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ERYTHRINA Crista. galli. 
Cock’s-comh Coral-tree. 
oe 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
‘Nat. ord. Lecuminose. Jussiew gen. 845. Div. V. 
- ERYTHRINA. Cal. limbo lobato ineequali v. subintegro, ‘recto y, 
obliquo. Vex. longissimum ; alz ef carina 2-petala multo breviores. Stam. 
basi monadelpha. Legum. longum polyspermum torulosum, sem. reni- 
formia hylo laterali. Arbuscule aculeate inermesve, aut frutices interdim 
subherbacei; folia ut in Doxicuo ternata stipulacea, petiolulis articulatis et ~ 
aristatis s. glandulosis, rarius simplicia ; flores fasciculate axillares aut spicate 
terminales, sepé coccinei. Stam. E. Crista galli diadelpha, Ale et carina 
vexillo equales in E. isopetala Lamarck ided forte non congeneri. Juss. |. c. 
356. 
E. Crista galli, foliis ternatis, petiolis subaculeatis glandulosis, caule ar- 
boreo inermi. Lin. syst. nat. ed. 12. 473. 
Erythrina Crista galli. Lin. Mant. 99. Hort. Kew. 3.9. ed. 2.4, 252. La- 
marck encyc.2. 391. Willd. sp. pl. 3.916. Smith exot. bot. 2. 69.t. 95. 
Erythrina laurifolia. Jacq. obs. 3. 1.%. 51. 
Coral arbor non spinosa trifolia. Pet. mus.'76. Raj. dendr. 100. 
We are obliged to Mr. Herbert for the specimen of this 
fine plant. It flowered in his hothouse at Spofforth. As 
we had however no opportunity of taking a description 
while the blossom was fresh, we shall borrow Sir James 
KE. Smith’s description in the Exotic Botany: 
“Its branches are round, furnished, as well as the leaf- 
“‘ stalks, with a few hooked prickles. Every part, except 
“the germen, is destitute of pubescence. Leaves ternate; 
“ Jeaflets ovate, entire, stalked, with prickly ribs. A pair 
_ © of glands are placed at the base of the partial footstalks. 
“ Flower-stalks clustered, terminal and axillary, short and 
«simple. Flowers of a rich unpolished red, Calyx bell- 
* shaped, with two small bractes at its base; its margin 
* slichtly 2-lobed, membranous, with 2 little teeth, one of 
* which is hooked. Keel of one petal, more than half as 
* long as the standard. Wings very small, slightly 3-lobed. 
« Stamens truly diadelphous. Stigma small, simple, or 
slightly capitate, Germen downy. The fruit we have 
not seen. ee 
