LEGUMINOS^E. CCXXV. INGA. 



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Corolla 4 rarely 5-cleft. Stamens red. Legume 2-3-seeded. 

 Allied to /. adiantifolia. 



Mertensia-like Inga. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



116 I. COMO'SA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1026.) leaves with 3 pairs 

 of pinnae, each bearing 9-10 pairs of ovate leaflets, which are 

 retu.se at the base ; flowers disposed in panicled corymbs ; pe- 

 tioles, branches, and flowers glabrous. fj . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica, on rocks. Mimosa comosa, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 980. 

 Leaves usually twin. There are holes instead of glands on the 

 partial petioles, which are edged with hairs. Ovary pubescent. 

 Legume glabrous. Flowers white. 



Tufted Inga. Clt. 1818. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



117 I. TRAPEZIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 2-4 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 5-9 pairs of rhomboid-ovate leaf- 

 lets, which are glabrous and shining above, but clothed with 

 pubescence beneath, as well as petioles, branches, peduncles, and 

 flowers ; glands between the lower pinnae, and with some along 

 the upper side of the partial petioles beneath the upper pairs of 

 leaflets ; heads of flowers pedunculate, solitary, axillary. Fj . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Mimosa trapezifolia, Vabl. eel. amer. 3. 

 p. 36. t. 28. Legume glabrous, twisted. 



Trapezoid-leaved Inga. Tree. 



118 I. CYCLOCA'RPA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1026.) leaves with 

 usually 9 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 20-30 pairs of leaflets, 

 outer ones largest, with a gland in the middle of the petiole ; 

 spikes of flowers globose, pedunculate, axillary ; legumes coch- 

 leate. fj . S. Native of Caraccas. Mimosa cyclocarpa, Jacq. 

 fragm. t. 34. f. 1. Flowers white. The pulp in the legume is 

 saponaceous. 



Circle-podded Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



1191. CINE'REA (Humb. etBonpl. in Willd. spec. 4. p. 1024. 

 et H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 304.) leaves with 5 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6 pairs of obliquely ovate leaflets, 

 which are glabrous above and pubescent beneath, with a gland 

 between each pair of pinnae and one between each pair of leaflets ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate, globose ; stamens 20-22. T? . S. 

 Native of Caraccas. Branchlets pubescent. Mimosa pubigera, 

 Poir. suppl. 1. p. 47. Stamens red. This species, with the fol- 

 lowing, will perhaps form a distinct genus. 



Grey Inga. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



120 I. SALUTA'RIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 304.) leaves with 4 pairs of pinnae, each bearing 6-7 pairs of 

 somewhat rhomboid-ovate leaflets, which are glabrous above 

 but clothed with soft pubescence beneath, with a gland between 

 each pair of pinnae, and also between each pair of leaflets; heads 

 of flowers globose ; stamens about 40 ; legumes rather torulose. 



P? . S. Native of New Granada, between Turbaco and Cartha- 

 gena. Stamens red. 



Salutary Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



121 I. SA'MAN (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1024.) leaves with 4-6 pairs 

 of pinnae, outer pairs of pinnae bearing 6 pairs of leaflets, inner 

 pair bearing 2 or 3 pairs ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous 

 above but pubescent beneath, as also the petioles and branchlets, 

 with a gland between each pair of pinnee, as well as one between 

 each pair of leaflets ; heads of flowers pedunculate, axillary, 

 lower ones solitary, the upper ones rising 3-6-together. Jj . S. 

 Native of Caraccas and Jamaica. Mimosa Saman, Jacq. fragm. 

 t. 9. Legume linear, 7-8 inches long, flat on both sides, and 

 channelled on both sutures. Branchlets striated, when young 

 they are clothed with velvety tomentum, as well as the leaves. 



Saman Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



122 I. FEDICELLA'RIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 6-7 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing about 20 pairs of oblong-linear, 

 obtuse leaflets, which are glabrous above and pubescent beneath, 

 as well as the peduncles, petioles, branches, and flowers, with a 

 thick gland between the upper pair of pinnae, and a small one 



between the upper pair of leaflets ; heads of flowers usually 

 twin, axillary ; flowers pedicellate, fj . S. Native of Cayenne. 

