ICONES PLANTARUM. 3 



Plate 1202. 



INGA ACUMINATA, Benih 



Leguminos^, Suborder MmosE^E. 



+ 



I. acuininata, Bentlu in Hoolc. Loud. Journ, iv. 600, glabra v. vix 

 pilosula, foliolis 2-5-jugis ovato-lanceolatis v. ovali-oblongls acnmina- 

 tis glabris Isevibus nitidis, glandulis subsessilibus, spicis subglobosis 

 pedunculatis, bracteis persistentibus brevibus, calyco glabriusculo 

 insigmter acuminato, corolla sericeo-birsuta calyce longiore. 



Hab. Isle of Trinidad, West Indies, Locl-Jiart 



Arhoreay prater corollam glabra v. innovatlonibus leviter puberulis. 

 Folioii'uin rbacbis cura petiole 1-^3-pollicaris, undique alata, alis cuu- 

 eatis inter jnga ultima seepe 4 lin. latis inter v, infra inferiora angus- 

 tioribus; glandulce inter foliola cujusve paris scntellata subsessilis ; 

 foKola ultima 3-4-pollicaria, inferiora minora, omnia tenuiter coriacea, 

 nitidula, Fedunculi in axillis superioribus v. in apicibns ramorum 

 aphyllis 1^2-pollicares- Capihda primum depresso-globosa, demum . 

 interdum fere oyoidea, 6-9-lin. diametro, densiflora. Bracteee linea 

 parum longiores. Calyx angustus, striatus, fere 4 lin. longns. Corolla 

 angusta, 5-6 lin, longa, dense sericeo-pilosa. Stamina ultra 20, corolla 

 duplo longiora, filamentis intra corollam in tubum connatis. Ovarium 

 glabrum. Leguynen ignotum. 



The acuminate buds distinguish this species from all others of the 



species. — G. Bentham. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Corolla cut open, showing the pistil. 3. Bud. 



Plates 1203-1204. 



BALPOUEODENDEOM" EBUENEUM, Mello 



RuTACE^, Tribe Toddaliej!. 



BalfouTodendron, Mello, gen. nov. Flares hermaphroditi. _ Calyx 

 parvus 4-partitus, lobis ovatis. PeteZa4, iequalia, ovato-elliptica, basi 

 breviter augustata, patentia, sestivatione imbricata. Stamina 4 cum 

 petalis altemantia, inclusa; filamenta brevia lineari-subnlata glabra; 

 antherae ovato-cordatae biloculares longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Discus 

 camosulus. cumilaris. r^rofunde 4-plicatxis, basi ovario adnatus. Ova- 



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