Erythrina

(er-ith'rin-nah.) (Bot.) The Coral-trees, agen. of handsome tropical trees or shrubs, O. Fabacex. E. Caffra, the Kaffirboom of the Dutch, or Kaffir's tree, is a native of S. Africa, where it forms a tree 50 to 60 ft. in height. Its trunks are commonly hollowed and made into water-troughs and canoes. Erythronium,(er-e-thrō'ne-um.) (Bot.) A genus of plants, O. Liliaceæ, consisting of nearly stemle herbs, with a long, narrow, solid, scaled bulb, and two very smooth, elliptical leaves, usually spotted with purple. [s. 340]