LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXV. INGA. 



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Scarlet-fiowcred Inga. Tree. 



53 I. CARNOSA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 broad, elliptic, mucronate, smooth leaflets ; peduncles axillary, 

 twin, clothed with rusty down as well as the young hranches ; 

 legumes lanceolate, flat. Tj . S. Native of Peru. Mimosa 

 carnosa, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



Fleshy Inga. Tree. 



54 I. RUIZIA'NA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 4 pairs of 

 olliptic-oblong, very long, and very broad, smoothish leaflets; 

 panicles axillary, clothed with rusty down ; spikes capitate, 

 many-flowered. Jj . S. Native of Peru. (v. s. in herb. Lamb.) 



Ruiz's Inga. Tree. 



55 I. AGGREGA'TA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3-4 pairs 

 of smooth, membranous, ovate-oblong, acuminated leaflets ; 

 spikes aggregate, axillary. Jj . S. Native of Peru. (v. s. in 

 herb. Lamb.) 



dggregate-spiked Inga. Tree. 



56 I. STIPULA'CEA ; petioles hispid, wingless; leaves with 2 

 pairs of broad, elliptic, acuminated, sessile leaflets, which are 

 attenuated at the base ; tube of stamens much exserted ; stipu- 

 las large, rounded at the apex, nerved. Jj . S. Native of Peru. 

 Mimosa stipulacea, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 



L,ars,e-stipuled Inga. Tree. 



57 I. GUAYAQUILE'NSIS ; petioles naked ; leaves with 2 pairs 

 of elliptic-oblong, glabrous leaflets, which are attenuated at both 

 ends, and acuminated at the apex ; spikes sessile, solitary, or 

 twin. Jj . S. Native of Guayaquil, (v. s. in herb. Ruiz et Pav.) 



Guayaquil Inga. Tree. 



58 I. FAGIFO'LIA ; petioles wingless ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous leaflets, furnished with 1 gland 

 between each pair ; panicles terminal and axillary, twin or so- 

 litary ; peduncles clothed with rusty down. b_ . S. Native 

 of Peru. Mimosa fagifolia, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. 

 Flowers red. 



Beach-leaved Inga. Tree. 



59 I. UMBELLA V TA ; petiole wingless, bearing only one pair of 

 leaflets at the apex, which are ovate-elliptic, acuminated, and 

 glabrous ; peduncles axillary ; flowers umbellate, pedicellate. 



Fj . S. Native of Peru. Mimosa axillaris, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. 

 Lamb, Flowers apparently white. 

 Umbellate-dowered Inga. Tree. 



60 I. HETEROPHY'ILA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1020.) leaves with 

 1-2 pairs of oblong, acuminated leaflets, which are shining on both 

 surfaces ; petioles, branches, and flowers glabrous ; glands of 

 the petiole somewhat pedicellate ; peduncles terete at the base ; 

 flowers disposed in umbellate racemes. Jj . S. Native of Para, 

 in Brazil. Mimosa Para, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 44. Branches 

 warted from dots. Leaflets 1-| inch long. Legumes unknown. 



Carious-leaved Inga. Tree. 



61 I. HYMEN,EO:DES (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 70.) leaves 

 with 1-2 pairs of ovate, oblique, obtuse, shining leaflets ; petioles 

 glandless ; branches, peduncles, and flowers glabrous ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, pedunculate ; legumes oblong, obtuse, straight, 

 tapering at the base, with thickened margins. Tj . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Leaflets rather coriaceous, 1^ inch long and 1 inch 

 broad. Legumes 2 inches long. 



Hymencea-like Inga. Clt. 1823. Tree. 



62 I. INICUIL (Schlecht. et Cham, in LinnsEa. 5. p. 592.). 

 This species comes very near /. coruscans, with the glands on 

 the petioles usually obsolete, the legume 1 foot long and an inch 

 broad, 6-10-seeded, glabrous, curved, or straight, with the valves 

 thick, and containing eatable pulp. There is another tree found 

 in Mexico, near Colipa, very similar to /. Inicuil, but differs in 

 the glands, in the petioles being always present, and in the in- 

 florescence being in few-flowered heads, on short peduncles, 

 which are disposed in crowded fascicles in the axils of the leaves. 



