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LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXV. INGA. 



between eacli pair ; flowers lateral, in umbels. T? . S. Native 

 of Para, in Brazil. Allied to 7. latifulia. 

 Stem-flowered Ing*. Tree 40 feet. 



101 I. BIOE'MINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1807.) unarmed; pinnee 

 2, each bearing 2-3 pairs of oblong-lanceolate, acuminated leaf- 

 lets ; petiole glabrous, with a gland in the fork and one between 

 each pair of leaflets ; racemes panicled, terminal ; legume twisted. 



Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Mimosa bigemina, Lin. 

 spec. HOD. Vahl. symb. 2. p. 103. Rheed. mal. 6. t. 12. 

 jTtWMJaired-leafletted Inga. Tree 40 feet. 



102 I. JIRINGA (Jacq. mal. misc. 1. no. 1. p. 14. under Mi- 

 mosa) unarmed ; pinnae 2, each bearing 3 pairs of quite smooth 

 leaflets ; panicles fascicled, axillary ; heads few-flowered ; le- 

 gumes large, articulately twisted, black. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, I'ulo-Pinang, Malacca, &c. Mimosa Djiringa, 

 Koxb. hort. beng. p. 93. Flowers white. Jiringa is the Malay 

 name of the tree. 



Jiringa Inga. Tree. 



103 I. MOLLISSIMA (Humb. et Bonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 

 1007.) unarmed; pinnae 2, each bearing 4 pairs of obliquely 

 obovate leaflets, which are clothed on both surfaces with very 

 soft silky villi ; petioles glandless, and are as well as the 

 branches clothed with pubescence ; heads of flowers peduncu- 

 late, axillary, solitary. T? S. Native of South America. 

 Kunth, mim. p. 61. t. 19. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 300. Legume straight, linear, obtuse, beset with hairy tomen- 

 tum, with thickened margins. Stamens white. 



Very soft Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



104 I. FASCICULATA (Willd. spec, 4. p. 1022.) unarmed; 

 pinnae 2, each bearing 8-10 pairs of cultrate, 2-nerved leaflets ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, solitary. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of Para, in Brazil. Legume linear, flat, acute, attenuated 

 at the base, with a thickened glabrous margin. 



Fascicled-fiowered Inga. Tree 20 feet. 



105 I. CANE'SCENS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 593.) 

 shrubby, unarmed, and clothed on every part with soft eanescent 

 hairs ; leaves with 1 pair of pinnae, each pinna bearing 2 pairs of 

 leaflets, lower pair the smallest, all obliquely elliptic, obtuse, 

 and mucronulate ; heads of flowers axillary, on long peduncles. 



fj . S. Native of Mexico, between Marantial and Puente del 

 Rey. A much-branched shrub. Terminal leaflets 9 lines long. 

 Tube of stamens exserted beyond the corolla. 

 Canescent Inga. Shrub 6 feet. 



106 I. TRIFLORA ; unarmed; pinnae 2, each bearing 3-4 pairs 

 of obovate, roundish, nerved, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, 

 box-like leaflets, which are rusty beneath and oblique at the 

 base ; panicles of flowers axillary ; the heads few-flowered. 

 T; . S. Native of Guayaquil. Mimosa triflora, Ruiz, et Pav. 

 in herb. Lamb. 



Three-jloircred Inga. Shrub 6 feet. 



107 I. ADIANTIFO'LIA (Kunth, mim. p. 66. t. 21. nov. gen. 

 amer. C p. 501.) unarmed ; upper leaves conjugately pinnate, 

 lower ones bipinnate, each pinna bearing from 11-13 pairs of 

 obliquely-linear, oblong, glabrous leaflets, which are cuneated at 

 the base ; heads of flowers axillary, pedunculate, solitary, or 

 twin. Tj . S. Native of South America, on the shady banks 

 of the river Atabapo, in the province of Guiana. I. discolor, 

 Willd. 4. p. 1023. Corolla greenish. Stamens white. Legumes 

 unknown. 



Adiantum-leaved Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



3. Samaneez (Saman is the South American name of A. 

 Saman). Leaves doubly pinnate, that is, bipinnate. 



' Pavcifolioke (from pawns, few, and foliolum, a leaflet). 

 Spines none. Leaves imlli from 2-9 j>ai of pinna, each pinna 

 bearing from 2-20 pairs of leaflets. 



