Chamaecrista nictitans subsp. disadena (Steud.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Chamaecrista stenocarpa (Vogel) Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat Herb. 18": 104. 1916.
Cassia slettocarpa Vogel, Syn. Cass. 68. 1837.
Cassia Broughtonii Fawcett & Rendle, Journ. Bot. 55: 37. 1917.
C/iamo«m(an7>aria Britton. Bull. Torrey Club 44: 11, in part. 1917. Not Coiiia rjfan'a H.B.K. 1824.
Suffruticose, or herbaceous and perennial; stem erect, rather stout, 1-2 m. high, pilose, usually little-branched. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, long-acuminate, 10-14 mm. long; petiolar gland orbicular, obconic, long-stipitate, about 0.6 mm. broad; leaflets 10-26 pairs, linear or lineai -oblong, membranous, mucronate or aristate, glabrous or nearly so, often ciliate, 8-18 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide, the midvein excentric; flowers solitary, or 2 or 3 together; pedicels 4-8 mm. long; sepals lanceolate, acute, 6-8 mm. long; petals about 8 mm. long, or shorter; legume linear, 2.5-5 cm. long, about 4 mm. wide, loosely villous.
Type locality: Brazil.
Distribution: Jamaica; Cuba; Hispaniola; Bonaire; Sinaloa and Veracruz to Yucatan, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.