Caesalpinia glaucophylla Urb.

Guilandina glaucophylla (Urban) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia glaucophylla Urban, Synib. Ant. 2: 274. 1900.
Branches and leaves prickly; stipules subulate, about 1 mm. long, aculeate. Leaves prickly, the rachis tomentulose; pinnae 5 -9 pairs; leaflets 4-6 pairs, ovate to oval, or narrowly obovate, nearly equilateral, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, membranous, pale or glaucous and minutely pilose beneath, glabrous above, the apex obtuse or roimded and emarginate, the base obtuse or cunedte; racemes tomentulose, many-flowered, 7 cm. long or longer; pedicels 10-15 mm. long; calyx about 10 mm. long; petals a little longer than the calyx-segments; legume elliptic, 57 cm. long, loosely prickly, short-beaked; seeds globular, light yellow, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter.
Type locality: Cieneguita, Santa Clara. Cuba. Distribution; Santa Clara, Cuba.