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LEGUMINOS^:. CCXXV. INOA. 



Mimosa rubiginosa, Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 1. p. 113. 

 I'ers. ench. no. 18. Corolla rufous, 9 lines long. Legume 

 unknown. 



Rusty Inga. Tree. 



36 I. THIBAUDIA'NA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 434.) 

 leaves with 4-5 pairs of ovate-oblong, acuminated leaflets, which 

 are glabrous above, except the nerves, but pubescent beneath as 

 well as the petioles, peduncles, and calyxes ; spikes of flowers 

 usually twin, oblong, but panicled at the tops of the branches ; 

 corollas clothed with silky pubescence. ^ . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Petioles winged at the apex, but naked at the base. 

 Corolla slender, 7 lines long. Stamens red, exserted. Legume 

 unknown. 



Thibaud's Inga. Tree. 



37 I. FRAXINEA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1019.) leaves with 5 pairs 

 of oblong, acuminated, shining leaflets ; petiole semi-terete, pu- 

 bescent ; spikes of flowers pedunculate, pubescent, and panicled 

 at the tops of the branches ; corollas glabrous. Tj . S. Native 

 of Para, in Brazil. Legume unknown. 



Ash-like Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



38 I. IN,EQUA V LIS (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1019.) 

 leaves with 4 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, membranous leaflets, 

 which are unequal at the base, shining above, and glabrous on 

 both surfaces as well as the petioles, peduncles, and flowers ; 

 spikes of flowers oblong, on short peduncles. Tj . S. Native 

 on the banks of the Orinoco. 



Unequal-\eafietted Inga. Tree. 



39 I. HUMBOLDTIA'NA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 285.) leaves with 4 pairs of oblong, acute, membranous, gla- 

 brous leaflets, which are acutish at the base and shining above ; 

 spikes of flowers nearly globose, terminal, panicled; corolla 

 clothed witli silky hairs. ^ . S. Native of New Granada, on 

 the banks of the river Magdalena. Legumes unknown. 



Humboldt's Inga. Tree. 



40 I. NOBILIS (Willd. enum. 1047.) leaves with 3-4 pairs of 

 oblong, acute, glabrous leaflets ; spikes panicled ; peduncles 

 pubescent ; corolla silky. T? . S. Native of Brazil. Legumes 

 unknown. 



Noble Inga. Tree. 



41 I. JUGLANDIFOLIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1018.) leaves with 

 3-4 pairs of oblong, acuminated, glabrous leaflets, which are 

 attenuated at the base ; petioles glandless, and are as well as 

 the branches clothed with ferruginous pubescence ; spikes of 

 flowers 2-3-together, axillary, pedunculate ; corolla villous. 

 Tj . S. Native of Caraccas. Legume linear, flat, 7 inches long. 

 This is very distinct, from the absence of the glands on the petiole. 



Walnut-leaved Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



42 I. CORU'SCANS (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1017.) 

 leaves with 3 pairs of oblong leaflets, which are attenuated at 

 both ends, coriaceous, glabrous, and shining ; petioles, branches, 

 peduncles, and flowers glabrous ; spikes of flowers 2-3-together, 

 crowded, axillary. J? . S. Native of New Granada, on the 

 banks of the river Magdalena, near Viejo. Spikes of flowers 

 2 inches long. Legume unknown. Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 285. 



Glittering Inga. Tree. 



43 I. STIPULA'RIS (D. C. legum. mem. xii. prod. 2. p. 435.) 

 leaves with, 2-3 pairs of oval, acutish leaflets, which are shining 

 above, but glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the branches and 

 flowers ; stipulas large, orbicular, permanent, foliaceous ; spikes 

 of flowers ovate, axillary, solitary, pedunculate. Jj S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. Calyx tubular, 2-3 lines long. Corolla 

 hardly twice the length of the calyx. Legume unknown. 



Stipular Inga. Tree. 



