Calliandra bijuga Rose

Anneslia michelii Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A tree, the young branches pubescent. Stipules linear, 5 mm. long; petioles 1 cm. long or less, pubescent ; pinnae 2 pairs, 4-8 cm. long; leaflets 10-12 pairs, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 8-15 mm. long, glabrous, lustrous, a little ciliate, not strongly reticulated; peduncles 2-3 cm. long, pubescent; calyx 2 mm. long, glabrous; corolla 7-8 mm. long, glabrous except a few hairs on the lobes; stamens dark purple, 3 cm. long, their tube much longer than the corolla; legume 10-14 cm. long, 10-14 mm. wide, the valves thin and reticulated.
Michoacan and Jalisco. Type from Monte de las Cortaduras, near Inguaran, Michoacan, March 20, 1898, Langlassc 41.

Anneslia bijuga (Rose) Britton & Rose
Calliandra bijuga Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. S: 135. 1897.
A tree with wide-spreading top, the young branches pubescent but soon glabrate. Stipules ovate, acute; petioles 10 mm. long or less, sometimes wanting; pinnae 2 pairs; leaflets 9-12 pairs, oblong, acute, glabrous or nearly so, shining above, pale beneath; peduncles solitary or binate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, glabrous, bracteolate; calyx 2 mm. long, glabrous; corolla 6 mm. long, glabrous; stamens 3.7 cm. long, bright crimson; legume 10 cm. long, 12 mm. broad, puberulent, acute.
Type locality: Acapulco. Guerrero. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.