LEGUMINOS^. CCXXV. Inga. 



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20 I. VELUTiNA (Willd. spec. 4, p. 1014.) leaves with 4 pairs gen. amer. 6. p. 292.) leaves with 5 pairs of oblong, acute leaf- 

 of ovate, acute leaflets, which are clothed with soft pubescence lets, which are rounded at the base, and pubescent above ; 

 on both surfaces, but shining above ; spikes of flowers solitary ; 

 corolla villous ; branches and peduncles hairy. ^ . S. Native 

 of Para, in Brazil. Legumes unknown. There is a solitary 

 gland between each of the lower pairs of leaflets, and 3 between 

 the superior pair. 



Velvety Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



21 I. affi'nis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 433.) leaves with 4 pairs of 



branches and peduncles clothed with hairy pubescence ; spikes 

 of flowers oblong, twin, panicled ; corolla clothed with silky hairs. 

 T2 . S. Native in the province of Popayan, on the bank of the 

 river Cauca. Corolla rufous, 10 lines long. Stamens red, 3 

 inches long. Legumes 3-4 feet long, furrowed, pulpy inside. 



Adorned Inga. Tree. 



29 L RHOiFOLiA (Willd. enum. p. 1046.) leaves with 5 pairs 



oval, acuminated leaflets, which are pubescent above and rather of oblong, acuminated leaflets which are sliining and hairy above, 

 shining, but villous beneath and opaque ; petioles, branches, pe- but villous beneath ; branches clothed with ferruginous tomen- 

 duncles, and flowers clothed with velvety tomentum ; spikes of tum. I2 . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Red-leaved Inga. Tree. 



flowers solitary or twin ; corolla villous. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. This species is very nearly allied to /. velutinay but 

 the leaflets are not above half the size, with a solitary gland leaves with 6 pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, wliich are 



30 I. Berteria'na (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 434.) 



between each pair of leaflets. 

 Allied Inga. Clt. 1800. Tree. 



22 I.iNGoiDEs (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1012.) leaves with 4 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are clothed with vel- 

 vety tomentum beneath, with a gland between each pair ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, tomentose. T2 • S. Native of Cayenne. Mi- 

 mosa ingoides, Rich. act. soc. hist. par. 1. p. 113. Allied to the 

 following species. 



Inga-like Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



23 I. spu'ria (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1014.) 

 leaves with 5-% pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are 

 shining and glabrous above, but clothed with fine pubescence 

 beneath ; spikes of flowers axillary, usually twin ; corollas vil- 

 lous; legumes sulcate, pubescent. \i . S. Native of South 

 America, in humid places near Cumana and Santa Fe de Bogota. 

 Kunth, mim. 39. t. 12. H. B. etKunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 289. Allied to /. vera, but the leaves are pubescent beneath, 

 and the legume is longer and mucronate. Corolla green. 



Spurious Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 



24 I. ' 



rather puberulous above, but clothed with soft velvety down 

 beneath, with a gland situated between each pair; branches, 

 peduncles, petioles, calyxes, and nerves of leaves clothed with 

 short velvety dow^n ; spikes of flowers ovate, axillary, solitary; 

 corolla clothed with silky hairs. T2 . S. Native of St, Martha. 

 Corolla white. Stamens red. 



Bertero^s Inga. Tree. 



31 I. ANGUSTiFOLiA (Willd. spcc. 4. p. 1012.) leaves with 4-9 

 pairs of lanceolate, acuminated leaflets, which are shining on 

 both surfaces ; legumes linear, flat, glabrous. Tj . S. Native 

 of Caraccas. Glands small, between the pairs of leaflets. 

 Flowers unknown. 



leajletted 



Tree. 



« » 



True I 



Apteropodce (from a, priv. Trrcpoj', pleron, a wing, and 

 TtovQ TTo^oc, pons j^odos, 0, foot ; in allusion to the footstalks of 

 the leaves being without wings, so conspicuous in the last divi- 

 sion). Common petiole hardly ivinged or altogether naked. 



32 I. ? BouRGoxi (D. C. prod. 2. p. 434.) leaves with 2-3 

 VERA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1010.) leaves with 4-5 pairs pairs of ovate, shining, glabrous leaflets ; petioles a little winged 



at the apex of the articulations, and also each furnished with a 



gland; spikes pf flowers axillary, short, usually 4-together. 



