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Chamaecrista diffusissima Britton, sp. nov
Diffusely branched from a deep, woody root, the very slender branches glabrous, 1-1.5 cm. long, the twigs nearly filiform. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, long-ciliate, 2-3 mm. long; leaves only 5-13 mm. long, the rachis glabrous, the small orbicular petiolar gland short-stalked; leaflets 4-9 pairs, linear to oblong, membranous, apiculate, pinnately few-veined with the midvein very excentric, glabrous, or sparingly long-ciliate, 2.5-4 mm. long; pedicels solitary, filiform, glabrous, 2-bracteolate near the top, about I cm. long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 3-4 mm. long; legume linear, glabrous, about 2 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. wide.
Pinar, near Las Yeguas, San Diego de los Banos, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, August IS, 1914, Brother Leon 4304.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Chamaecrista micrantha Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 463. 1916.
Stems several from a woody root, ascending or suberect, few-branched or simple, slender, villous, 2-3 dm. long. Stipules lanceolate-acuminate, 2.5-4 mm. long; leaves 8-18 mm. long; petiolar gland short-stalked; rachis villous; leaflets 10-24, oblong, villous, 3-3.5 mm. long, inucronulate, the midvein very excentric; peduncles very slender, villous, 6-15 mm. long; sepals lanceolate, acute, villous, about 4 mm. long; petals rounded, 5 mm. long; legume linear, finely pubescent, 2-3 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide.
Type locality: Near San Pedro, Isle of Pines, Cuba. Distribution: Isle of Pines and Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Chamaecrista pygmaea (DC.) Britton, Bull. Torrej' Club 44: 10. 1917.
Cassia pygmaea DC. Mem. Soc. Geneve 2-: 131. 1824.
Prostrate, the branches and petioles pubescent. Leaflets 4-6 pairs, linear, mucronate; petiolar gland short-stalked; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer than the leaves, 2-bracteolate above the middle; flowers about 8 mm. broad; legume subpubescent, about 2 cm. long.
Type locality: Santo Domingo
Distribution; Known only from the type locality, and to us only from description.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Chamaecrista roigii Britton, sp. nov
Stems, or branches, very slender, short-pilose, about 2 dm. long, or shorter. Stipules lanceolate, sparingly pilose, 4-6 mm. long; leaves 1.5-2 cm. long, the rachis pilose; petiolar gland orbicular, stalked; leaflets S-10 pairs, narrowly oblong, membranous, sparingly pilose, apiculate, 3-5 mm. long, pinnately few-veined, the midvein very excentric; pedicels filiform, villous, solitary, 2-bracteolate near the base, 12-IS mm. long; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 4-5 mm. long; petals 5-7 mm. long; legume linear, short-pubescent, about 2.5 cm. long, 4 mm. wide, short-tipped, the base oblique.
Cerro de Cabras, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, June 27, 1929, /. T. Roig.
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Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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