394 



LEGUMINOS^. CCXXV. Inga. 



between each pair ; flowers lateral, in umbels. T? . S. Native 



-/lowered 



lat'ifblia 



(W 



108 I. fi'lipes (Vent, choix. t. 38.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 pinnae, each pinna bearing from 3-4 pairs of obovate, glabrous 

 leaflets, w^ith a gland between each pair of pinnae ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, on very long peduncles, rather pendulous. Tj ,S. 

 Native of St. Dominixo. Flowers red. Legume linear, pen- 



2, each bearing 2-3 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acuminated leaf- 

 lets ; petiole glabrous, with a gland in the fork and one between dulous, acute, torulose at the seeds. 



y/ireac^-petioled Inga. Shrub 6 feet. 



each pair of leaflets ; racemes panicled, terminal ; legume twisted. 

 ^ . S. Native of the East Indies. Mimosa bigemina, Lin. 

 spec. 1409. Vahl. symb. 2. p. 103. — Rhecd. mal. C. t. 12. 

 Tw'O-^JflzVerf-leafletted Inga. Tree 40 feet. 



102 I. JiRiNGA (Jacq. mal. misc. 1. no. 1. p. 14. under Mi- 

 tnosa) unarmed ; pinnie 2, each bearing 3 pairs of quite smooth 

 leaflets; panicles fascicled, axillary; heads few-flowered; le- 

 gumes large, articulately twisted, black. ^ . S. -Native of the 

 East Indies, Pulo-Pinang, Malacca, S:c. Mimosa Djiringa, 

 Koxb. Iiort. beng. p. 93> Flowers white. Jiringa Is the Malay 

 name of the tree. 



Jiringa Inga. Tree. 



103 I. MOLLissiMA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1007.) unarmed ; pinnae 2, each bearing 4 pairs of obliquely 

 obovate leaflets, which arc clothed on both surfaces with very 

 soft silky villi ; petioles glandless, and are as well as the 

 branches clothed with pubescence ; heads of flowers peduncu- 

 late, axillary, solitary. T2 . S. Native of South America. 

 Kunth, mim. p. 61. t. 19. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 300. Legume straiglit, linear, obtuse, beset with hairy tomen- 

 tum, with thickened margins. Stamens white. 



yft Inaa. Tree 20 feet. 



109 I. nandin/i:folia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 440.) leaves with 

 2 or 3 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 2-3 pairs of oval leafletn, 

 which are attenuated at both ends, with an obscure gland be- 

 tween each pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers usually twin, on 



S. Native of Brazil. The leaves are 



long peduncles, 

 black when dried. 



T?. 



Nandina-lcaved Inga. 



Legume linear and incurved. 



Shrub. 



110 I. MONILIFORMIS (D. C prod. 2. p. 440.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6-7 pairs of oval, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets, with a depressed gland between each pair of pinnae ; 



umbels of flowers 



long pedicels ; le- 

 island of Timor. 



petioles and peduncles rather pubescent ; 

 axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers on 

 gume monillform. T2 • S- Native of the 

 Corolla tubular, and is as well as calyx glabrous. Stamens nu- 

 merous. 



M oniUform-^oi^Aedi Inga. Tree or shrub. 



Ill I. saponVria (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1008.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of distant pinnae, each bearing 2 pairs of ovate, acutish 

 leaflets, with a large, elongated gland at the base of the com- 

 mon petiole ; heads of flowers axillary and terminal, disposed 

 in loose, panicled corymbs. T2 . S. Native of the Moluccas, 



104 I. FAScicuLATA (Willd. spec, 4. p. 1022.) unarmed; and of Cochin-china, in woods. Mimosa saponaria, Lour. coch. 



pinnae 2, each bearing 8-10 pairs of cultrate, 2-nerved leaflets ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, solitary. ^2 • S. Na- 

 tive of Para, in Brazil. Legume linear, flat, acute, attenuated 

 at the base, with a thickened glabrous margin. 



/Vi5cic*/6't/-flowered \v\m\. Tree 20 feet. 