T? . S. Native of Guiana, Cayenne, Caraccas, and of Barbados, 



in humid woods. Mimosa Bourgoni, Auhl. guian. 2. t. 358. 



Sloan, hist. t. 183. f. 1. Mimosa fagifolia, Lin. spec. 1498. I. marginata, Willd. spec. 4. 



p. 1015. The legume, according to Aublet, is dry and divided 

 internally into many cells by transverse dissepiments. The 

 column of stamens exserted beyond the corolla, which is gla- 

 brous. Bourgoni is the French name of the tree in Guiana. 



nga. 



of obovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous, membranous leaflets; 

 spikes axillary, few-flowered, usually solitary ; corolla clothed 

 with silky wool ; legume furrowed, pubescent. ^2 • S. Native of 

 Brazil, Mexico, West Indies, and near Maypures,on the Orinoco, 

 &c. Mimosa Tnga, Lin. spec. 1498. ^' " --■ - - 



"lum. gen. t. 25. Flowers white. Legume sweet and edible. 



^ ^ ' _ Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



25 I. Bonplandia'na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 P' 288.) leaves with 5 pairs of elliptic-oblong, acute, rather 

 cordate, somewhat coriaceous, glabrous leaflets, which are shin- 

 ing above ; flowers in spikes ; corollas silky ; legumes glabrous. 

 ^ • b. Native of South America, in the province of Jaen de 

 iJracamoros, on the banks of the Camaya. 



Bonpland's Inga. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



26 I. iNsiGNis (Kunth, mim. p. 43. t. 13. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov.gen. amer. 6. p. 290.) leaves with 5 pairs of elliptic, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous leaflets, which are rounded at the base, the nerves 

 rather hairy, shining above ; spikes of flowers oblong, axillary, 

 win ; corollas clothed with silky hairs. ^ . S. Native of 

 ^^uth America, between Quito and Puembo. Flowers white. 



Bourgoni Inga. Clt. 1752. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



33 I. MARGiNA^TA (H. B. et Kuuth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 285.) leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, much-acuminated, mem- 

 branous, glabrous leaflets, which are opaque above, and shining 

 beneath, and cuneated at the base ; petiole rather pilose, furnished 

 with a narrow wing at the apex. Tj . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, in the valleys of Araguem. Perhaps suflSciently distinct 

 from /. Bourgoni, Flowers white. 



Marginate-^eUoXeil Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



34 I. TiiYRsofDEA (Dcsv. joum. bot. 1814. 1. p. 71.) leaves 

 , ^v.w,v.v,i* vcuitv. aii^ X ciciii^w. ^.^,.^.^ , with 3 pairs of ovate, glabrous leaflets, which are veiny beneath ; 



f he legume, according to Bonpland, is quadrangular, woody, petioles almost naked, except at the tops of the articulations, 



tomentose, and pulpy inside. 



JJewy Inga. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



27 I. 



where they are a little winged ; branches angular, cinereous ; 

 flowers thyrsoid. T2 . S. Native of Guiana. Legume unknown. 

 Flowers not sufficiently known, 

 Thyrsoid Inga. Tree. 



ORNiFotiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 291.) 

 eaves with 5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, .,0 . , . r ^ r 



pHose leaflets, which are cordate at the base and shining above; 35 I. rubigixosa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 434.) leaves with 4-^ 



spikes of flowers solitary, axillary, and terminal. 

 tjve near Quito. " ^ 



T2. S. Na- 

 Legume linear, with 



1 . , -. ' Flowers unknown. 



Jnickened margins, rather falcate, densely tomentose. 

 ^Maved Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



28 I. oRXA^TA (Kunth, mim. p. 46. 1. 14. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 



pairs of oblong-ovate, acuminated leaflets, which are glabrous 

 and shining above, except on the nerves, hut clothed with rusty- 

 velvety down beneath, as well as the branches, petioles, pedun- 

 cles, and calyxes ; spikes of flowers oblong, usually twin ; 

 corolla clothed with silky hairs. ^ . S. Native of Cayenne. 



