loi' FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



highest pair of pinme. Peduncles about 1 cm. 1. Flowers pale greenish, 

 slightly fragrant. (_'<////,< '>-3'5mm.l. Corolla 5 mrn.l. Stamens indefinite ; 

 minal tube about half as long as the corolla. Pod 1 dm. or more 1., 

 10-12 mm. br. 



[E. saman Pro/n in J<>ni-n. As. S<><:. ]><'u<j. l.id 252 (1897) ; 

 without spines ; pinna? in 2-4 pairs ; leaflets large, in 3-8 pairs ; 

 flowers shortly stalked, in large heads, peduncles somewhat long : 

 pod thick, fleshy, straight, slightly flattened, often thicker than 

 broad when quite ripe, not opening, with partitions between the 

 seeds. Mimosa saman Jacq. Fragm. 15, t. 9 (1800-1809). Inga 

 saman Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1024 (1806); Macf. Jam. i. 307. 

 Pithecolobium saman Bentlt. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. Hi. 216 

 (1844), in Fl. Bra*, xv. pt. 2, 441 &, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 587 : 

 Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 264. Calliandra saman Griseb. op. tit. 225 

 (1860). Albizzia saman F. Nuell. Sel PI Induct. Cult. 12 (1876). 

 Sarnanea saman Mm-ill in Journ. Wasli. Acacl. Sc. ft. 47 (1916). 



Guango. 



Naturalized; Salt Ponds, Macfadyen; Spanish Town; Moneague; Priori 

 ~PoTL\is,Lioyd; 'Luces,, Hitchcock; Hope, Harris I Fl. Jam. 9276. Naturalized 

 or cultivated throughout the West Indies; native of Central and S. America. 



A spreading tree, 40 ft. high ; twigs, petioles, and peduncles pubescent. 

 Common petiole and rhachis of leaf 10-15 cm. 1. ; rhachis of pinnae 3-12 

 cm. 1. Leaflets at the apex of leaf in 6-8 pairs, gradually fewer to the base, 

 obovate or oblong or obliquely rhomboid, apex blunt or rounded, the largest 

 at the apex of the pinnte, 4'5 cm. 1., gradually smaller towards the base, 

 to 1'5 cm. 1., pubescent beneath. Glands between the pinnte and between 

 the leaflets. Peduncles 5-9 cm. 1. Calyx 6 mm. 1. Corolla nearly twice 

 as long, yellowish. Stamens numerous, 3 times as long as the corolla, 

 light crimson. Pod 1-5-2 -5 dm. 1., l'5-2 cm. br. Seeds to 25, separated 

 from each other, and enclosed by a skin-like tissue, outside which is pulp. 



The wood is hard and ornamental, but cross-grained and difficult to 



saw. The pods are eaten by cattle, and the tree is spread by means of the 



seeds in the droppings. The species is said to have been introduced by 



this natural means with cattle from the mainland. The tree is most 



\ useful in pastures, not alone for fodder, but for the shade it affords.] 



49. INGA Willd. 



Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnate, leaflets 

 in few pairs, large. Flowers large, in spikes or racemes. Floral 

 parts in o's. Calyx tubular or campaiiulate, toothed or shortly 

 lobed. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped. Stamens numerous, 

 ]ong exserted, united below into a tube ; tube nearly as long as, 

 or sometimes longer than, the corolla ; pollen aggregated into 

 2 or 4 masses. Pod not opening or irregularly bursting, thickish. 

 enlarged on the margins, 4-angled ; seeds enclosed in pulp. 



Species 140, natives of tropical America and of subtropical 

 South America. 



I. vera Willd. Sp. PI. iv. 1010 (1806); Hncf. Jam. i. 306; 

 Griseb. FL Br. W. Lid. 228 ; Bentli. in FL Bras. xv. pt. 2, 494 & 



