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GUADALOUPE INGA. 
INGA Guadalupe nsis, inermis, foliis conjugato-geminatis , 
foliolis obovatis subrhombeis obtusis venosis glaberrimis, 
glandula in dichotomia petioli glabri et inter foliola, capi- 
tulis globosis pedicellatis racemosis, legumine torto glabro. 
Decand. Prod., vol. 2. p. 436. 
Mimosa Guadalupensis, foliis bijugis foliolis ovalibus, obli- 
quis subcoriaceis, capitulis corymbosis. Persoon. Synops., 
vol. 2. p. 262. 
This species also becomes a tree of 12 to 20 feet 
elevation at Key West, according to the observation of 
the same gentleman who discovered the preceding. The 
specimen described by Persoon, came from the island 
of Guadaloupe. Decandolle suspects that it may be a 
mere thornless variety of the preceding species, (/. Un- 
guis-cati ,) but from numerous specimens which we have 
inspected from Florida, there can remain very little 
doubt of its distinction as a peculiar species. 
The spines appear to be wholly wanting, the bark of 
the branches is grey and rough with minute warts. The 
petioles are about three lines long, and of the same 
length with the partial ones; both are strongly grooved 
and distinctly articulated. The leaves are smooth and 
coriaceous, shining above, dull and paler beneath, deli- 
cately and reticulately veined, quite opaque from their 
thickness, cuneate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 
and sometimes rounded at the apex, at other times 
rather acute and apiculated. A depressed gland at the 
summit of the petiole between the stalks, and also one 
less distinct between the pairs of leaflets. The flowers 
are axillary and long pedunculate; they likewise termi- 
