The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Erythrina

Erythrina
Erythrina

To the species described on pp. 531-2, Vol. 1., the following should now be added:

E. vespertilio (bat-like). fl. numerous, in showy, erect racemes, pendulous; standard ovate, nearly 1 1/2in. long. l., leaflets obversely triangular, cuneate at base, the front side deeply hollowed out, so as to leave the two front angles projecting, the hollowed portion having sometimes a central apiculus. Western Australia, 1885. A grotesque, warm greenhouse shrub. for which we are indebted to Mr. Wm. Bull.

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