LEGUMINOS^. CCXXV, Ikga 



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Corolla 4 rarely 5-cleft, Stamens red. Legume 2-3-seeded. between the upper pair of leaflets ; heads of flowers usually 



Allied to /. adianttf blia . 

 Meriensia-Uke In^a. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



twin, axillary ; flowers pedicellate. I? • S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Leaume obloniif, straii:[ht, 2-J- inches lon<jr and an inch broad, 



lie I. coMo'sA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 102G.) leaves with 3 pairs chinky on the inside after the seeds have fallen. 



of pinnae, each bearing 9-10 pairs of ovate leaflets, which are 

 retuse at the base ; flowers disposed in panicled corymbs ; pe- 

 tioles, branches, and flowers glabrous. ^ . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica, on rocks. Mimosa com6sa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 980. 

 Leaves usually twin. There are holes instead of glands on the 

 partial petioles, which are edged with hairs. Ovary pubescent. 

 Legume glabrous. Flowers white. 



TuftcdlugSL. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



117 I. TRAPEZiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 2-4 hairs ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinme, each pinna bearing many 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 5-9 pairs of rhomboid-ovate leaf- pairs of small leaflets, which are densely clothed with white hairs 

 lets, wliich are glabrous and shining above, but clothed with beneath, but glabrous above ; heads of flowers sohtary, axillary, 

 pubescence beneath, as well as petioles, branches, peduncles, and on long peduncles ; flowers silky. \i . S. Native of New Spain, 

 flowers: glands between the lower pinnije, and with some along Mimosa hirsuta, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Stamens red, 



Pedlcellalc-&.o\\CYeA Inga. Tree 20 to 40 feet. 



123 I. pteroca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 8-9 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing about 12 pairs of oval, very blunt, 

 glabrous leaflets ; petioles velvety, glandlcss ; legumes com- 

 pressed, win^anl, nearly lanceolate, glabrous. Ij • ^' Native of 

 the island of Timor. Flowers unknown. 



Winged-fr fitted Inga. Tree. 



124 L hiiisu'ta ; densely clothed in every part with white 



the upper side of the partial petioles beneath the upper pairs of much exserted. 



leaflets; heads of flowers pedunculate, solitary, axillary. 1^ . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Mimosa trapezifolia, Vahl. eel, amer. 3. 

 p. 36. t. 28. Legume glabrous, twisted. 



Trapezoid'leaved Inga. Tree. 



118 I. cycloca'rva (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1026.) leaves with 



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Tree. 



Spinosce (spinosus, full of spines). Sphies stipular. Leaves 

 bipinnatey with from 4-7 pairs ofpinnce, each pinna hearing from 

 10-20 pairs of leaflets. 



usually 9 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 20-30 pairs of leaflets, 125 I. leptopiiy'lla (Lag. gen. et spec. 16. no. 203.) spines 



stipular, recurved ; leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinna?, each pinna 



outer ones largest, with a gland in the middle of the petiole ; 



spikes of flowers globose, pedunculate, axillary ; legumes cocli- 

 leate. 



I2 • S. Native of Caraccas. 

 frajrm. t. 34. f. 1. 



Mimosa cyclocarpa, Jacq. 



saponaceous. 



Flowers white. The pulp in the legume is 



CxTcle-podded Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



119 I. cine'rea (Humb. etBonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1024. 



bearing 10-18 pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, pedun- 

 culate ; legumes lanceolate, nearly falcate. 12- S. Native of 

 South America. Mimosa leptophylla, Cav. Flowers all her- 

 maphrodite. Perhaps a species oi Acacia. 



Slender-leaved Inga. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



126 I. Ma'rthte (Spreng. in herb. Balb. syst. 3. p. 132.) 

 spines lateral, straight, solitary; leaves with 6-8 pairs of pinna?, 

 each pinna bearing from 15-25 pairs of linear leaflets ; petioles 

 pubescent, bearing a gland at the base, and one between each of 

 the 2 ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers axillary and 

 Tj . S. lateral, on short peduncles, somewhat umbellately globose. ^ . 



