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of Coromandel, for the fake of its fvveet pulpy red fruit, 

 which is fix inches long, ul.olefonie, though rather inlipid. 

 Flowers fmall, white. 



Seft. 2. Leaves thfice voied. Five fpecies. 



l.tersemmn. Martinico Inga. Willd. n. 1 2. (M.mofa 

 tergemina; Linn. Sp. PL i499- -'f^q- A^er. 265. 1. 177. 

 f.8l. Acacia frutefccns, &c. ; Plum- Ic. 5- t- 10^ *• i, 

 the Linn^an charaders tranfpofed m the plate.) -Thorns 

 none. Leaflets obovate, obtufe ; glaucous beneath. 1 ufts 

 of flowers on folitary axillary ilalks. Legume ftra.ght.- 

 Native of Martinico. Lea/ets an inch long, oblique. 

 Flowers purplilh. 



Sea. 3. Leaves pinnate ; eommon J/ali -winged, thorns 



none. Twelve fpecies. . 



I. vera. Common Inga. Willd. n. 17. Ait. n. 3. 

 (Mimofa Inga; Linn. Sp. PI. 1 495- Inga flore albo 

 fimbriato, fruftu dulci ; Plum. Ic. 14. t. 25.^ Arbor; 

 Merian. Surin. t. 51.) — Leaflets about five pair, ovate- 

 oblong, pointed, fmooth, with a gland between each pair. 

 Corolla hairy. Legume furrowed, downy. — Native of 

 South America and the Weft Indies, where the legumes are 

 efteemed for their agreeable fweetncfs. 



I. fajluofa. Stately Inga. Willd. n. 25. (Mimofa 

 faftuofa; Jacq. Fragm. 15. t. 10.) — Leaflets about four 

 pair, ovate, pointed ; hairy beneath ; with a ftalked gland 

 between each pair. Corolla hairy. Legume hairy, com- 

 prefled, twilled. — Native of the Caraccas. We have from 

 Dr. M^rter a fine dried fpecimen, fuch as that from which 

 Jacquin's plate is taken. This is a truly magnificent plant, 

 whofe copious large tawny Jlowers, with long crimfon 

 Jlamens, make a fplendid appearance. The leajlets are from 

 two to five inches long. Legume broad, flat, but containing 

 a fweet pulp, with large o\z[ feeds. 



Seft. 4. Leaves pinnate ; common flalk fimple. Thorns 

 none. Ten fpecies. 



I. nodofa. Knobbed Inga. Willd. n. 29. Ait. n. 6. 

 (Mimofa nodofa; Linn. Sp. PI. 1498. Phafeolus arbo- 

 reus. Sec; Pluk. Phyt. t. 211. f. 5.) — Leaflets two pair, 

 ovate-oblong, fmooth, unequally divided by the rib ; the 

 lower ones fmalleft, with a gland between. — Found in 

 Ceylon and Cochinchina. It appears to have been raifed in 

 the Englifh and Dutch ftoves, but not preferved. The 

 leaflets are from one to two inches long, their two fides very 

 unequal. 



Seft. 5. Leaves conjugate, pinnate. Nine fpecies. 

 I. purpurea. Purple Inga, or Soldier-bufli. Willd. 

 n. 42. Ait. n. 8. (Mimofa purpurea; Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1500. Andr. Repof. t. 372. Acacia frutefcens. See. ; 

 Plum. Ic. 6. t. 10. f. 2, the Linnaean charafter mifapplied.) 

 — Leaflets four pair, obovate, obtufe ; unequal at the bafe. 

 Footftalks without glands. Heads of flowers ftalked. — 

 Native of the Weft Indies. The leaflets are half an inch 

 long, fmooth. Flowers copious, very confpicuous for their 

 long taflels of crimfon ftamens. 



Seft. 6. Leaves doubly pinnate. Eleven fpecies ; fome 

 thorny. 



I. Saman. Great Downy-leaved Inga. Willd. n. 49. 

 (Mimofa Saman ; Jacq. Fragm. 15. t. 9.) — Thorns none. 

 Leaves with fix pair of primary divihons ; leaflets five or 

 fix pair, elliptic-obovate, obtufe ; terminal ones unequal- 

 fided ; all downy beneath as well as their ftalks. — Native of 

 the Caraccas. One of the largeft and ftouteft trees of the 

 Mimofa tribe. Leaves two feet, or more, in extent, with a 

 deprefled gland at every fiibdivifion. Legume flat, feven or 

 «;ight inches long. 



