228 CONNARACE^. 



Of Willdenow's speoiea, /. punctata and splendena are to be compared with /. martini 

 censis, Prl. ; 1. quassiifolia with I. acuminata ; but /. alba, W., of Guiana, is a very distinct 

 species, having compact spikes, a naked petiole, and a small glabrous corolla, twice or thnce 

 exceeded by the staminal tube. Its synonyms are Mimosa alba, Sw. !, and /. Bourgmi, DC, 

 Benth. I 



Sect. 2. EriNGA. — Legume i-costate-quadrangular or subcglindrieal. 



261. I. vera, W. Scabrous with minute down, or glabrescent ; leaflets 4-5-jngal, ellip- 

 tical-lanceolate, shortly acuminate : petiole winged : glands scutellate ; flowers in short, 

 few-flowered spikes, sessile, or the inferior shortly pedicellate : pedicels much shorter than 

 the calyx ; corolla sericeous-lanuginose, half as long again as the tomeutose not striate 

 ealgx, including the staminal tube; legume tomentose, 4-costate, subfalcate. — SI. t. 183. /. 

 1 ; Desc. M. 5. t. 316.— Mimosa Inga, L. (ex cit. HI.).— A tree; leaflets 4"-3" lone; pe- 

 duncles rusty-pubescent, calyx 4"'-6"', corolla 6"'-8"' long, white; legume 6" long, 6"'-12"' 

 diam. — Hab. Jamaica!, all coll., common on river-banks in the eastern districts ; Trinidad !, 

 Cr., common. 



262. I. ingoides, W. Scabrous vritb minute down, or glabrescent ; leaflets 4--3-jugal, 

 elliptical or eUiptical-lanceolate,'pointed : petiole winged: glands scutellate ; flowers in short, 

 few-flowered racemes ; pedicels as long as the calyx ; corolla, sericeous-lanuginose, twice as 

 long as the tomentose, campanulate, not striate odyx, including the staminsd tube ; legume 

 tomentose, 4-costate, falcate.— A tree; leaflets 4"-2" long; peduncles rusty- tomentose ; 

 calyx 2"'-3"', corolla 5"'-6"'long; legume 4"-6" long.— Hab. Jamaica (Benth.); Domi- 

 nica 1, [mr., S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Guiana I}. 



LXIV. CONNARACE^. 



Character of Leguminosa, but carpels 1-5, distinct, and ovules atropons, rarely hemiana- 

 tropous. 



The seeds are oily, and the arillns in some species of Rourea is eatable. 



1. CONNARUS, L. 



Calyx imbricative. Petals 5. Stamens 10, alternately unequal, united at the base. 

 Carpel single : ovules 2, collateral, ascending, atropons. Legume stipitate, follicular : seed 

 exalbuminous, arillate : radicle superior. — Woody plants ; leaves impari-pinnate ; racemes 

 or spikes compound. 



1. C. gnianensis, Lamb. Branchlets and panicles rusty-puberulous ; leaflets 3, el- 

 liptical-oblong, pointleted, bluntish at the top, acute at the base, glabrous : veins prominidous 

 beueath ; panicles axillary, exceeding the petiole : flowers pedicellate, petals oblong, twice as 

 ■ ' long as the calyx, equalling the longer stamens ; follicle ovoid, longitudinally striate, puberu- 

 loua, at length glabrate, shortly and abruptly stipitate, with a deciduous, terminal mncro : 

 stalk included within the calyx. — C. africanus, Mey. Esseq. I {non Lam.). Omphalobium 

 Lambertii, DC. — A tree ; leaflets 5"-3" long, petiolulate ; prominent veins 6-8 on each 

 side of the midrib ; pedicels 2"'-l"', follicle 8"', its stalk 1'" long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, 

 Guild.; Ti-inidad!, Cr.; [Guiana I]. 



2. O. grandifolius, Planch. I Branchlets and panicles rusty-tomentose ; leaflets 3-5, 

 oval or oval-oblong, blunt, rounded at the base, glabrous : veins prominnlous beneath ; pa- 

 nicles large, terminal and axillary ; flowers subsessile : petals oblong, twice as long as the 

 rusty-pubescent calyx ; follicle . . . . — A high, scandent shrub ; leaflets 6"-5" long, rusty 

 beneath, petiolulate : primary veins 10-12 ou each side of the midrib. — Hab. Dominica I, 

 Jmr. ; [Guadeloupe !, in moist woods]. 



2. ROUREA, Auil. 



Character of Connarus, but carpels 5, 4 of which are usually abortive, and follicle sessile. 



3. B. glabra, Kth. Glabrous or glabrescent ; leaflets 5-3 (7-1), oblong, with a blunt- 

 ish point, rounded at the base ; veins delicate, prominulous on both sides ;' compoijnd racemes 

 equalling the leaves : pedicels slender, nearly as long as the flowers ; petals oblong, twice as 

 long as the calyx ; follicle spathulate-pblong, glabrous, 3-4 times as long as the calyx. — Con- 



