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INGA purpurea. 
Purple Inga, or Soldier-qwood. 
POLYGAMIA MONGCI4, 
Nat. Ord. Lecuminosm. Jussieu gen, 345, 
Div. I. Cor. regularis. Legum. multiloculare, spits bivalve, 
dissepimentis transversis, loculis monospermis. Stam. distincta, Ar- 
bores aut frutices; folia abrupté pinnata. : 
INGA. Hermara. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa 5-dentata. 
Stam. numerosa monadelpha, Legum. 1-loculare, seminibus pulpa vel 
arillo ipvolutis. 
Mascun. Cal. 5-dentatus. Car. tubulosa 5-dentata. Stam, nue 
merosa monadelpha, Willd. sp. pl. 4. 1004. 
Div. folits conjugato-pinnatis, 
I. purpurea, inermis, foliis conjugato-pinnatis: pinnis quadrijugis: fo« 
Jiolis oblongis obtusis basi inzqualibus, petiolis eglandulosis, capitulis 
pedunculatis. /Vil/d. sp. pl. 4. 1021. 
Inga purpurea. Tort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 454. 
Mimosa purpurea. Linn. sp. pl. 2. 1500. Mill. dict. ed. 8. n. 15. 
Hort. Kew. 3.439. Andrews’s reposit. 372. 
Acacia frutescens, non aculeata, flore purpurascente, alia. Plum. ic, 
tab. 10. fig. 2. 
Frutex ramosus, ramis flexuosis, badio-corticatis, alterné et remotius folia~ 
tis. Folia subuncialia, acuté stipulata, conjugato-pinnata, levia, reticulato- 
venosa, sub lente ciliolata, petiolo communz partialibus breviore intis lanu- 
ginoso, bracteolé ad pedem conjugationis ; pinne Ajuga, foliolis articulato- 
subsessilibus, obovatis vel oblongis, apice rotundatis cum mucronulo, bast 
obliquatis, latere interiore lamine plurimim angustiore ;_ parium 2 imorum 
pinne singule inequalissime, Pedunculi solitarit, superné in ramis azillares, 
erecti, compresst, striati, virides, folia cequantes vel subsuperantes, apice 
florigeri, versis medium stipati bracteolis 2 minutis. Flores subhemisphe- 
rico-capitati absque pedicellis, excedentes unciam. Cal. herbaceus, tubulosus, 
corolla triplo brevior.. Cor. tenertor, profundiis divisa, cito emarcescens, Sere 
quinguiés brevior staminibus. . Stam. 7-9? punicea, pro longitudine corolle. 
Freeper et ten ind2 distincta. Germ. teres, glabrum ; stylus longitudine 
ef colore filamentorum, qt crasstor, supra sepe cum gyro flexus ; stigma 
punctum obtusum, 
Inca, which includes a numerous array of species, has 
been formed by Willdenow, at the expense of Mimosa; 
its chief difference from which, as well as Acacra, is, that 
the seeds of its legumes or pod are envelopped either by a 
coat of pulp or a dry loose covering, termed the art/; neither 
of which are found on the seed of Mimosa or Acacia. 
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