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INGA purpurea. 
Purple Inga, or Soldier-wood. 
POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA, 
Nat. Ord. LEGUMINOSE. Jussieu gen. 345, 
Div. I, Cor. regularis. Legum. multiloculare, sæpiùs bivalve, 
dissepimentis transversis, loculis monospermis. Stam. distincta, Ar- 
bores aut frutices; folia abrupt? pinnata. 
INGA. HERMaApPH. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa 5-dentata. 
Stam. numerosa monadelpha. Legum. 1-loculare, seminibus pulpá vel 
arillo involutis. 
Mascus. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa 5-dentata. Stam. nus 
merosa monadelpha. Wild. sp. pl. 4. 1004. 
Div. foliis conjugato-pinnatis. - MAN 
I. purpurea, inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis: pinnis guadrijugis: fo- 
olis oblongis obtusis basi inzqualibus, petiolis eglandulosis, capitulis 
pedunculatis. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 1021. 
Inga purpurea. Hort. PA ed. 9. 5. 454. 
Mimosa purpurea. Linn. sp. pl. 9. 1500. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 15. 
Hort. Kew. 3. 439. Andregs's reposit. 379. 
Acacia frutescens, non aculeata, flore purpurascente, alia. Plum. ic, 
tab. 10. fig. 9. NEM 
Frutex ramosus, ramis flexuosis, badio-corticatis, alterna et remotiüs folin- 
dis. Folia subuncialia, acut? stipulata, conjugato-pinnata, levia, reticulato- 
venosa, sub lente ciliolata, petiolo communs partialibus breviore intia lanu- 
ginoso, bracteolá ad pedem conjugationis ; pinne 4-juge, foliolis articulato- 
subsessilibus, obovatis vel oblongis, apice rotundatis cum mucronulo, basi 
obliguatis, latere interiore lamine plurimüm angustiore ; parium 2 imorum 
pinna singule ingqualissime. | Pedunculi solitarii, supern? in ramis asillares, 
erecti, compressi, striati, virides, folia aquantes vel subsuperantes, aj 
yio 
Jlorigeri, versis medium poti bracteolis 2 minulis. Flores subhemi: - 
fico-capitati absque pedicellis, excedentes unciam. . Cal. herbaceus, 
corolld triplo brevior. Cor. tenerior, profundiüs divisa, citó emarcescens, fer? 
guinguiês brevior staminibus.. Stam. 7-9? punicea, pro longitudine corolla 
tubuloso-connata, ind? distincta. Germ. teres, glabrum ; stylus longitudine 
et colore füamentorum, ai crassior, suprà sepé cum gyro flesus; stigma 
punctum obtusum. . 
Inca, which includes a numerous array of species, has 
been formed by Willdenow, at the expense of Mimosa; 
its chief difference from which, as well as ACACIA, is, that 
the seeds of its legumes or pod are envelopped either by a 
Coat of pulp or a dry loose covering, termed the aril; neither 
of which are found on the seed of Mimosa or Acacia. 
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hamaca; A ASA 
