coral-tree; a genus of the decidaria order, belonging to the diadelphia clas of plants. There are four species, all of them shrubby flowering exotics for the house, adorned chiefly with trifoliolate or three-lobed leaves, and scarlet spikes of papilionaceous flowers. They are all natives of the warm parts of Africa and America; and must always be kept in pots, which are to remain constantly in shades in this country. They are propagated by seeds, which are annually imported hither from Africa and America. They are to be sown half an inch deep in pots of light rich earth, which are then to be plunged in the bark-bed of the house; and when the plants are two inches high, they are to be separated into small pots, plunging them also in the bark-bed, giving them frequent waterings, and as they increase in growth shifting them into larger pots.