1 



Tj . S. Native of Mexico, where it is called Inicuil. Bracteoles 

 minute, ciliated. Flowers white. 

 Inicuil Inga. Tree. 



2. Hymenafoldece (containing plants which have the habit of 

 Hymeiuz'a). Leaves with 1 pair of pinnce, and each pinna bear- 

 ing 2-3 or many leaflets. 



* Bigeinince (from bis, twice, and geminus, a twin ; in reference 

 to the leaves, which are divided twice by twos). Leaves with one 

 pair of pinna;, and each pinna bearing only one pair of leaflets. 



63 I. MICROPHY'LLA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1004.) spines stipular, straight; leaflets dimidiately-elliptic, ob- 

 tuse, and retuse, glabrous, rather coriaceous ; petiole smooth, fur- 

 nished wiih a gland in the fork ; spikes of flowers globose-ellip- 

 tic, solitary, axillary ; corolla 4-cleft, glabrous. \ . S. Native 

 of South America, near Cumana. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 293. Spines thick. Legumes unknown. 



Small-leaved Inga. Clt. 1817. Shrub 6 feet. 



64 I. PU'NGENS (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1004.) 

 spines stipular, very short, straight ; leaflets dimidiately-oblong, 

 obtuse and retuse, membranous, glabrous ; petioles hairy, fur- 

 nished with a gland in the fork ; heads of flowers globose, race- 

 mose ; corolla 5-cleft, pubescent ; legumes torulose, circinnate. 



*2 . S. Native of Mexico. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 6. 

 p. 294. Flowers white. 



Pungent Inga. Tree 50 feet. 



65 I. DU'LCIS (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1005.) spines stipular, very 

 short, straight ; leaflets somewhat dimidiately-oblong, obtuse, 

 and somewhat retuse and mucronate ; petioles hairy, shorter 

 than the leaflets, with a gland in the fork, as well as one between 

 the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, racemose. b_ . S. Native 

 ofCoromandel and the Philippine islands. Mimosa diilcis, Roxb. 

 cor. 1. t. 99. Flowers white, in terminal racemes. Legume 

 twisted, red, and glabrous, containing a fleshy sweet pulp, which 

 is reckoned wholesome. 



Sweet Inga. Clt. 1800. Tree 30 feet. 



66 I. JAVA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 436.) spines stipular, very 

 short, and straight, or wanting ; leaflets somewhat dimidiately- 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; petiole smooth, and longer than the 

 leaflets, with a gland in the fork ; heads of flowers globose, race- 

 mose, fj . S. Native of Java. Legume flat, incurved, gla- 

 brous, coarctate between the seeds. 



Java Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



67 I. u NGUIS-CA'TI (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1006.) spines stipular, 

 straight ; leaflets roundish-elliptic, rather dimidiate, emarginate, 

 membranous, glabrous ; petiole glabrous, furnished with a gland 

 in the fork, and between the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, 

 disposed in terminal racemes ; legume twisted. 1? . S. Native 

 of the Caribbee Islands, and near Cumana. Mimosa iinguis- 

 cati, Lin. spec. 499. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 3. t. 392. Descourt, 

 fl. ant. 1. t. 11. Quamochilt, Hern. mex. 94. Plum. ed. Burm. 

 t. 4. Flowers whitish. In Jamaica it is called Black-bean 

 shrub. The seeds, according to Sloane, are eaten by goats, and 

 sometimes by the negroes ; they are frequently brought to En- 

 gland, and strung as beads. The bark is astringent, and is used 

 in lotions and fomentations in America. 



Cat's-claw Inga. Clt. 1670. Tree 10 feet. 



68 I. GUADALUPE'NSIS (Desv. journ. bot. 1814. 1. p. 70.) 

 plant unarmed ; leaflets obovate-rhomboid, obtuse, veiny, quite 

 smooth ; petiole glabrous, furnished with a gland in the fork, 

 and one between the leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, pedun- 

 culate, racemose ; legumes twisted, glabrous, b . S. Native 

 of Guadaloupe. Mimosa Guadalupensis. Pcrs. ench. 2. p. 262. 

 Perhaps only an unarmed variety of /. unguis-cali. Flowers 

 white. 



