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"1 mm long x nearly as broad,
both tuberculate [illegible] but distinctly
different.
4-5-29 Erythrina.
Fl. Tree so. side of So. Rd. op p Cotonwold
Robson tree. Fl to 2\frac{1}{2} in long Calyx
\frac{1}{2} in long very dark red brown, shinin
g the with scattered very short
appressed hairs. Calyx and splitting
the position of [illegible] dent,
the 2
posterior ones very obscure, the lateral
ones somewhat more evident
a real growth
and the anterior one standard
a darker red than 4-3-29 and with
straighter line on back \frac{1}{7} not most \frac{1}{8} in
wide folded down back (hence narrower
than 4-3-29). Wings \frac{5}{6} in long white,
feel a trifle shorter. Stamens unequal
but not [illegible] lengths (not as 4-3-29).
Ovary style puberulent. Kel cor.
sists of 2 distinct parts not at all
united, falling from when the
\frac{1}{4} calyx standard are removed
similar to the wings in shape
ve trifle smaller i.e. \frac{7}{8} in long.
Style redish, hairy on line along
upper edge otherwise almost glabrous.
Stigma terminal on the tip of style
which is bent slightly upward
& flattened. Tree dried. Racis v
pedicel slightly puberulent
Pedicel \frac{3}{8} in dis joined with the fl. w
with the racils, the fl falling easily
from the pedicel & the pedicel from
the racils. 2 fin B HGC P this is
pres F. Coralb deduced p 410 but
consider E. velutina willd BFF p 188
& others Comp with 3-25-27 v with
the gip Wrs. Thernine Valley Way.
Stamens monodelphious. Receptacle
remaining at base & style when
stamens are removed to 3 mm
length with glauds (p8610) em-