118 THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.—PHYSOLOBIUM CARINATUM Benth. THE LARGE-KEELED PHYSOLOBIUM. 
Encravincs.—The Botanist, t- 183; and our fig. 6, in Pl. 25. ovate, acuminate, subconnate. Keel quite as long as the wings, very 
Spreciric CuaracTer.—Leaflets obovate, orbiculate, retuse, subun- | broad, and suddenly curved at the top so as to be blunt at the end. 
dulated at the margin, downy beneath. Stipules and bracts broadly !' Legume much swollen and hairy. 
Description, &c.—This very ornamental plant is one of the small genus Physolobium, the species in which 
have been separated from Zichya and the other allied genera on account of the pod, which, though partly filled by 
cellular tissue when the plants are young, becomes hollow between the seeds as they progress towards maturity. 
The flowers of this species are very ornamental, resembling those of Zichya in form, though they differ in their 
mode of arrangement, the peduncles being few-flowered. The species is a native of the neighbourhood of the Swan 
River and the coast of King George's Sound, whence it was introduced in 1840. 

2.—PHYSOLOBIUM STIRLINGI Benth. SIR JAMES STIRLING’S PHYSOLOBIUM. 
Synonyme.—Kennedya Stirlingi Lindl. 
Eneravinc.—Bot. Reg., t. 1845. 
Speciric Cuaracrer.—Leaves having three leaflets, which are sub- | peduncle hairy. 
| Bracteas fasciculate or verticillate, sometimes three-lobed, and some- 
times forming a small involucre. Flowers in pairs. Calyx and 
rotund-ovate. Petiole and stem hairy. Stipules broadly ovate, acute. 
Description, &c.—A trailing plant, a native of the banks of the Swan River, whence it was sent home in 
1835, by Sir James Stirling, in compliment to whom it has been named. Of this plant Dr. Lindley observes, that 
‘its thin, broad, pale green leaves, fringed with long weak hairs, and its twin scarlet flowers, sufficiently characterise 
it ;” but that it is also “ botanically remarkable for having its bracts collected into a whorl, or even grown together 
into a little involucre.” 
GENUS XLIII. 
ERYTHRINA Lin. THE CORAL TREE. 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx tubular, with a truncate, somewhat | more or less to the rest, but sometimes free, much shorter than the 
dentate border, or spathaceous. Corolla with a very long oblong | wings, rarely deficient. Legume long, torulose, many-seeded, two- 
vexillum ; wings, as well as the dipetalous keel, much shorter than | valved. Seeds ovate, having a lateral hilum. (G Don.) 
the vexillum. Stamens diadelphous, straight, the tenth one adhering | 

Description, &c.—This is a genus of very showy plants, most of which are natives of hot countries, with very 
large ornamental flowers. In the West Indies some of the species are known by the general name of Coffee 
Mamma, because, from their rapid growth and luxuriant foliage, it is customary to plant them in the coffee 
plantations to serve as a protection to the young coffee plants till they have attained a sufficient size to be safe 
from the danger of being withered up by the scorching heat of the sun. Some few of the species, which are natives 
of Mexico and South America, are sufficiently hardy to require only greenhouse heat in this country. The name 
of Erythrina is from a Greek word, signifying red, in reference to the colour of the flowers. 
1.—ERYTHRINA CRISTA-GALLI Zin. THE COCK’S COMB CORAL TREE. 
Eneravines.—Smith’s Exotic Botany, t.95; Sweet's Brit. Flow. | Leaflets oval or ovate, glaucescent, coriaceous, bluntish, Calyx trun- 
Gard., t. 214. cate, somewhat bidentate. Stamens nine connected, but with the tenth 
Sreciric Cuaractrr.—Stems woody. Petioles prickly, glandular. | free. Keel three times the length of the calyx. (@. Don-) 
Description, &c.—This species, though generally considered to be very common, is, in fact, extremely rare, 
as it is continually confounded with H. lawrifolia, which is found in almost every collection under the name of 



