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Inga Scop. 



I. iNGOiDES (Rich.) Willd., Sp. pi., vol. 4, p. 1012 (1806); Griseb., 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 228. Mimosa ingoides Rich., Act. soc. hist. nat. 

 Par., vol. 1, p. 113 (1792). — Juan Griego trail, alt. 400 m., Johnston, 

 no. 26, Aug. 12-15. Tree, about 20 m. high. Further distribution, 

 West Indies and Guiana. 



I. MACRANTHA Jolinston, Proc. Amer. acad. arts and sci., vol. 40, 

 p. 687 (1905).— On Juan Griego trail, alt. 400 m., Johnston, no. 25, 

 July 11. Endemic. Plate 28, fig. 1. 



LONCHOCARPUS HBK. 



L. LATiFOLius (Willd.) HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 6, p. 383 

 (1823); Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 199. Amerimnum latifolium 

 Willd., Sp. pi., vol. 3, p. 909 (1803).— Santa Ana, Ernst. Further 

 distribution, tropical America. 



L. VELUTiNUS Benth. in Seem., Bot. voy. Herald., p. Ill (1853). — ■ 

 El Valle, Johnston, no. 23, July 7. Further distribution. Central 

 America. 



L. viOLACEUS (Jacq.) HBK., Nov. gen. et sp., vol. 6, p. 383 (1823), 

 in note; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 200. Robinia violacea Jacq., 

 Enum. pi. Carib., p. 28 (1760). — El Valle, Miller & Johnston, no. 

 257, July 21; and Johnston, no. 22, Aug. Further distribution, 

 tropical America. Tree, about 15 m. high. 



Machaerium Pers. 



M. STRIATUM Johnston, Proc. Amer. acad. arts and sci., vol. 40, p. 

 688 (1905).— North Hill, El Valle, Johnston, no. 124. Aug. 8. En. 

 memic. Plate 28, fig. 2. 



Mimosa L. 



"M. FASTiGiATA W." acc. to Ernst (a combination wholly obscure 

 and probably due to some clerical error). — Santa Ana, Ernst. 



Myrospermum Jacq. 



M. frutescens Jacq., Enum. pi. Carib., p. 20 (1760); Griseb., 

 Fl. Brit. W. Ind., p. 204. — Juan Griego, Ernst. Venezuela: near 

 Parapara and on the banks of the Rio Guarico, HBK., Nov. gen. 

 et sp., vol. 6, p. 372. Further chstribution, Trinidad and Colombia. 



