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LEGUMINOSvE. CCXXV. INGA. CCXXVI. PARKIA. 



base ; spikes of flowers globose, on long compressed peduncles, 

 pendulous. Jj . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Legume un- 

 known. Perhaps a species of Pdrkia. 

 Pene/wfotts-spiked Inga. Tree 30 feet. 



130 I. FILI'CINA (Willd. spec. 4. p. 1025.) leaves with 10 pairs 

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

 mucronulate, shining leaflets ; petioles and peduncles clothed 

 with rusty pubescence ; spikes of flowers oblong, on long pe- 

 duncles, drooping. Jj . S. Native of Para, in Brazil. Perhaps 

 a species of Pdrkia. 



Fern-like-leaved Inga. Tree. 



131 I. FJECULI'FERA (Hamilt. prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 61.) un- 

 armed; leaves with usually 7 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 

 45-50 pairs of narrow, linear, acute leaflets, which are cordate 

 and auricled at the base ; rachis and petioles pubescent ; heads 

 of flowers oblong, on long peduncles ; legume pedicellate, twin. 



\j . S. Native of St. Domingo, where it is called Pois doux. 

 Legume 8-10 inches long, marginated, filled with sweet yellow 

 edible pulp inside. 



Faecula-bearing Inga. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 



4. Annesleya (in honour of George Annesley, Lord Mountnor- 

 ris). Leaves bipinnate, mith 6-BOpatrt ofpinnce, each pinna bear- 

 ing many pairs of linear leaflets. Anthers 2-celled ; the pollen in 4 

 globular masses. This division will certainly form a distinct genus. 



132 I. GLANDULOSA (Steud. nom. p. 431.) leaves with 17 

 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing 8 pairs of linear acute leaflets, 

 which are glabrous, as well as the corollas, with a sessile gland 

 seated between each pair of leaflets ; spikes of flowers axillary, 

 solitary, erect, longer than the leaves. (7 . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Mimosa glanduldsa, Vahl. eel. amer. 3. p. 38. but 

 not of Smith nor Michx. Corolla 5-cleft. Stamens numerous, 

 monadelphous. Legumes unknown. 



Glandular Inga. Shrub C to 10 feet. 



133 I. PENNA'TULA (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linneae. 5. p. 593.) 

 clothed with white mealy tomentum ; branches flexuous, angular, 

 striated, pubescent ; leaves with 40-50 pairs of pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing many pairs of small, oblong, obtuse, ciliated and 

 densely imbricated leaflets, with a large gland beneath the lower 

 pair of pinnae on the petiole ; prickles stipular, connate, straight, 

 spreading, conically-subulate ; heads of flowers axillary, on 

 short peduncles ; legume in an immature state fleshy ; seeds im- 

 mersed in pulp. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, near Hacienda de 

 la Laguna, and also near Jalapa. 



Feathered-leaved Inga. Shrub. 



134 I. ANOMALA (Kunth, mim. 70. t. 22. nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 303.) leaves with 15-17 pairs of rather unequal pinnae, each 

 pinna bearing many pairs of linear leaflets, which are obtuse at 

 both ends and glabrous, but adpressedly ciliated on the margins ; 

 petioles glandless, and are, as well as the branches, peduncles, 

 and flowers puberulous ; heads usually twin, few-flowered, dis- 

 posed h' a terminal raceme. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, near 

 Pascuaro, and on mount Jorullo. Mimosa grandiflora, Lher. 

 sert. ang. t. 30. Acacia grandiflora, Willd. spec. 4. p. 1074. 

 Coll. hort. rip. 2. t. 9. Legume linear, acute, glabrous, attenu- 

 ated at the base, having the margins thickened. Flowers of a 

 pleasing red, colour, sessile on the apex of the peduncle. Anthers 

 2-celled ; the pollen in 4 globular masses. 



Var. /3, pedicellata (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 442.) flowers distinctly pedicellate at the apex of the 

 peduncles ; pedicels longer than the calyx. Tj . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Hern. mex. p. 104. f. 1-2. 



Anomalous Inga. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1729. Sh. 6 to 10 feet. 



