401 
Vernacular names ‘“ Huinecastle’’, ‘‘ Huinecaztle ’’, ‘‘ Huina- 
caxtle ”’ 
The bark is used as a soap and in tanning (Rose). The gum 
which exudes from the trunk is employed in Sinaloa as a remedy 
for bronchitis (Standley). 
Inga eriocarpa Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1845, iv. 615; 
Hemsl. Biol. i. 362; CNH. xviii. 212; CNH. xxiii. 399. 
Sinaloa (fide Standley). 
Vernacular name “ Vainillo ’’. 
Bentham (Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 628, in obs.) says that 
I. eriocarpa may be the same species as J. xalapensis Benth. 
i. ervocarpa appears to differ in the scarcely acuminate, more 
coriaceous leaflets, and in the bracts being ovate instead of 
lanceolate. 
I. oophylla Riley, sp. nov.; affinis J. eriocarpae Benth., foliolis 
ovatis vel ovato-lanceolatis haud coriaceis apice valde mucronatis, 
indumento sparsiori differt; ab. J. zxalapensi Benth, foliolis 
ovatis nunquam acuminatis multo latioribus, indumento sparsiori- 
bracteis minoribus, inflorescentiis multo laxioribus, floribus 
paucioribus facile distinguitur. 
Caules subflexuosi, ferrugineo-tomentosi, lenticellis promi- 
nentibus. Folia rhachi communi (petiolo incluso) 1-6 dm. longa, 
ferrugineo-tomentosa, internodiis alatis, alis anguste ellipticis, 
apice basique angustatis, 2-3-5 cm. longis, 7-9 mm. latis, 
utrinque sparse pilosis, nodo quoque glandulam albescentem 
gerente; foliola 4-5-juga, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, basi oblique 
subcordata, apice obtusa vel subacuta, valde mucronata, 5-5— 
12-5 em. longa, 3-2-4-8 em. lata, supra nitida, subtus opaca, 
utrinque sparse pilosa, costa supra densius obtecta. Inflorescentia 
spicata, laxa, 6-7 cm. longa, circiter 7-flora, floribus sessilibus, 
ubique, corolla Siccote: ferruginec-tomentosa. Bracteae ovatae 
vel ovato-lanceolatae, obtusae, 5-7 mm. longae, 2-5 mm. latae. 
Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 1-8 em. longus, dentibus triangu- 
latis acutiusculis 5-7 mm. longis. Corolla 2-5 cm. longa, extus 
dense sericea, intus glabra, dentibus triangulato-ovatis acutiusculis 
circiter 6 mm. altis, basi circiter 4 mm. latis. Stamina corollam 
longe superantia ad 7 cm. attingentia. Ovarium sessile, quad- 
rangulatum, glabrum. Leguwmen non vi 
Sinaloa: San Ignacio; El Bosque, “110 m., Gonzalez 250 
(type in Herb. Kew). 
Vernacular name “ Vainillo”’. 
L xalapensis Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 1845, iv. 616; 
Trans. Linn. aes xxx. 628; Hemsl. Biol. i. 364; CNH. xviii. 216; 
CNH. xxiii 
Sinaloa ide Standley). 
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