Herminiera
(from hermine, a bedpost; in allusion to the shape of the stems). SYN. Oedemone. ORD. Leguminosae. A monotypic genus, the species being a tall stove shrub. It thrives best if the pot be partially submerged in a warm-water tank. Propagated by seeds.
H. Elaphroxylon (Elaphroxylon). fl. large; corolla yellow, papilionaceous; calyx two-lipped; stamens in two bundles of five each, with uniform anthers. l. impari-pinnate; leaflets exstipellate. Tropical Africa. This plant grows in the beds of shallow stagnant rivers of the Upper Nile country, sometimes in such thick masses as to impede navigation. It is the "Ambash," or Pith-tree, so frequently mentioned in books of tropical African travels.