LEGUMINOS^. CCXXV. Inga. 



391 



Scarlet'Rowered Inga. Tree. 



1^ . S. Native of Mexico, where it is called InicuiL Bracteoles 



Inicuil Inga. 



Tree. 



53 I. CARNOSA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3 pairs of minute, cihated. Flowers white, 

 bioad, elliptic, mucronate, smooth leaflets; peduncles axillary, 

 twin, clothed with rusty dow^n as well as the young branches ; 

 legumes lanceolate, flat. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Mimosa 

 carnosa, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Fleshy Inga. Tree. 



54 I. Ruizia'na ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 4 pairs of 

 elliptic-oblong, very long, and very broad, smoothish leaflets ; 

 panic.es axillary, clothed with rusty down ; spikes capitate, 



§ 2. Hymence'oidece (containing plants which have the habit of 

 Hymence'a). Leaves with 1 pair of phince^ and each pinna hear- 

 ing 2-3 or many leajleis. 



* Big^mince (from bis^ twice, and geminus, a twin ; in reference 

 to the leaves, which are divided twice by twos). Leaves with one 



^ -/J J T o XT • ^t/ / ' • 1 I t 1 \ pair of mnncCy and each pinna bearing only one pair of leaflets. 



manj-flowered. T^. b. Native of Peru. (v. s. m herb. Lamb.) -t*/^' i o if i J j 



Ruiz's Inga. Tree. ^ 63 I. micropiiy'lla (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 



55 I. aggrega'ta ; petioles wingless; leaves with 3-4 pairs 1004.) spines stipnlar, straight ; leaflets dimidiately-elliptic, ob- 



of smooth, membranous, ovate-oblong, acuminated leaflets ; tuse, and retuse, glabrous, rather coriaceous ; petiole smooth, fur- 



Native of Peru. (v. s. in 



nirihed with a gland in the fork ; spikes of flowers globose-ellip- 

 tic, solitary, axillary ; corolla 4-cleft, glabrous. Tj . S. . Native 

 of South America, near Cumana. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 



spikes aggregate, axillary. T2 

 herb. Lamb.) 



^ggr^g(ite-s^\ked Inga. Tree. 



56 I. stipula^cea; petioles hispid, wingless; leaves with 2 amer. 6. p. 293. Spines thick, 

 pairs of broad, elliptic, acuminated, sessile leaflets, which are Small-leaved Inga. Clt. 1817. 



attenuated at the base ; tube of stamens much exserted; stipu- 64 L pu'ngens (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1004.) 



las large, rounded at the apex, nerved. T2 . S. Native of Peru. spines stipular, very short, straight ; leaflets dimidiately-oblong, 

 Mimosa stipulacea, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Legumes unknown. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



obtuse and retuse, membranous, glabrous ; petioles hairy, fur- 

 nished with a gland in the fork ; heads of flowers globose, race- 

 corolla 5-cleft, pubescent ; legumes torulose, circinnate. 

 Native of Mexico. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 



mose ; 



T2.S. 



LargC'Stipuled Inga. Tree. 



^'^ L Guayaquile'nsis ; petioles naked ; leaves with 2 pairs 

 of elliptic-oblong, glabrous leaflets, which are attenuated at both 

 ends, and acuminated at the apex ; spikes sessile, solitary, or 

 twin. I2 . S. Native of Guayaquil, (v. s. in herb. Ruiz et Pav.) 



Guayaquil Inga. Tree. 



58 I. fagifo'lia ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous leaflets, furnished with 1 gland 

 between each pair ; panicles terminal and axillary, twin or so- 

 litary; peduncles clothed with rusty down. Tj . S. Native 



01 "eru. Mimosa fagifolia, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. of Coromandel and the Philippine islands. Mimosa dulcis, Roxb. 

 r lowers red. " 



p. 294. Flowers white. 



Pungent Inga. Tree 50 feet. 



65 I. du'lcis (Willd. spec. 4, p. 1005.) spines stipular, very 

 short, straight; leaflets somewhat dimidiately-oblong, obtuse, 

 and somewhat retuse and mucronate ; petioles hairy, shorter 

 than the leaflets, with a gland in the fork, as well as one between 

 the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, racemose. Tj . S. Native 



Beach'leaved Inga. Tree. 



