IN G A.t 
(Plumier, Willd.) 
Natural Order , LEGUMiNOSiE. Linncean Classification , 
PoLYGAMIA, MoN(ECIA. 
Flowers polygamous, perfect, and male. — Calyx 5-toothed. 
Corolla monopetalous, tubular-funnel-formed, exceeding the 
calyx in length, with the border regular and 4 or 5-cleft. 
Stamina numerous, exserted, (10 to 200,) with the capillary 
filaments more or less united into a tube. Legume broadly 
linear, compressed, I -celled. Seeds usually covered with 
pulp, more rarely with a pellicle or with farinaceous matter. 
Shrubs or trees of warm or tropical climates, chiefly indigenous 
to India and America, usually unarmed. Flowers in spikes or 
globular heads, red or white, rarely yellow. 
BLUNT LEAVED INGA. 
INGA Unguis-cati,J spinis stipularibus rectis, foliis conju- 
gal o-geminat is, foliolis subrot undo-ellipticis subdimidiatis 
membranaceis glabris , glandula in dichotomia petioli 
glabri et inter foliola , florum capitulis globosis in race- 
mum terminalem dispositis , legumine torto . — Dec and. 
Prod., vol. 2. p. 436. 
f An American name adopted by Plumier. 
J The specific name of unguis-cati , alludes to the short and 
rather concealed thorns with which this tree is provided. Browne 
calls it the black-bead shrub, and from others in Jamaica, accord- 
ing to Macfadyen, it receives the names of Barb ary -thorn and 
Nephritic tree . 
