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LEGUMINOSJ?;. CCXXV. Inga. CCXXVI. Parkia. 



base ; spikes of flowers globose, on long compressed peduncles, 

 pendulous. Tj . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Legume un- 

 known. Perhaps a species oi Pdrkia. 



Pendulous-spiked Inga. Tree 30 feet. 



130 I. FiLi'ciNA (Wi'lld. spec. 4. p. 1025.) leaves with 10 pairs 

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

 mucronulate, shining leaflets; petioles and peduncles clothed 

 with rusty pubescence ; spikes of flowers oblong, on lone pe- 



duncles, drooping. Tj 

 a species of Pdrkia. 



liquely-truncate at both extremities, and pubescent beneatli • 

 petioles glandless, and are, as well as the peduncles and flowers', 

 clothed with rufous tomentum ; heads usually twin, few-flowered' 

 disposed in a terminal raceme. ^2 . S. Native of Mexico! 

 about Vera Cruz. Gleditschia inermis, Lin. spec. 1509. Mi- 

 mosa Houstoni, Lher. sert. t. 30. Acacia Houstoni, Willd. spec 

 4. p. 1062. Ker. hot. reg. 98. Mill. fig. t. 5. Mimosa liirsuta, 

 Vahl. Flowers white. Anthers like those of /. anomala. 



Native of Para, in Brazil. Perhaps Legume linear, flat, very hairy. 



/Vrn-like-leaved Inga. Tree. 



Houston 



May 



Clt. 1729. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



131 I. FiEcuu'i'ERA (Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 61.) un- 



136 I. ? Timoria'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 442.) leaves with 



armed • Ip^vp, «M SV^r -^ r' '""*• T' -P' .'^ """ "'"^"^ ^^^"' ^° P^^^« "^ P'""*' ^^^'^^ F""^ bearing numerous 



/, r ; • r "'" v^ ^ P^'" of pmnae, each pmna bearing pairs of linear leaflets, which are obliquely truncate at both enJs, 



«nd «„r.VWll TT' "?'• ^'"^^^ ^"^-^f '' "^^J"^' ^'^ '"'^^'^ ""^ pubescent beneath ; petioles glandless, and are, as well al 



^f fl*" f ?,f '^^ ^^f ' "^"'V' ^"^ P^*'^^^« pubescent ; heads branchlets, velvety. Ij ."^S. Native of the island of Timor. 



of flowers oblong, on long pedimcles ; legume pedicellate, twin. 

 h . S. Native of St. Domingo, where it is called Pois doux. 



Leaflets about 50 pairs. Flowers unknown. The legume is 



Jncrurr.. « 1 o " \. i ^^ommgo, where it ,s called Pois doux. described by De Candolle as being on a long pedicel within the 

 edTe nn?n J T ^"^' ""'■g'"^*^*^' ^"^^^ ^"h sweet yellow calyx, oblong, compressed, flat, obtuse, and glabrous, but as it 



edible pulp inside. 



F<^cula-bearing Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



§ 4. Annesleya Cm honour of Georore AnnPsL 



of linear leaflets 



pairs ofpinn 



Anthers Z-ce 

 II certainly fi 



was only on the same sheet of paper with the specimen, and 



separated from it, it is doubtful whether it belonged to the plant 

 or not. 



Timor Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. Fnga is a fine genus of trees and shrubs, bearing deli- 

 cate compound leaves, and beautiful flowers ; for which some of 

 the species are much admired. They are all increased by young 



1 90 T r.T *..^ ^ /c. 1 N , *'"'^ s»|ii:i.ic» uie iijucn aamireu. i ney are an mcreasea uy yuuug 



mirsofnlnn^T W ^^^^ . "°T' ?' ^!J'^ ^^^''^' ""'''^ ^'^ *=""'"g«' ^^^"^^ should be taken oflT at a joint, and planted in a 

 which ir"l*k P'""%bearmg 8 pairs of linear acute leaflets, pot of sand, placing a bell-glass over them, then the pot to be 



which are glabrous, as well as the corollas, with a sessile gland plunged in heat ^ ^ ' ^ 



seated between each pair of leaflets; spikes of flowers axillary, 

 solitary, erect, longer than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 



Cayenne. Mimosa glandulosa, Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 38. but 

 not of Smith nor Michx. Corolla 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, 

 monadelphous. Legumes unknown. 



Glandular Inga. Slirub 6 to 1 feet. 



