Wait A Bit Vine

Poincianella phyllanthoides (Standley) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia phyllantlwi,lcs Standley. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 425. 1922.
A shrub, 3-4 dm. high, the slender branches brown, glabrous. Leaves 5-9 cm. long, twice pinnate, glabrous; petioles filiform, 1.5-3 cm. long; pinnae 7-9, filiform-stalked; leaflets 2-3 pairs, orbicular to oval, pinnately veined, 3-7 mm. long, glabrous; racemes terminal, puberulent, fewflowered; pedicels puberulent and somewhat glandular; calyx-lobes oblong, about equal, 7 mm. long, puberulent and glandular, the margins bearing stipitate glands; petals obovate, 7-8 mm. long, their claws sparingly stipitate-glandular; stamens somewhat declined, about as long as the petals; legume flat, oval-suborbicular, 2.5 cm. long, glabrous except a few scattered dark sessile glands, elastically dehiscent; seeds 1 or 2.
Type locality: Hacienda Buena Vista, Tamaulipas. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Perennial, Shrubs, Woody throughout, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules inconspicuous, absent, or caducous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules deciduous, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves odd pinnate, Leaves bipinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets alternate or subopposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Leaves coriaceous, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescence axillary, Inflorescence terminal, Bracts very small, absent or caducous, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx gland-dotted or with glandular spot, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Pet als clawed, Petals orange or yellow, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments hairy, villous, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Fruit 2-seeded, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.