135 I. HOUSTONI (D. C. prod. 2. p. 442.) leaves with 5-7 

 pairs of pinnae, the upper ones longer than the rest, each pinna 

 bearing many pairs of linear leaflets, which are somewhat ob- 

 1 



liquely-truncate at both extremities, and pubescent beneath ; 

 petioles glandless, and are, as well as the peduncles and flowers, 

 clothed with rufous tomentum ; heads usually twin, few-flowered, 

 disposed in a terminal raceme. Jj . S. Native of Mexico, 

 about Vera Cruz. Gleditschia inermis, Lin. spec. 1509. Mi- 

 mosa Houston!, Lher. sert. t. 30. Acacia Houstoni, Willd. spec. 

 4. p. 1062. Ker. hot. reg. 98. Mill. fig. t. 5. Mimosa hirsuta, 

 Vahl. Flowers white. Anthers like those of /. anomala. 

 Legume linear, flat, very hairy. 



Houston's Inga. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1729. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



136 I. ? TIMORIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 442.) leaves with 

 usually about 30 pairs of pinnae, each pinna bearing numerous 

 pairs of linear leaflets, which are obliquely truncate at both ends, 

 and pubescent beneath ; petioles glandless, and are, as well as 

 branchlets, velvety. J? . S. Native of the island of Timor. 

 Leaflets about 50 pairs. Flowers unknown. The legume is 

 described by De Candolle as being on a long pedicel within the 

 calyx, oblong, compressed, flat, obtuse, and glabrous, but as it 

 was only on the same sheet of paper with the specimen, and 

 separated from it, it is doubtful whether it belonged to the plant 

 or not. 



Timor Inga. Tree 60 feet. 



Cult. 1'nga is a fine genus of trees and shrubs, bearing deli- 

 cate compound leaves, and beautiful flowers ; for which some of 

 the species are much admired. They are all increased by young 

 cuttings, which should be taken off at a joint, and planted in a 

 pot of sand, placing a bell-glass over them, then the pot to be 

 plunged in heat. 



CCXXVI. PA'RKIA (in memory of Mungo Park, the cele- 

 brated African traveller). R. Brown, in Denham et Clapp. trav. 

 append, p. 29. I'nga species of D. C. Mimosa species of 

 Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx tubular, bilabiate, 

 the mouth imbricate in aestivation. Petals 5, nearly equal, the 

 upper one a little broader than the rest, connivently imbricated 

 in aestivation. Stamens 10, hypogynous, monadelphous. Le- 

 gume many-seeded, 2-valved, separated into 1 -seeded divisions, 

 rilled with farinaceous pulp. African and East Indian unarmed 

 trees, with bipinnate leaves with many pairs of pinnae, and each 

 of the pinna bearing many pairs of leaflets, with minute stipulas, 

 axillary pedunculate spikes of vermilion flowers, which are 

 seated on a club-shaped or orbicular receptacle, the lower ones 

 usually male. 



1 P. AFRICA'NA (R. Brown, 1. c.) leaves with usually 20 pairs 

 of pinnae, each pinna bearing about 30 pairs of obtuse pubescent 

 leaflets, with a gland at the base of the petiole, and with a small 

 umbilicate gland between 2 or 3 of the upper pairs of leaflets ; 

 heads of flowers biglobular. Tj . S. Native of Africa, in various 

 places, particularly on the western coast, in the kingdoms of 

 Benin and Waree ; and also of North Africa, in Soudan, where 

 it is called Douro. I'nga biglobosa, Beauv. fl. d'ow. 2. p. 53. 

 t. 90. D. C. prod. 2. p. 442. Mimosa biglobosa, Jacq. amer. t. 

 176. f. 87. Mimosa taxifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 266. In Soudan 

 the seeds are roasted as we roast coffee, then bruised, and 

 allowed to ferment in water ; when they begin to become putrid 

 they are well washed and pounded, the powder made into cakes, 

 somewhat in the manner of our chocolate ; they form an excel- 

 lent sauce for all kinds of food. The farinaceous matter sur- 

 rounding the seeds is made into a pleasant drink, and they also 

 make it into a kind of sweetmeat. 



African Nitta-tree. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1822. Tree 30 to 40 ft. 



2 P. UNIGLOBO'SA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 277.) leaves 

 bipinnate, pubescent, with many pairs of pinnae, each pinna bear- 

 ing many pairs of leaflets ; heads of flowers globular, on very 

 long peduncles. Jj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it is 



