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subcylindrical, moniliform-lmear, ruaty-velvety, forming several distant windings. — 5/. ' t. 

 183./. 1, 3. — Mimosa, Lam. M. arborea, Sw. Acacia, W., Maef. — A large tree, of which, 

 from the colour of the wood, a white and a red variety is distinguished in the country [March) ; 

 leaflets 3"'-4"' long ; flowers whitish ; legume 8"-4" long, 6"'-4"' diam., red within : seeds 

 ovoid, blaclc, 8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., Pd., Dist., March, common in mountain 

 woods; [Xalapal]. 



90. INGA, W., Mart. 



Corolla tubular, B-4(-3)-dentate. Stamens t», monadelphous. Legume indehiscent or 

 irregularly bm'sting, tbickish or enlarged on the margins, compressed or subpriamatical : 

 seeds enclosed within pulp. — Unarmed, woody plants ; leaves pinnate, learing- usually 

 glands between the fairs i leaflets large ; flowers in heads, umbels, spikes, or racemes. 



Sect. 1. lNG.\STKtrM. — Legume compressed. 



* Flowers in umbels. 



256. I, heterophylla, W. Glabrous; ieo^rf* l-4-_;Mya?, elliptical or ovate-lanceolate, 

 abruptly acuminate, shining: petiole naked: glands small, cylindrical ; umbels shortly pe- 

 duncled : pedicels as long as the glabrous flowers ; calyx minute ; staminal-tube long-ex- 

 serted ; legume glabrous, oblong, flat-compressed. — I. protracta. Stead. ! — Leaflets V'-Z" 

 long, black when dry ; corolla 3'" long ; legume 4" long, 1" broad ; margins slightly 

 thickened. — Hab. Trinidad!, Cr., in mountain woods; [Guiana!, Para!]. 



** Flowers in elongated spikes or spiciform racemes. 



357. I. laurina, W., Benth. ! Glabrous ; leaflets 2-1-jugal, elliptical or elliptical- 

 oblong, with a bluntish point, shining : petiole naked .- glands minute, scuteUate ; flowers 

 spreading, in elongated, spicifoim racemes: pedicels very *Ao;<, .shorter than the calyx; 

 corolla glabrous, infundibuliform, four times as long as the calyx, equalling the stamiual 

 tnbe ; legume glabrous, oblong, flat-compressed, somewhat tumid at the seeds. — Jac^. Amer. 

 Pict. t. 247. — Mimosa, Sw. M. fagifolia, Jaeq. : erroneously quoted as I. marginata, W. — 

 A large tree ; leafletS'4"-3" long, inferior smaller ; racemes 3"— 3" long ; corolla white, 3'" 

 long; legume 3"-2" (-5") long, 10"'-13"' broad.— Hab. S. Kitfs I, Antigua!, Wullschl. ; 

 Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Lucia I, Anders. ; Barbadoes [L.) ; [S. Thomas !, Guadeloupe !, in 

 moist woods]. 



358. I. luartinicensis, Frl. Branchlets and peduncles rnsty-puberulous ; leaflets 

 3-8-jugaJ, elliptical-oblong or oblong, bluntish, shining-glabrous or glabrate beneath : petiole 

 naked or margined below the top : glands minute, scuteUate ; flowers subsessile, in elongated 

 spikes ; corolla strigose, twice as long as the puberulous calyx, including the staminal tube ; 

 legume . . . . — Mimosa coruscans, Hieb Mart. 324 ; Trin. 120. — Nearly allied to the pre- 

 ceding. My description refers to Imray's plant. The synonyms and other localities want 

 confirmation by new comparison. Leaflets 5"-2" long, narrower than in the preceding, 

 black when dry ; splices l"-2", corolla 3'" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Lockh., 

 Sieb. ; [Martinique I ; Veraguas !, Venezuela]. 



*** Flowers in compact, ovate spikes. 



259. I. setifera, DC, Benth. ! Uusty-puberulous, scabrous ; leaflets 2-jugal, elliptical, 

 pointleted, often shining, and at length glabrate with scattered hairs : petiole winged : glands 

 large, scuteUate ; flowers sessile, in short, ovate-oblong spikes : bracts linear, deciduous ; 

 corolla, strigose, twice as long as the puberulous, striate calyx, including the staminal tube ; 

 " legume flat-compressed, glabrate : margins prominent." — I. versicolor. Spruce I I. nitida, 

 W., is perhaps the glabrate form. — Leaflets 6-3" long, inferior sraaUer : primary veins about 

 12-jugal, ptominnlous beneath ; spikes 4"'-6"' long ; coroUa yeUow, 6™ long. — Hab. Tri- 

 nidad !, Cr. ; [Guiana, equatorial Brazil !]. 



260. I. acuminata, ^skM. .' Glabrotis; leaflets 2-3-jugal, elliptical-lanceolate, acu- 

 minate : petiole winged: glands minute, scuteUate ; flowers sessile, in ovate-globose heads : 

 bracts linear, persistent ; corolla strigose, twice or half as long again as the striate, gla. 

 brescent calyx, including the staminal tube ; legume . . . . — Leaflets 5"-3" long, narrower 

 than in the preceding ; lowers approximate ; corolla 6'" long.-^HAB. Trinidad !, Lockh. 



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