105 I. cane'scen's (Schlecht. et Cham. In Linnaea. 5, p. 593.) 

 shrubby, unarmed, and clothed on every part with soft canescent 

 hairs ; leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2 pairs of 

 leaflets, lower pair the smallest, all obliquely elliptic, obtuse, 

 and mucronulate ; heads of flowers axillary, on long peduncles. 





ey 



Native of Mexico, between Marantial and Pnente del 

 A much-branclied shrub. Terminal leaflets 9 lines lon^. 



D 



p. 653.— Rumph. amb. 4. t. &Q. The bark yields excellent soap 

 which is used by the inhabitants of Cochin-china. 



Soa^y Inga. Shrub. 



112 L BRACHYSTA ciiYA (D. C. piod. 2. p. 440.) Icavcs With 

 3 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 3-4 pairs of oval, rather obo\\ite, 

 obtuse, glabrous, shining leaflets, with a gland between each of 

 the pairs of pinnae, and also between'the upper pair of the leaflets, 

 petioles, branches, peduncles, and flowers clothed with vebe y 

 pubescence ; spikes of flowers nvntP. Jn. S. Native of Brazi! 

 Peduncles rising 2-3-together 



Ij.S. 

 axils 



the 



of the leaves 



Tube of stamens cxsertcd beyond the corolla. 



Canescent Inga. Shrub 6 feet. 



lOG I. triflora; unarmed ; pinnae 2, each bearing 3-4 pairs 

 of obovate, roundish, nerved, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 box-like leaflets, which are rusty beneath and oblique at the 

 base ; panicles of flowers axillary ; the heads few-flowered. 

 Tj . S. Native of Guayaquil. Mimosa triflora, Ruiz, et Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb. 



Leaflets reticulately veined beneath. 

 Short-sjnkcd Inga. Tree or shrub. 



113 I. Sa'ssa (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1027.) leaves with 3-4 pairs 

 of pinnae, each bearing 1 2 pairs of oblong-ovate leaflets ; no^^ 



aminiferous tube exserted beyond the 

 T?.S. Native of Abyssinia. Sassa, Bruce. irfV. J- 

 t. 4 and 5. Flowers of two forms, some with a short stammiie - 

 ous column, and some with a lon<j one, as in the next specie . 



umbellately panicled ; stamini 

 corolla. \y . S. 



-/ 



Shrub 6 feet. 



Sassa Inga. Tree. 



114 I. ky'gia (D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. Q5. prod. 2. p 



. 440.) 



107 I. adiaktifo'lia (Kunth, mini. p. G6. t. 21. nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 501.) unarmed; upper leaves conjugately pinnate, 

 lower ones bipinnate, each pinna bearing from 11-13 pairs of 



obliquely-linear, oblong, glabrous leaflets, which are cuneated at Native of the West Indies, 

 the base; heads of flowers axillary, pedunculate, solitary, or 



leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnEe, each bearing 3-4 pairs of so 

 ■ - ts, with a gland at the ^aseofj^^^ 



twin, h 



Native of South America, on the shady banks 



what rhomboid-ovate leaflets, « ^ ^^^^ 



common petiole ; flowers umbellately panicled ; stamens in ^^ 

 delphous, with the tube much exserted beyond the corolla. ^ • -• 



Staminiferous tube twisted^v^hen 



the flowers are in aestivation. Legumes unknown- I'''^" 



of the river Atabapo, in the province of Guiana. I. discolor, 

 Willd. 4. p. 1023. Corolla greenish. Stamens white. Legumes 

 unknown. 



Adlantinn-leaved Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



§ 3. Samanc<s {Saman is the South American name of A. 

 Saman). Leaves doubly pinnate^ that is^ bipinnate. 



t. 22. f. 3. 



Yoke Infra. Tree. 



35. 



115 I. MERTENsioiDEs (Nccs. ct Mart. act. ^^""' ^ ^ J^L,r< 

 t. 5.) leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinna?, each bearing ^"^^ A^^^ 

 of sessile leaflets ; common petiole hairy ; spike= "* 



• Paucr/oliolce (froTn paucus, few, and fohohm, a leaflet), globose, pedunculate, disposed in terminal corymbs at tl.c « ^ 

 Spmes none. Leutes with from 2-9 pairs of pmna^, each pinna of the brandies, h . S. Native of Brazil, in fields. Ac» 



hearing from 2-20 pa/r5 <if leaflets. 



asplenioides, Nees. in bot. zeit. 4. p. 203. bras. reis. ?. P 



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