44 I. CAPITA'TA (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 71.) leaves 

 with 2 pairs of ovate, acuminated, shining leaflets, which are 



quite glabrous on both surfaces, as well as petioles, branches, 

 peduncles, and flowers ; spikes of flowers ovate-oblong, axillary, 

 2-3-together, pedunculate, fj . S. Native of Cayenne. Branches 

 warted, terete. Calyx tubular, 2 lines long. Legume unknown. 

 Capitate-fiowereA Inga. Tree. 



45 I. LAURINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1018.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of obovate-oblong, acuminated, shining leaflets, which are gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and 

 flowers ; spikes of flowers solitary or twin, elongated, almost 

 sessile, axillary. Tj . S. Native of St. Christopher, Martinico, 

 St. Domingo, Brazil, Guadaloupe, and Porto-Rico. Mimosa 

 laurina, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 978. Mimosa fagifolia, Jacq. 

 amer. 264. t. 164. Calyx 1 line long. Corolla white, 3- 

 times the length of the calyx. The pulp contained in the legumes 

 is purgative. 



Laurel-like Inga. Clt. 1818. Tree 30 feet. 



46 I. PUNCTA'TA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1016.) leaves with 2-3 

 pairs of oblong, acuminated, shining leaflets, which are glabrous 

 as well as the branches ; petioles terete, pubescent ; spikes of 

 flowers ovate, pedunculate, and panicled at the tops of the 

 branches ; corolla clothed with silky villi. ^ . H. Native of 

 Caraccas. Branches beset with white dots. Legume unknown. 



Z>oerf-branched Inga. Clt. 1818. Tree. 



47 I. SPLE'NDENS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1017.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of oblong, acuminated, shining leaflets, which are glabrous 

 on both surfaces, as well as petioles and branches ; spikes of 

 flowers axillary, twin, pedunculate ; corolla clothed with silky 

 villi. Tj . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Branches warted. 

 Legumes unknown. The species is said to be allied to I. punc- 

 tata, but it is larger in all its parts. 



Splendent Inga. Tree. 



48 I. SPECTA'BILIS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1017.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of ovate, acute, shining leaflets, which are unequal at the 

 base and glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the petioles and 

 branches ; spikes terminal ; corollas villous. ^ . S. Native of 

 South America, and cultivated in St. Martha. Mim6sa specta- 

 bilis, Vahl, act. soc. hafn. 2. p. 219. t. 10. Leaflets thickly 

 beset with feather nerves, the superior ones 6 or 7 inches long 

 and 4 broad, but the lower ones are one-half smaller than the 

 superior ones. 



Shewy Inga. Tree. 



49 I. SERTULI'FERA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 436.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of ovate, shining leaflets, which are glabrous on both surfaces 

 as well as the calyxes and corollas ; flowers pedunculate, umbel- 

 late ; umbels simple. ^ S. Native of Cayenne. Mimosa 

 coriacea, Pers. ench. 2. p. 262. I'nga coriacea, Desv. journ. 

 bot. 1814. vol. 1. p. 71. but not of Willd. Branches warted. 

 Leaflets large. Legumes unknown. 



Little-garland-bearing Inga. Tree. 



50 I. NODOSA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1016.) leaves with 2 pairs 

 of ovate-oblong, unequal-sided, glabrous leaflets, furnished with 

 a small gland between the lower pair. Tj . S. Native of Ceylon, 

 Mimosa nodosa, Lin. spec. 1496. Pluk. aim. 211. f. 5. 



Knotted Inga. Tree. 



51 I. CORIACEA ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, lower ones 

 the smallest ; petioles wingless ; leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, 

 oblique at the base, undulated on the margins, hairy as well as 

 the petioles and young branches ; peduncles short, few-flowered, 

 lateral, terminal, and axillary. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. 

 Mimosa coriacea, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. 



Coriaceous-leaved Inga. Tree. 



52 I. COCCINEA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 broad-elliptic, acuminated, smooth leaflets, which are oblique at 

 the base, sometimes with a smaller leaflet on one side at the 

 base ; spikes long. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Mimosa coccmea, 

 Ruiz, et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Flowers scarlet. 



