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3. P. HYMENE^FOLiuM, Benth. I in Sooh. Lond. Joiim. iii. 198. Pinnae l-jugse ; 

 foliola 1-juga, oblique oblonga, obtusa v. obtuse acuminata, 2-4- rarius 5-pollicaria, 

 glabra. Spicse densissimgej oblongsc v. cylindracesBj l-S-pollicares. Elores appresse pubes- 

 centes. Calyx vix 1 lin., corolla fere 6 lin. longa. Staminum tubus longe exsertus. 



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Inga hymenemfolia ^ Humb. et Bonpl. ! in Willd. Spec. iv. 1008. 

 Mimosa hymenecBfolia^ Poir. Diet. Siippl. i. 38. 

 Pithecolobium panamense, Walp. ! in Linnsea, xxiii. T46. 



Hab. Tropical America : Venezuela, New Granada, Panama. 



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4. P. OBLONGUM, Benth. ! in SooJc. Lond. Journ. iii. 198. Pinnae 1-jugae ; foliola 1-juga, 

 oblique ovali-oblonga, 1-2-pollicaria, glabra. Pedunciili tenues. Spicae novelise fere 

 globosse, demum tenues, J-| poll, longa. Calyx \ lin., corolla fere 2 lin. longa. Sta- 

 minum tubus subinclusus. Leguminis valvae ante dehiscentiam planae, ad 4 lin. latse, 

 demum valde contortae. 



Rah. Tropical America : Panama, Cuming, n. 1155, Seemann, Duchassaing ; Gulf of 

 Ponscca, Sinclair ; Nicaragua, (Ersted ; and appparently the same, Trinidad, Crueger. 



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Capihila glohosa. 



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5. P. DULCE, Benth. in Sooh. Bond. Journ. iii. 199. Inflorescentia cano-pubescente 

 excepta, glabrum. Pinnae 1-jugae; foliola 1-juga, obovata v. oblonga, obtusa, valde 

 obliqua, subpoUicaria. Capitula breviter pedunculata, superiora paniculato-racemosa. 

 Plorcs cano-pubcscentes. Calyx 1 lin., corolla IJ lin. longa " alba." Legtimen torulosum, 

 valvis 4-6 lin. latis demum valde co^iiovii^. ^Bedd. Fl. Sylv.i. 188. 



Mimosa dulcis^ Roxb. ! Corom. PL i. 67^ t. 99. 



Inga dulcis, Willd. Spec, iv, 1005; Wiglit, Tc. t. 198. 



Inga pimgens-^ Humb. et Bonpl. ! in Willd. Spec. iv. 1004. 



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Mimosa ptmgens, Poir. Diet. Suppl. i. 36. 



Mimosa unguis-cati, Blanco, Fl. Filip. 731, in ed. 2. omissa, non Linn. 

 Inga leucantha, Presl ! Bot. Bern. 65. 



Inga Javana^ DC. Prod. ii. 436, ex char, et fragm, in herb. DC. ! 

 Acacia obliquifoUa, Mart, et Gal, ! in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. ii. 317, 



Hah, Tropical America : Central America from New Granada to South Mexico, intro- 

 duced into the Philippine Islands, and thence into East India, where it is now common, 

 occurring also in the Archipelago, the Mauritius and other tropical countries. 



6. P. PUBESCENS, Benth. ! in Booh. Journ. Bot. ii. 141 ; Bond. Journ. iii. 199 Pu- 

 bescens. Pinnae l-jugse ; foliola 1-juga, ovali-elliptica v. oblonga, obtusa, Valde obliqua, 

 1-2-pollicaria, utrinquc pubescentia. Capitula breviter pedunculata, superiora panicu- 

 lata. Plores tomentelli. Calyx | lin., corolla ad 3 lin. lons-a "rosea" Le-"'-"- 



3n vidi. 



Inga pubescens, Bert. ! in DC. Prod. ii. 437. 

 Inga paniculata, Spreng. ! in DC. Prod. ii. 437. 



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Hah. Tropical America : British Guiana and Santa Marta. 



1. p. -ONGUis-CATi, Benth. ! ill Book. Lond. Journ. iii. 200. Glabra Pinna; 1 m^si 

 foliola l-juga, obovata orbioulata v. late oblonga. yalde obliqua, obtusa, i-2-pollicari8 



