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20 I. VELUTINA (Wilkl. spec. 4. p. 1014.) leaves with 4 pairs 

 of ovate, acute leaflets, which are clothed with soft pubescence 

 on both surfaces, but shining above ; spikes of flowers solitary ; 

 corolla villous ; branches and peduncles hairy. Jj . S. Native 

 of Para, in Brazil. Legumes unknown. There is a solitary 

 gland between each of the lower pairs of leaflets, and 3 between 

 the superior pair. 



Velvety Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



21 I. AFFI'NIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 433.) leaves with 4 pairs of 

 oval, acuminated leaflets, which are pubescent above and rather 

 shining, but villous beneath and opaque ; petioles, branches, pe- 

 duncles, and flowers clothed with velvety tomentum ; spikes of 

 flowers solitary or twin ; corolla villous. J? . S. Native of 

 Brazil. This species is very nearly allied to 7. velutina, but 

 the leaflets are not above half the size, with a solitary gland 

 between each pair of leaflets. 



Allied Inga. Clt. 1800. Tree. 



22 I. iNooiDES (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1012.) leaves with 4 pairs 

 of oval-oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are clothed with vel- 

 vety tomentum beneath, with a gland between each pair ; ra- 

 cemes terminal, toinentose. ^ . S. Native of Cayenne. Mi- 

 mosa ingoides, Rich. act. soc. hist. par. 1. p. 113. Allied to the 

 following species. 



Inga-like Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



23 I. SPU'RIA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1014.) 

 leaves with 5-6 pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are 

 shining and glabrous above, but clothed with fine pubescence 

 beneath ; spikes of flowers axillary, usually twin ; corollas vil- 

 lous ; legumes sulcate, pubescent. (7 . S. Native of South 

 America, in humid places near Cuinana and Santa Fe de Bogota. 

 Kunth, mim. 39. t. 12. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 289. Allied to /. vera, but the leaves are pubescent beneath, 

 and the legume is longer and mucronate. Corolla green. 



Spurious Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 to 60 feet. 



24 I. VE V RA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1010.) leaves with 4-5 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous, membranous leaflets ; 

 spikes axillary, few-flowered, usually solitary ; corolla clothed 

 with silky wool ; legume furrowed, pubescent. f? S. Native of 

 Brazil, Mexico, West Indies, and near Maypures, on the Orinoco, 

 &c. Mimosa 1'nga, Lin. spec. 1498. Sloan, hist. t. 183. f. 1. 

 Plum. gen. t. 25. Flowers white. Legume sweet and edible. 



True Inga. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



25 I. BONPLANDIA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 288.) leaves with 5 pairs of elliptic-oblong, acute, rather 

 cordate, somewhat coriaceous, glabrous leaflets, which are shin- 

 ing above ; flowers in spikes ; corollas silky ; legumes glabrous. 

 Jj . S. Native of South America, in the province of Jaen de 

 Bracamoros, on the banks of the Camaya. 



Bonpland's Inga. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



26 I. INSIGNIS (Kunth, mim. p. 43. t. 13. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 290.) leaves with 5 pairs of elliptic, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous leaflets, which are rounded at the base, the nerves 

 rather hairy, shining above ; spikes of flowers oblong, axillary, 

 twin ; corollas clothed with silky hairs. Tj . S. Native of 

 South America, between Quito and Puembo. Flowers white. 

 The legume, according to Bonpland, is quadrangular, woody, 

 tomentose, and pulpy inside. 



Shemy Inga. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



27 I. OIINIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 291.) 

 leaves with 5 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, 

 pilose leaflets, which are cordate at the base and shining above ; 

 spikes of flowers solitary, axillary, arid terminal. T? . S. Na- 

 tive near Quito. Flowers unknown. Legume linear, with 

 thickened margins, rather falcate, densely tomentose. 



Ash-leaved Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



28 I. ORNA'TA (Kunth, mini. p. 46. 1. 14. H. B. et Kunth, nov. 



gen. amer. 6. p. 292.) leaves with 5 pairs of oblong, acute leaf- 

 lets, which are rounded at the base, and pubescent above ; 

 branches and peduncles clothed with hairy pubescence ; spikes 

 of flowers oblong, twin, panicled ; corolla clothed with silky hairs. 

