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* INGA Harrisii. 
Mr. Harris's Inga. 
POLYGAMIA POYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lecuminos®, $ Mimosea. 
INGA. Botanical Register, vol. 2. fol. 129. 
I. Harrisii ; (Hymenzodea) scandens, inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis pilosis, 
innis bijugis, foliolo interiore jugi inferioris deficiente ceteris obovato-ob- 
Logis obliquis subcordatis, pedunculis solitariis petiolorum longitudine, 
floribus capitatis. 
Frutex scandens, viridis, pilosus. ^ Petioli semipollicares, pedunculis 
paulo breviores. Foliola subequalia, fere 2-pollicaria. Capitula subviginti- 
Hora. Calyx obconicus, albus, laciniis viridibus, rotundatis, convexis, glan- 
dulosis. Corolla monopetala, turbinata, rosea, viridi limbata, laciniis rotun- 
datis glabris. Stamina ultra corollam monadelpha; filamentis pollicem 
longis basi albis ultra medium purpureis. 
A pretty climbing shrub, imported from Mexico by 
Thomas Harris, Esq. of Kingsbury, a most zealous collector 
of rare plants, in compliment to whom it is named. 
It seems distinct from all the published species of this 
large genus ; approaching Inga canescens in character, but 
with much larger leaves, shorter peduncles, and smaller 
flowers. The crimson silken tassels of stamens are very 
graceful and pretty. 
The drawing was made in Mr. Harris's collection in 
February last. 
Like many Mexican plants, this species grows best in a 
house where the temperature is a little higher than in a 
common greenhouse. It delights in a rich fresh soil, which 
* This name first appears in the work of Marcgraaf upon Brazilian plants, 
and ap to be the vernacular appellation of certain species of the genus to 
which it is now applied. 
August, 1839. Q 
