Pithecellobium mucronatum Coker

Pithecellobium mucronatum Britton; Coker, in Shattuck,
Bahama Isl. 254. 1905.
A shrub about 2 m. high, the young twigs and the peduncles sparingly pubescent. Stipular spines about 1 cm. long or shorter; petioles 0.5-1 cm. long, the apical gland stout-stalked; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 1 pair, coriaceous, glabrous, narrowly obovate, shining above, 1—2 cm. long, the midvein excurrent; peduncles much longer than the upper leaves; heads about 1.5 cm. in diameter; flowers puberulent ; calyx 2-3 mm. long; corolla about 6 ram. long; stamentube included.
Type locality: Clarence Harbor, Long Island, Bahamas. Distribution : Type locality and vicinity.