ERYTHRINA

(Lat.), n. f. E2r-i2(u)-thrin(thren)'a*. From epv0pd?, red, from the color of the flower. Fr., erythrine. Ger., Korallenbaum. The coral-tree; of Linnaeus, a genus of leguminous trees or shrubs, often prickly. The Erythrinece (Fr., erythrinees) are a subtribe of the Phaseolece, suborder Papilionacece. [B, 34, 42, 173, 180 (a, 24).] E. coral lod end ron. Fr., erythrine, arbre de corail. Ger., dchter Korallenbaum. The coral bean-tree or West Indian coral-tree. Its root is sudorific, the whole plant is sedative and vermifuge, the flowers are pectoral, and the leaves are applied to buboes. [B, 173, 180, 275 (a, 24): " Nouv. rem.," " Sept. 15, 1886, p. 418 (a, 24); Lancet," July 4. 18*8, p. 36 (o, 24).] E. fusc a [Loureiro]. Fr., erythrine brune. Ger., brauner Korallenbaum. A species found in Cochin-China and the Moluccas, where the bark and leaves are used as discutients to wounds, the root in rheumatism, and the wood in kidney and bladder diseases. The flowers are boiled in milk and eaten. [B, 173, 180 (a, 24).] E. indica. Fr., arbre immortel, erythrine des Indes. Ger., in disc her Korallenbaum. Coral-tree; an East Indian species. The leaves and bark are considered febrifuge, and are used as an emmenaand in syphilis. [B, 172, 173. 180 (a, 24): "Glasgow Med. fogueour.," Jan., 1889, p. 1 (a, 24).] E. mono sperm a. Fr., erythrine monos per me. See BUTEA frondosa. E. Mulungu. A Brazilian species. The bark, casca de Mulungu, is used as a febrifuge and emmenagogue. [" Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxxiii (o, 14).] E. oriental is. See E. indica. "E. spinosa. See E. coral lod end ron. E. strict a. A species used in Malabar like E. indica. [B, 180 (o, 24).] E. velutina. Fr., erythrine veloutee. A species found in Caracas, where an infusion of the flowers is given as a febrifuge. [B, 173 (a, 24).] [s. 752]