228 C0NNARACE£5. 



Of Willdenow'a species, /. punctata and splendens are to be compared with I. martini- 

 censis, Prl. ; /. quassiifolia with I. acuminata ; but I. alba, W., of Guiana, is a very distinct 

 species, having compact spikes, a naked petiole, and a small glabrous corolla, twice or thrice 

 exceeded by the staminal tube. Its synonyms are Mimosa alba, Sw. !, and /. Bourgoni, DC, 

 Benth. ! 



Sect. 2. Euinga. — Legume \-costate-quadrangidar or subcylindrical. 



261. I. vera, W. Scabrous with minute down, or glabrescent ; leaflets 4-5-jugal, ellip- 

 tical-lanceolate, shortly acuminate : petiole winged : glands scutellate ; flowers in short, 

 few-flowered spikes, sessile, or the inferior shortly pedicellate : pedicels much shorter than 

 the calyx ; corolla sericeous-lanuginose, half as long again as the tomentose not striate 

 calyx, including the staminal tube ; legume tomentose, 4-costate, subfalcate. — St. t. 183. f. 

 1 ; Besc. Ft. 5. 1. 316. — Mimosa Inga, L. (ex cit. St.). — A tree; leaflets 4"-2" loug; pe- 

 duncles rusty-pubescent , calyx 4"'-6" ? , corolla 6" —8'" long, white ; legume 6" long, 6"'-12"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., common on river-banks in the eastern districts ; Trinidad !, 

 Gr., common. 



262. I. ingoides, W. Scabrous with minute down, or glabrescent ; leaflets 4-3-jugal, 

 elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, pointed: petiole vnnged: glands scutellate; flowers in short, 

 few-flowered racemes : pedicels as long as the calyx ; corolla sericeous-lanuginose, twice as 

 long as the tomentose, campanulate, not striate calyx, including the staminal tube ; legume 

 tomentose, 4-costate, falcate. — A tree ; leaflets 4—2" long ; peduncles rusty-tomentose ; 

 calyx 2"'-3'", corolla 5"'-6'"long; legume 4"-6" long.— Hab. Jamaica {Benth.) ; Domi- 

 nica!, Imr., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Guiana!]. 



LXIV. eONNARACE^L 



Character of Leguminosce, but carpels 1-5, distinct, and ovules atropous, rarely hemiana- 

 tropous. 



The seeds are oily, and the arillus in some species of Rourea is eatable. 



1. CONNARUS, L. 



Calyx imbricative. Petals 5. Stamens 10, alternately unequal, united at the base. 

 Carpel single : ovules 2, collateral, ascending, atropous. Legume stipitate, follicular : seed 

 exalbuminous, arillate •. radicle superior. — "Woody plants ; leaves impari-pinnate ; racemes 

 or spikes compound. 



1. C. guianensis, Lamb. Branchlets and panicles rusty-puberulous ; leaflets 3, el- 

 liptical-oblong, pointleted, bluntish at the top, acute at the base, glabrous : veins prominulous 

 beneath ; panicles axillary, exceeding the petiole : flowers pedicellate, petals oblong, twice as 

 long as the calyx, equalling the longer stamens ; follicle ovoid, longitudinally striate, puberu- 

 lous, at length glabrate, shortly and abruptly stipitate, with a deciduous, terminal mucro : 

 stalk included within the calyx. — C. africanus, Mey. Esseq. ! {non Lam.). Omphalobium 

 Lambertii, BC. — A tree ; leaflets 5"-3" long, petiolulate : prominent veins 6-8 on each 

 side of the midrib; pedicels 2"'-l'", follicle 8"', its stalk 1'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent!, 

 Guild.; Trinidad!, Cr.; [Guiana!]. 



2. C. grandifolius, Planch. ! Branchlets and panicles rusty-tomentose ; leaflets 3-5, 

 oval or oval-oblong, blunt, rounded at the base, glabrous : veins prominulous beneath ; pa- 

 uicles large, terminal and axillary : flowers subsessile .- petals oblong, twice as long as the 

 rusty-pubescent calyx ; follicle . . . . — A high, scandent shrub ; leaflets 6"-5" long, rusty 

 beneath, petiolulate : primary veins 10-12 ou each side of the midrib. — Hab. Dominical, 

 Imr. ; [Guadeloupe !, in moist woods]. 



2. ROUREA, Aubl. 



Character of Connarus, but carpels 5, 4 of which are usually abortive, and follicle sessile. 



3. R. glabra, Kth. Glabrous or glabrescent ; leaflets 5-3 (7-1), oblong, with a blunt- 

 ish point, rounded at the base : veins delicate, prominulous on both sides ; compound racemes 

 equalling the leaves : pedicels slender, nearly as long as the flowers ; petals oblong, twice as 

 long as the calyx ; follicle spathulate-oblong, glabrous, 3-4 times as long as the calyx. — Con- 



