Inga 



LEGUMINOS^ 



153 



in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxx. 627 ; TJrh. Symh. Ant. iv. 263. Arbor 

 siliquosa brasiliensis &c. Sloane Cat. 153 & Hist. ii. 58, /. 183, f. 1. 

 Mimosa inga L. Sp. PI. 516 (1753) ; Sw. Ohs. Bot. 388. M. foliis 

 pinnatis &c. Plum. PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 25. (Fig. 47.) 



Banks of Rio Nuevo, Sloane Herb. vi. 51 ! Wright 1 Broughton ! St. Ann, 

 Purdie ! Oersted ! Wilson ! March 1 Elmwood, Hart 1 Priestmans River, 

 Deans ! Castleton, Thompson ! Port Morant, Hitchcock; Spring, St. Thomas; 

 Moore Park, Portland, 1500 ft. ; New Ground, St. Ann ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 



Fig. i7.—I>iga vera Willd. 



A, Leaf and inflorescence X i. B, Calyx and corolla, nat. size. 



C, Pod X h 



5406, 6613, 8013, 10,364. — Hispaniola, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Central America, 

 northern South America. 



Tree 20-40 ft. high, tomentellous. Leaflets in 4-6 pairs, elliptical-oblong 

 to lanceolate, sometimes obovate, usually acuminate, 4-13 cm. 1. Petiole 

 winged between the pairs. Gland circular, between the leaflets of each 

 pair. Flowers sessile or subsessile, in spikes. Calyx 9-13 mm. 1. Corolla 

 white, 13-16 mm. 1. Filaments white, more than twice as long as the 

 corolla ; tube shorter ; anthers green. Pod 10-12(-15) cm. 1., 12-20 mm. br., 

 tomentose, slightly curved, 4-ribbed. 



The specimen in Herb. Sloane corresponding to Sloane's description 

 and figure cited by Linnaeus consists merely of the pod. We find no 



