Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Peiranisia angustisiliqua (Lam.) Britton & Rose
Cassia angustisiliqua Lam. Encvcl. 1: 649. 1785. Cassia Berleriana Balb.; DC. Prodr. 2: 496. 1825.
A shrub, about 1 m. high, the branches puberulent or nearly glabrous. Stipules setaceous, deciduous; gland subglobose, blunt, borne between the lower pair of leaflets, or on the petiole; leaflets 3-4 pairs, oblong, 8-22 mm. long, obtuse or acute, mucronate, glabrous on both sides; racemes few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves; petals 1.5-2 cm. long; sepals obtuse; legume narrowly linear, 7-12 cm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, stipitate, glabrate.
Type loc.m.ity: Santo Domingo.
Distribution; Hispaniola.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
