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Erythrina crista-galli (view source)
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Erythrina Crista-galli, Linn. (E. laurifolia, Jacq.). Common Coral-tree. Bushy and woody, sometimes developing a very short trunk, but the flowering branches dying back after blooming, the stronger branches coming annually or periodically from near the root: st. and petioles somewhat spiny: It is. ovate-oblong or lance- oblong, acuminate, entire: fls. large, brilliant crimson, the keel nearly as long as the down-folding standard, the wings rudimentary. Brazil. B.M. 2161. B.R. 313. L.B.C. 3:296. G. 4:451. G.W. 3, p. 437; 6, p. 281. F.E. 16:637 (var. compacta).—Runs into many forms, varying in the shade of red, some of them with variegated Lvs. South of Washington, it stands out- of-doors if protected. In the N. the fleshy roots are taken up and stored. Valuable for summer bloom. Fls. in large, terminal racemes. Madame Belanger is a popular garden form. E. compacta, Bull, of very compact habit and fls. rich crimson is probably a form of this species.
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