Chamaecrista caribaea var. inaguensis (Britton) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Chamaecrista tortuensis (Urban & Ekman) Britton
Cassia tortuensis Urban & Ekman; Urban, Arkiv Bot. 21A': 91. 1927.
A shrub, about 1.5 m. high, the twigs puberulent. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 mm.
long; petiolar glands 1 or 2, orbicular, stipitate; leaflets 1-3 pairs, chartaceous, shining, glabrous,
obovate, 2-3 cm. long, 8-20 mm. wide, rounded, truncate or emarginate, the numerous veinspar-
allel; pedicels 1 or 2, 3.5-4.5 cm. long in fruit; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, sparingly ap-
pressed-pilose, 10-11 mm. long; petals about 13 mm. long; legume linear, 4.5-6 cm. long,
5-6 mm. wide, sparingly appressed-pubescent ; seeds 1 1-14.
Type locality: Tortuga Island, Haiti. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Chamaecrista inaguensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 44: 8. 1917
Cassia inaguensis Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Card. 3: 443. 1905.
A much-branched shrub, 6-12 dm. high, the twigs pubescent. Stipules lanceolate-subulate, 2-4 mm. long, persistent; petiolar gland solitary, stipitate; leaflets 1 or 2 pairs, glabrous, subcoriaceous, rigid, shining, oblong to obovate, strongly finely manyveined, 1,5-3 cm. long, 5-13 mm. wide, the apex rounded or emarginate, the base narrowed; pedicels filiform, sparingly pubescent, 2-4 cm. long; sepals lanceolate, pubescent, at least at the base, I cm. long, or shorter; petals about 1.5 cm. long; young legume densely pubescent; mature legume linear, sparingly pubescent, 5-7 cm. long, 5 mm. wide.
Type locality: Inagua. Bahamas. Distribution: Southern Bahamas.