133 I. penna'tula (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linneje. 5. p. 5d3.) 



Munso 



brated African traveller). R. Brown, in Denham et Clapp. trav. 

 append, p. 29.— I'nga species of D. C— Mim6sa species of 



Willd. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx tubular, bilabiate, 

 the mouth imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5, nearly equal, the 



rlnflinrl w.-fi, ,.,i,:» .^ 1 . i , ...^.^^. ^ . ^, ^^^.j mc iijuuui iiiiuricaie lu aestivatiou. Petals 5, nearly equal, '"^ 



s riated n„h^?^ T^f^ tomentum ; branches flexuous, angular, upper one a little broader than the rest, connivently imbricated 

 ':"!„?' P"^'^^*^^"*? leaves with 40-50 pairs of pinn», each in aestivation. Stamens 10, hvno^vnoi s. monadelphous. Le- 



Mexic 



pinna bearing many pairs of small, oblong, obtuse, ciliated and 

 densely imbricated leaflets, with a large gland beneath the lower 

 pair of pinnae on the petiole ; prickles stipular, connate, straight, 

 spreading, conically-subulate ; heads of flowers axillary, on 

 short peduncles ; legume in an immature state fleshy ; seeds im- 

 mersed in pulp. Tj.S. Native* 



la Laguna, and also near Jalapa. 



Feat/iered-\ea\ed Inga. Shrub. 



134 L ANOMALA (Kunth, mim. 70. 't. 22. nov. gen. amer. 6. of 

 p. 303.) leaves with 15-17 pairs of rather unequal pinnae, each 

 pmna bearing many pairs of linear leaflets, which are obtuse at 

 both ends and glabrous, but adpressedly ciliated on the margins ; 



in aestivation. Stamens 10, hypogynous, monadelphous. Le 

 gume many-seeded, 2-valved, separated into 1-seeded divisions, 

 tilled with farinaceous pulp. — African and East Indian unarmed 

 trees, with bipinnate leaves with many pairs of pinnae, and each 

 of the pinna bearing many pairs of leaflets, with minute stipulas, 

 axillary pedunculate spikes of vermilion flowers, which are 

 seated on a club-shaped or orbicular receptacle, the lower ones 

 usually male. 



1 P. Africa'na (R. Brown, 1. c.) leaves with usually 20 pairs 



pinnae, each pinna bearing about 30 pairs of obtuse pubescent 



leaflets, with a gland at the base of the petiole, and with a small 



umbilicate gland between 2 or 3 of the upper pairs of leaflets ; 



1,«.»,1„ ^c a I'll-. . ^ «^ . * * /. \ /. • - :_ .•orinus 



netioles ol'.n.lW r;:? i'—--.y -».-^c^ uu t,.e umrgins; neaas ot flowers biglobular. 1? . S. Native of Africa, in var.uu. 



petioles glandless, and are, as well as the branches, peduncles, places, particularlv on the western mast in the kingdoms of 

 '^Id"""; P"^.^";^ «"« 5 heads usually twin, few-flo Jered, dis- Lnin'and Wareef and also of NorthTfrica" in Soudan, where 



Mimosa grandiflora, Lher. 

 r^V ^"g- *: 30. Acacia grandiflora, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1074. 

 Coll. hort. rip. 2. t. 9. Legume linear, acute, glabrous, attenu- 

 ated at the base, having the margins thickened. Flowers of a 

 pleasing red colour, sessile on the apex of the peduncle. Anthers 

 2-celled ; the pollen in 4 globular masses. 



Far. 13, pedicellata (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 442.) flowers distinctly pedicellate at the apex of tlie 

 peduncles ; pedicels longer than the calyx. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Horn. mex. p. 104. f. 1-2. 



Anomalous Inga. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1729. Sh. G to 10 feet. 



*. ./v/. xj. v>. proa. -4. p. 44^. Mimosa biglobosa, Jai.^. «"— • 

 176. f. 87. Mimosa taxifolia, Pers. ench 2. p. ^-Q^- !»» ^"^^J 

 the seeds are roasted as we roast coflfee, then bruised, anj 

 allowed to ferment in water ; when they begin to become putna 

 they are well washed and pounded, the powder made into cakes, 

 somewhat in the manner of our chocolate ; they form an excel- 

 lent sauce for all kinds of food. The farinaceous matter sur- 

 rounding the seeds is made into a i 

 make it into a kind of sweetmeat. 



also 



40 ft. 



anomalous inga. i*j. May, Aug. Ult. il'Z\). bh. G to 10 fppf 9 P t,v T ;^ ' . * ^ V , — , • 



pairs of pinnae, the upper ones longer than the rest, each pinna 

 bearmg many pairs of linear kaflets, which are somewhat ob- 



bipmnate, pubescent, with many pairs of pinnae, each pmna »«*' 

 ing many pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers globular, on wry 

 long peduncles, b . S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it 



