flor. Ind. Bat, Sappl. 304; Knrz, Aa. 
Soe. Beng. XLII, 2, 70. E, scmndUhra Hassk. PL Jav. Rai-. 378; 
Bentb. PI. Jnngh, 237 not of Bi-otero. kolom-icea Kurz, Jonrn. As. 
Soo. iieng. XLIl, 2, 69 as to leivves. 
Penasg ; Wallich ! Pkmak; at Kin tu, Knnsiler ! at Waterloo, Curiis 
29821 Scortechini (a MSS. description only.) SiKCfAPORE ; HulUU ! 
DiSTRiB. Indo-Cbina, from the Sban Plateau, to the Malay Archipelago, 
Mr. Kurz, aa Mr. Baker remarks, has pointed out that tlio present Bpociea ifl 
Erythrina swnatrana Miq. 5 anthentic examplea of E. nmnatrana in Herb. Calcutta, 
ahow that this is the case. Bat the only difference between E, sumatrann Mifj. 
and E. litha-^penna BI. (ok Miq. in Flor. Itid, Bat.),— to whioli Mr. Bnker has referred 
the iudo-0 hini^ae plant that agrees itt every respect with tho Sumatra and Ferak oae, — 
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