INGATESTONE, 1. 5, r. 98 and 640. 

 INSTITUTE, National, &c. col. 2, after line 6, 



I O A 



add — By a royal edift, pafled the 26th of March, 1816, thf 

 firft clafs refumes the name of the Royal Academy of 

 Sciences, preferving the organization and diftribution in 

 feftions. 



INVERARY, col. 2, 1. 8 and 7 from bottom, r. 103 and 

 1 1 13. 



INVERKEITHING. Add— The burgh and parifli 

 of Inverkeithing, by the lafl; returns in 1811, contained 

 581 lioufes, and 2400 perfons. 



INVERNESS, col. 2, 1. 7, 8, 9, r. The burgh and 

 parifli was returned, under the aft of 181 1, as containing 

 1672 houfes, and 10,757 inhabitants. 



INVERNESS-SHIRE, 1. 10 and 11, r. comprehended, 

 in the year 1811, 78,336 perfons, occupying 14,646 houfes; 

 35,722 being males, and 42,614 females. 



INVERURY. In 181 1, the burgh and parifti contain- 

 ed 205 houfes, and 907 perfons ; 453 being males, and 454 

 females. 



INULIN, in Chemiflry, a name given by Dr. Thomfon 

 to a fubftance extrafted by Rofe, from the Inula helenium, or 

 Elecampane, This fubftance is extrafted by boiling the 

 roots in water, and putting by the decoftion to cool, when 

 the inulin is depofited in the^form of a white powder. Inulin 

 refembles ftarch in its appearance, and fome of its properties. 

 It is principally diftinguiftied from ftarch by feparating from 

 water after boiling in the form of a white powder. Inulin 

 has been found by Dr. John in the roots of feveral other 

 plants. 



lOANNA. Add— In 1809, this idand was vifited by 

 the lavages of Madagafcar, called Malagafcars, who laid fiege 

 to the principal town, and deftroyed the crops, and thus 

 reduced the inhabitants to the moft deplorable ftate, fo that 

 nearly 200 women and children perilhed of hunger, and 

 numbers of the latter were aftually eaten by their parents, 

 fo that thefe favagcs have nearly defolated the Comora iflands. 

 The once happy and flourifliing ifland of loanna, with its 

 370 towns and villages, fo enchantingly dcfcribed by fir 

 William Jones, is now reduced to two walled towns, and a 

 population of 5000 fouls. 



lOANNINA, a city of Albania, the capital of Ali's 

 dominions, fituated on the weftern banks of a lake of the 

 fame name, at about two miles from its eaftern extremity. 

 In its utmoft length, it may be, perhaps, about two and a half 

 miles, and in breadth nearly a mile. Near the lake it ftands 

 on a flat, but the northern and weftern parts are built on 

 Hopes of rifing and uneven ground. A triangular peninfula 

 juts into the lake, and contains the refidence of the pacha, 

 being defended by a fortification at each angle. The 

 entrance into thefe forts is over a draw-bridge. There is 

 one ftreet which runs nearly the whole length of the town, 

 and another that interfefts it at right angles, extending to 

 the fortrefs ; thefe are the principal ftreets. Many of the 

 houfes are large and well built, containing a court-yard, 

 and having warehoufes or ftables on the gi-ound, and the 

 apartments of the family above. A flight of wooden fteps 

 and a gallery conneft the under and upper parts of the houfes. 

 Although gloomy in appearance, with fmall windows latticed 

 with crofs bars of wood, the yard is furniflied with orange 

 and lemon trees ; and the beft houfes communicate with a 

 garden, and the galleries are fufficiently fpacious to allow 

 fcope for walking in rainy weather. The bazaar, or princi- 

 pal ftreet, inhabited by tradefmen, has a fliowy appearance ; 

 the bizefteen, or covered bazaar, is of confiderable ufe, and 

 would put one in mind of Exeter Change in London. 

 Befide the palace of the pacha, and two houfes allotted to the 

 fonsof Ali, there is another fummer refidence of the vizier's 

 in the fuburbs, at the N.W. end of the town. Beyond the 



pavilion, 