108 I. FI'LIPES (Vent, choix. t. 38.) leaves with 2 pairs of 

 pinna;, each pinna bearing from 3-4 pairs of obovate, glabrous 

 leaflets, with a gland between each pair of pinnae ; heads of 

 flowers axillary, on very long peduncles, rather pendulous. I; . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers red. Legume linear, pen- 

 dulous, acute, torulose at the seeds. 



Thread-petioled Inga. Shrub 6 feet. 



109 I. NANDIN^FOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 440.) leaves with 



2 or 3 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 2-3 pairs of oval leaflets, 

 which are attenuated at both ends, with an obscure gland be- 

 tween each pair of pinnae ; heads of flowers usually twin, on 

 long peduncles. J? . S. Native of Brazil. The leaves are 

 black when dried. Legume linear and incurved. 



Nandina-leaved Inga. Shrub. 



110 I. MONILIFORMIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 440.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6-7 pairs of oval, obtuse, glabrous 

 leaflets, with a depressed gland between each pair of pinnae ; 

 petioles and peduncles rather pubescent ; umbels of flowers 

 axillary, on long peduncles ; flowers on long pedicels ; le- 

 gume moniliform. J? . S. Native of the island of Timor. 

 Corolla tubular, and is as well as calyx glabrous. Stamens nu- 

 merous. 



.A/om7j/br?n-podded Inga. Tree or shrub. 



111 I. SAPONA'RIA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1008.) leaves with 2 

 pairs of distant pinnae, each bearing 2 pairs of ovate, acutish 

 leaflets, with a large, elongated gland at the base of the com- 

 mon petiole ; heads of flowers axillary and terminal, disposed 

 in loose, panicled corymbs. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas, 

 and of Cochin-china, in woods. Mimosa saponaria, Lour. coch. 

 p. 653. Rumph. amb. 4. t. 66. The bark yields excellent soap, 

 which is used by the inhabitants of Cochin-china. 



Soap Inga. Shrub. 



112 I. BRACHYSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 440.) leaves with 



3 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 3-4 pairs of oval, rather obovate, 

 obtuse, glabrous, shining leaflets, with a gland between each of 

 the pairs of pinnae, and also between the upper pair of the leaflets; 

 petioles, branches, peduncles, and flowers clothed with velvety 

 pubescence ; spikes of flowers ovate. ^ . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Peduncles rising 2-3-together from the axils of the leaves. 

 Leaflets reticulately veined beneath. 



Short-spiked Inga. Tree or shrub. 



113 I. SA'SSA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1027.) leaves with 3-4 pairs 

 of pinnae, each bearing 1 2 pairs of oblong-ovate leaflets ; flowers 

 umbellately panicled ; staminiferous tube exserted beyond the 

 corolla. T? . S. Native of Abyssinia. Sassa, Bruce, trav. 5. 

 t. 4 and 5. Flowers of two forms, some with a short staminifer- 

 ous column, and some with a long one, as in the next species. 



Sassa Inga. Tree. 



1141. ZY'GIA (D. C. legum. mem. xii. t. 65. prod. 2. p. 440.) 

 leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 3-4 pairs of some- 

 what rhomboid-ovate leaflets, with a gland at the base of the 

 common petiole ; flowers umbellately panicled ; stamens mona- 

 delphous, with the tube much exserted beyond the corolla. Tj . S. 

 Native of the West Indies. Staminiferous tube twisted when 

 the flowers are in aestivation. Legumes unknown. From the 

 structure of the stamens the present plant, along with /. Sassa, I. 

 virgullbsa, and 7. Bourgbni, will probably form a distinct genus 

 or a section, which may be called Zygia, as in P. Browne, jam. 

 t. 22. f. 3. 



Yoke Inga. Tree. 



115 I. MERTENSIOIDES (Nees. et Mart. act. bonn. 12. p. 35. 

 t. 5.) leaves with 2-3 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 12-15 pairs 

 of sessile leaflets ; common petiole hairy ; spikes of flowers 

 globose, pedunculate, disposed in terminal corymbs at the tops 

 of the branches. Tj . S. Native of Brazil, in fields. Acacia 

 asplenioides, Nees. in bot. zeit. 4. p. 203. bras. reis. 2. p. 192. 