 Tj . S. Native in the province of Popayan, on the bank of the 

 river Cauca. Corolla rufous, 10 lines long. Stamens red, 3 

 inches long. Legumes 3-4 feet long, furrowed, pulpy inside. 

 Adorned Inga. Tree. 



29 I. RHOIFOLIA (Willd. enum. p. 1046.) leaves with 5 pairs 

 of oblong, acuminated leaflets which are shining and hairy above, 

 but villous beneath ; branches clothed with ferruginous tomen- 

 tum. {7.8. Native of Brazil. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Red-leaved Inga. Tree. 



30 I. BERTERIA'NA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 434.) 

 leaves with G pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are 

 rather puberulous above, but clothed with soft velvety down 

 beneath, with a gland situated between each pair ; branches, 

 peduncles, petioles, calyxes, and nerves of leaves clothed with 

 short velvety down ; spikes of flowers ovate, axillary, solitary ; 

 corolla clothed with silky hairs. Tj . S. Native of St. Martha. 

 Corolla white. Stamens red. 



Bertero's Inga. Tree. 



31 I. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1012.) leaves with 4-9 

 pairs of lanceolate, acuminated leaflets, which are shining on 

 both surfaces ; legumes linear, flat, glabrous. Jj . S. Native 

 of Caraccas. Glands small, between the pairs of leaflets. 

 Flowers unknown. 



Narrorv-leaflelted Inga. Tree. 



* Apterbpodce (from a, priv. irrfpoy, pteron, a wing, and 

 TTOVS 7ro<Sot', pous podos, a foot ; in allusion to the footstalks of 

 the leaves being without wings, so conspicuous in the last divi- 

 sion). Common petiole hardly winged or altogether naked. 



32 I. ? BOURGONI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 434.) leaves with 2-3 

 pairs of ovate, shining, glabrous leaflets ; petioles a little winged 

 at the apex of the articulations, and also each furnished with a 

 gland; spikes of flowers axillary, short, usually 4-together. 

 T? . S. Native of Guiana, Cayenne, Caraccas, and of Barbados, 

 in humid woods. Mimosa Bourgoni, Aubl. guian. 2. t. 358. 

 Mimosa fagifolia, Lin. spec. 1498. I. marginata, Willd. spec. 4. 

 p. 1015. The legume, according to Aublet, is dry and divided 

 internally into many cells by transverse dissepiments. The 

 column of stamens- exserted beyond the corolla, which is gla- 

 brous. Bourgoni is the French name of the tree in Guiana. 



Bourgoni Inga. Clt. 1752. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



33 I. MARGINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 285.) leaves with 2 pairs of oblong, much-acuminated, mem- 

 branous, glabrous leaflets, which are opaque above, and shining 

 beneath, and cuneated at the base ; petiole rather pilose, furnished 

 with a narrow wing at the apex. T? . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, in the valleys of Araguem. Perhaps sufficiently distinct 

 from 7. Bourgoni. Flowers white. 



Marginate-i>etio\ed Inga. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



34 1. TiirRsofDEA (Desv. journ. hot. 1814. 1. p. 71.) leaves 

 with 3 pairs of ovate, glabrous leaflets, which are veiny beneath ; 

 petioles almost naked, except at the tops of the articulations, 

 where they are a little winged ; branches angular, cinereous ; 

 flowers thyrsoid. T? . S. Native of Guiana. Legume unknown. 

 Flowers not sufficiently known. 



Thyrsoid Inga. Tree. 



35 I. RUBIGINOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 434.) leaves with 4-5 

 pairs of oblong-ovate, acuminated leaflets, which are glabrous 

 and shining above, except on the nerves, but clothed with rusty- 

 velvety down beneath, as well as the branches petioles, pedun- 

 cles, and calyxes ; spikes of flowers oblong, usually twin ; 

 corolla clothed with silky hairs, fj . S. Native of Cayenne. 