 Legume oblong, straight, 2^ inches long and an inch broad, 

 chinky on the inside after the seeds have fallen. 

 Pedicellate-fiowered Inga. Tree 20 to 40 feet. 



123 I. PTEROCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) leaves with 8-9 

 pairs of pinnae, each bearing about 12 pairs of oval, very blunt, 

 glabrous leaflets ; petioles velvety, glandless ; legumes com- 

 pressed, winged, nearly lanceolate, glabrous. ^ . S. Native of 

 the island of Timor. Flowers unknown. 



Winged-fruited Inga. Tree. 



124 I. IIIRSU'TA ; densely clothed in every part with white 1 

 hairs ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many 

 pairs of small leaflets, which are densely clothed with white hairs 

 beneath, but glabrous above ; heads of flowers solitary, axillary, 

 on long peduncles ; flowers silky. ^ . S. Native of New Spain. 

 Mimosa hirsiita, Ruiz et Pav. in herb. Lamb. Stamens red, 

 much exserted. 



Hairy Inga. Tree. 



** Spinbstz (spinosus, full of spines). Spines stipular. Leaves 

 bipinnate, with from 4-7 pairs of pinnee, each pinna bearing from 

 10-20 pairs of leaflets. 



125 I. LEPTOPHY'LLA (Lag. gen. et spec. 16. no. 203.) spines 

 stipular, recurved ; leaves with 4-7 pairs of pinnas, each pinna 

 bearing 10-18 pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers globose, pedun- 

 culate ; legumes lanceolate, nearly falcate. Tj . S. Native of 

 South America. Mimosa leptophylla, Cav. Flowers all her- 

 maphrodite. Perhaps a species of Acacia. 



Slender-leaved Inga. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



126 I. MA'RTHJE (Spreng. in herb. Balb. syst. 3. p. 132.) 

 spines lateral, straight, solitary ; leaves with 6-8 pairs of pinnae, 

 each pinna bearing from 15-25 pairs of linear leaflets ; petioles 

 pubescent, bearing a gland at the base, and one between each of 

 the 2 ultimate pairs of pinnae ; heads of flowers axillary and 

 lateral, on short peduncles, somewhat umbellately globose. Tj . 

 S. Native of St. Martha. Young branches rising from scaly 

 stipulaceous buds. Stipulas oblong. Spines usually absent. 

 Corolla glabrous, 5-cleft. Stamens numerous. Legume rather 

 falcate, compressed, 4 inches long, bearing gum on the inside. 



St. Martha Inga. Tree. 



127 I. ? CORCONDIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 441.) spines lateral, 

 solitary, straight ; leaves with 2 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- 

 ing 5-6 pairs of oblong, glabrous, obtuse leaflets, ultimate ones 

 obovate, with a small gland between each pair of pinnae ; heads 

 of flowers axillary, pedunculate, somewhat umbellately-globose. 



fj . S. Native of Coromandel. Mimosa Corcondi^na, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. p. 40. Branchlets grey, glabrous. Petioles pubes- 

 cent. Flowers glabrous, 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, much ex- 

 serted. Legumes unknown. 

 Corcondian Inga. Tree. 



128 I. ALTERNIFOLIA ; smooth ; leaves bipinnate, with many 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing many alternate, glaucous, 

 coriaceous leaflets ; spines stipular, straight ; peduncles solitary, 

 axillary ; heads of flowers globular ; legumes smooth, twisted 

 in the form of a shell. J? . S. Native of Mexico. Mimosa 

 circinnatus, Sesse et Moc. in herb. Lamb. 



Alternale-leafletted Inga. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



* * * Multifoliolalce (from nntllus, many, and foliolum, a leaf- 

 let ; in reference to the leaves bearing many pairs of pinnae, as well 

 as leaflets). Unarmed trees. Leaves bipinnate, mith from 10-30 

 pairs of pinnee, each pinna bearing above 20 pairs of leaflets. 



129 I. PE'NDULA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1025.) leaves with about 

 20 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous pairs of linear 

 ciliated leaflets ; petiole pubescent, bearing a gland above its 



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