XLVII. LEGUMINOS.E. 
Erythrina.] 
579 
Racemes 8 in. long. Flowers numerous, blackish red. Calyx cup¬ 
shaped entire with a short cusp *5 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 
i in. long; standard ovate; wings short, oblong-linear; pistil 
pubescent stalked. Pods 6 to 7 in. long, *5 in. wide, long-beaked 
torulose falcate. Seeds cylindric-oblong, blunt. Hab. Open sandy 
country. Kedah, Alor Sta, Bukit Pinang. Lankawi, Kwah 
seashore (Ridley). 
(3) E. suberosa var. horrida Ridl. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall thorny, thorns large. Branches covered 
with thick conic thorns. Leaves unknown. Flowers 1*5 in. long, 
appearing before leaves. Calyx spathaceous, oblique refuse not 
2-lipped, pubescent. Corolla standard narrow vermilion, much 
longer than broad, keel golden. Stamens grey. Hab. Lankawi, 
Terutau (Curtis). Distrib. Bangtaphan. 
Prain says, l.c. p. 73, that the flowers are exactly those of E. suberosa, but 
the branch is much more thorny than in the Tenasserim form. I therefore 
make it a variety of E. suberosa, at least till the foliage has been collected. 
(4) E. ovalifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. 53; Baker, l.c. ii. 189; 
Prain, l.c. 72. 
Big tree. Bark grey prickly. Leaves 8 to 12 in. long; petioles 
4 to 5 in. long, prickly; leaflets sub-coriaceous, glaucous beneath, 
glabrous, terminal one ovate, 4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 3*5 in. wide, 
laterals smaller, base round or broad cuneate; stipels 2 ovate 
glands. Racemes lax, 8- to 20-flowered, 3 to 6 in. long; peduncles 
5 to 8 in. long. Buds narrow ovate. Calyx *5 in. long, 2-lobed, 
*6 in, across. Corolla dark velvety brown tinged scarlet ; standard 
1'5 in. wide, emarginate. Ovary grey puberulous, stalked. Pod 6 
to 8 in. long; stalk *5 in. long, valves dehiscing. Seeds 6 to 8, 
brown, sub-reniform. Hab. Low country, probably the remains 
of cultivation. Malacca (Maingay). Perak, Kinta (Kunstler). 
Distrib. India to Malaya and Polynesia. Formerly cultivated here 
as a shade-tree for coffee. 
(5) E. lithosperma Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. 209 {not of Blame) ; 
Baker, l.c. ii. 190; Prain, l.c. 73. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Stem prickly. Leaves 10 to 12 in. long; 
petioles 4 to 5 in. long, sometimes prickly; leaflets membranous, 
glabrous when adult, triangular-ovate cuspidate, terminal one wide 
cuneate at base, 4 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. across; stipels 2 oblong 
glands, *15 in. long. Stipules ovate acute, puberulous. Racemes 
dense, 3 to 4 in. long; peduncles 5 to 8 in. long. Buds ovate. 
Calyx *3 in. long puberulous, equally 2-lipped. Corolla 1*5 in. 
long. Standard oblong obtuse, crimson red, wings and keel *5 in. 
long. Pod 4 to 8 in. long, 1*25 in. wide at base, which is flat and seed¬ 
less, *6 in. wide in the upper 1- to 3-seeded part. Seeds 75 in. 
long, black. Hab. Dubiously wild here, formerly planted as a 
shade for cocoa and persisting in abandoned estates. The sped- 