Legume rather 



et H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 304.) leaves with 5 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6 pairs of obliquely ovate leaflets, 

 wliich are glabrous above and pubescent beneath, with a gland 

 between each pair of pinnae and one between each pair of leaflets ; 

 lieads of flowers pedunculate, globose; stamens 20-22. 

 Native of Caraccas. Branchlets pubescent. Mimosa pubigera, 

 Poir. suppl. 1. p. 47. Stamens red. This species, with the fol- 

 lowing, will perhaps form a distinct genus. 

 Grey Inga. 



120 L sALUTARis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 304.) leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6-7 pairs of 127 I. ? CorcondiVna (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.)spines lateral, 



somewhat rhomboid-ovate leaflets, which are glabrous above solitary, straight ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- 

 but clothed with soft pubescence beneath, with a gland between ing 5-% pairs of oblong, glabrous, obtuse leaflets, ultimate ones 

 ^ach pair of pinnae, and also between each pair of leaflets ; heads obovate, with a small gland between each pair of pinnae ; heads 



"of flowers axillary, pedunculate, somewhat umbellately-globose. 



Native of Coromandel. Mimosa Corcondiana, Roxb. 



Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



S. Native of St. Martha. Young branches rising from scaly 

 stipulaceous buds. Stipulas oblong. Spines usually absent. 

 Corolla glabrous, 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, 

 falcate, compressed, 4 inches long, bearing gum on the inside. 



Tree. 



St. Martha Inga. 



^ flowers globose ; staniens about 40 ; legumes rather torulose. 



gena. 



Native of New Granada, between Turbaco and Cartha- 

 Stamens red. 



Salutary Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



121 I. Sa'man (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1024.) leaves with 4-0 pairs 

 of pinna?, onter pairs of pinnae bearing 6 pairs of leaflets, inner 

 pair bearing 2 or 3 pairs ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous 



abovebutpubescent beneath, as also the petioles and branchlets, pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many alternate, glaucous, 

 with a gland between each pair of pinnee, as well as one between coriaceous leaflets ; spines stipular, straight ; peduncles solitary, 

 ^ach pair of leaflets; heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, '" ' 1 ^ n _i_t...i__. 1 .u 



hort. beng. p. 40. Branchlets grey, glabrous. Petioles pubes- 

 cent. Flowers glabrous, 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, much ex- 

 serted. Legumes unknown. 



Corcondian Inga. Tree. 



128 I. ALTERNiFOLiA ; smooth ; leaves bipinnate, with many 



low 



12. S. 



lower ones solitary, the upper ones rising 3-6-together 

 Native of Caraccas and Jamaica. Mimosa Saman, Jacq. fragm. 

 t- 9. Legume linear, 7-8 inches long, flat on both sides, and 

 channelled on both sutures. Branchlets striated, when young 

 "»ey are clothed with velvety tomentum, as well as the leaves. 



^aman Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



.122 I.TEDicELLA^uis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 6-7 

 Pj»rs of pinnae, each bearing about 20 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 Obtuse leaflets, which are glabrous above and pubescent beneath, 



axillary ; heads of flowers globular ; legumes smooth, twisted 

 in the form of a shell. I?. S. Native of Mexico. Mimosa 

 circinnatus, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. 



leafli 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Itifoliolatce (from vwltus, many, and /o//o/m»i, a leaf- 

 let ; in reference to the leaves bearing many pairs of pinnae, as well 

 as leaflets). Unarmed trees. Leaves hiinnnateymthfrom 10-30 

 pairs ofpinnce^ each pmna hearing above 20 pairs of leaflets. 



129 I. pe'ndula (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1025.) leaves with about 

 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous pairs of linear 



Jf.well as the peduncles, petioles, branches, and flowers, with a 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous pairs ot linear 

 "»ck gland between the upper pair of pinnae, and a small one ciliated leaflets ; petiole pubescent, bearing a gland above its 



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