Keel straight out, the length of the wings, two-petalled and emarginated.
Chives. Threads in two sets, ten threads joined together beneath, slightly turned inwards, half the length of the standard, unequal, and arrow-headed.
Pointal. Seed-bud with a footstalk awl-shaped, and tapering into the shaft, which is awl-shaped, and of the length of the stamens. Summit terminating simple.
Seed-vessel. A very long pod, and before the seeds are swelled out terminated with a sharp point; of one cell.
Seeds kidney-shaped.
Obs. E. Herbacea has ten distinct stamens.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Erythrina speciosa, foliis magnis, ternatis; foliolis cordatis, subtus nervosis aculeatis. Caulis tripedalis, erectus, spinosus, viridis.
Erythrina with showy flowers, leaves large and three-divided; leaflets heart-shaped, with prickly nerves on the under side. Stem three feet high, upright, thorny, and green.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.