59 1, umbella'ta ; petiole wingless, bearing only one pair of 



leaflets at the apex, which are ovate-elliptic, acuminated, and 

 glabrous : 



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peduncles axillary ; flowers umbellate, pedicellate, 

 j?- S. Native of Peru. Mimosa axillaris, Ruiz et Pav. in herb, 

 liamb. Flowers apparently white. 



f/mte/Za^e-flowered Inga. Tree. 



60 I, heterophy'lla (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1020.) leaves with 

 i-- pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are shining on both 

 sunaces; petioles, branches, and flowers glabrous; glands of 

 ne petiole sojjjewhat pedicellate ; peduncles terete at the base ; 

 powers disposed in umbellate racemes. T? . S. 

 »n Brazil, Mimosa P^ra, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 44. 

 carted from dots. Leaflets U inch long. Legumes unknown. 



Carious-leaved Inga. Tree. 



w'th /' ™^^^oii>Es (Desv. journ. hot. 1814. 1. p. 70.) leaves 

 ^> n 1-2 pairs of ovate, oblique, obtuse, shining leaflets ; petioles 



cor. 1. t. 99. Flowers white, in terminal racemes. Legume 

 t\visted, red, and glabrous, containing a fleshy sweet pulp, whici 

 is reckoned wholesome. 



Sweet Inga. Clt. 1800. Tree 30 feet. 



6Q I. Java NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 436.) spines stipular, very 

 short, and straight, or wanting ; leaflets somewhat dimidiately- 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; petiole smooth, and longer than the 

 leaflets, with a gland in the fork ; heads of flowers globose, race- 

 mose. ^.S. Native of Java. Legume flat, incurved, gla- 

 brous, coarctate between the seeds. 



Java Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



G7 I. u nguis-ca'ti (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1006.) spines stipular. 

 Native of Para, straight ; leaflets roundish-elliptic, rather dimidiate, emarginate, 



membranous, glabrous ; petiole glabrous, furnished with a gland 

 in the fork, and between the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, 

 disposed in terminal racemes ; legume twisted. T2 . S. Native 

 of the Caribbee Islands, and near Cumana. Mimosa unguis- 

 cati, Lin. spec. 499. Jacq. \\orti schoenbr. 3. t. 392. Descourt, 



Branches 



g andless ; branches, peduncles, and flowers glabrous ; heads of fl. ant. 1. t. 11. Quamochilt, Hern. mex. 94. — Plum. ed. Burm. 

 ^owers axillary, pedunculate ; legumes oblong, obtuse, straight, t. 4. Flowers whitish. In Jamaica -it is called Black-hean 

 ^pering at the base, with thickened margins. ^7. S. Native of shrub. The seeds, according to Sloane, are eaten by goats, jind 



ayenne. Leaflets rather coriaceous, 1| inch long and 1 inch 

 «roaa. Legumes 2 inches long. 



{^ynien^a-/iA-e Inga. Clt. 1823. Tree. 

 Xhj l^^cuii. (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linn^ea. 5. p. 592.). 



the ^ ^P.^^'^^ comes very near /. coruscans, with the glands on 

 hroa^^ r ^ usually obsolete, the legume 1 foot long and an inch 

 thick j^'^^^^^dj glabrous, curved, or straight, with the valves 

 in \] • containing eatable pulp. There is another tree found 

 the r^5?' neaj- Colipa, very similar to /. Inicuil, but differs in 

 glands, m the petioles beinjT always present, and in the in- 



^1 .^J^^^^^ ^^eing in few-flowered heads, on short peduncles. 

 c«are disposed in crowded fascicles in the axils of the leaves. 



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sometimes by the negroes ; they are frequently brought to En- 

 gland, and strung as beads. The bark is astringent, and is used 

 in lotions and fomentations In America. 



CaVs'claw Inga. Clt. 1670. Tree 10 ^eet. 



68 I. Guadalupe'nsis (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p 

 plant unarmed ; leaflets obovate-rhomboid, obtuse, veiny, 

 smooth ; petiole glabrous, furnished with a gland in the fork, 

 and one between the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, pedun- 



Fj . S. Native 



of Guadaloupe. Mimfisa Guadalupensis. Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 262. 

 Perhaps only an unarmed variety of /. unguis-cati. Flowers 



white. 



70.) 

 quite 



culate, racemose ; legumes twisted, glabrous 



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