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Anneslia chapaderoana Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Branches slender, pilose above, at length becoming glabrous. Stipules narrowly oblong, obtuse or acutish, 8-12 mm. long; petioles 2-5 cm. long, pilose, becoming glabrous; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs, short-stalked; leaflets 4 or 5 pairs, elliptic to obovate, obtuse or mucronulate, darkening in drying, subchartaccous, pilose beneath, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, or the lower pair much smaller; peduncles axillary, very slender, 4 cm. long or shorter; heads many-flowered; flowers apparently purple; filaments about 2 cm. long.
Guatemala and Guerrero. Type from Chapadero, Santa Rosa, Guatemala, August, 1892,
Hcyde and Lux 3740.
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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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Anneslia suborbicularis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Stems slender, pubescent or nearly glabrous; stipules oblong to ovate-oblong, obtuse or acutish, 5-7 mm. long; petioles slender, pubescent or glabrous, 2-4 cm. long; pinnae 1 or 2 pairs, slender-stalked; upper leaves reduced to stipules; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, orbicular-obovate or broadly obovate, obtuse, thin, the larger ones about 3 cm. long, the smaller 0.6-1 cm. long, all appressed-pubescent on both sides or some of them glabrous; peduncles filiform, glabrous or nearly so, solitary or clustered, 1-4 cm. long; heads small, few-several-flowered; calyx nearly 1 mm. long; corolla about 3 mm. long; filaments about 1.5 cm. long.
Bafios del Carrizal, Veracruz, August, 1912, Pur pus 60S4.
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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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Anneslia penduliflora (Rose) Britton & Rose
Calliandra penduliflora Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 193. 1899.
A shrub, 3 m. high, with light gray bark, the twigs terete, densely pubescent. Stipules 6-10 mm. long, ovate, strongly nerved, pubescent; pinnae 1 or 2 pairs; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong to obovate, the largest 4—5 cm. long, rounded at apex, oblique at base, pubescent on both sides; inflorescence somewhat paniculate; peduncles slender, 2-5 cm. long, pubescent or glabrous; calyx and corolla glabrous; corolla about 4 mm. long; stamens white, 2-4 cm. long, their tube short; legume 6-8 cm. long, 7-10 cm. wide, glabrous, obtuse or acutish.
Type locality: Bolanos de Mexico, Jalisco. Distribution: Durango to Oaxaca.
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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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Anneslia orientalis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A small tree, about 3 m. high, the slender twigs, petioles, and leaf-rachis finely pubescent. Stipules broadly oblong, obtuse, 4—6 mm. long; petioles 3-3.5 cm. long; pinnae 2-4 pairs, mostly 3 pairs, their stalks 6-12 mm. long; leaflets 4-6 pairs, membranous, oblong to obovate, finely appressed-pubescent on both sides, obtuse, apiculate, the upper 1.5-2 cm. long, the others progressively smaller, the lower only 5-10 ram. long, upper leaves often reduced to stipules; peduncles very slender, glabrous, about 4 cm. long or shorter; heads several-flowered; calyx about 4 mm. long, its oblong lobes distinct nearly to the base; corolla about 4.5 mm. long; filaments nearly 3 cm. long, united near the base; legume narrowly linear, glabrous, 6 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide.
Sevilla Estate, near Santiago, Oriente, Cuba, August 27, 1906, Norman Taylor 4.
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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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Anneslia capillata (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Calliandra capillata Benth. Lend. Journ. Bot. 3: 98. 1844. Feuilleea capillata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 187. 1891.
A shrub, the twigs glabrous. Stipules broadly oblong, membranous, striate, 6 mm. long,
4 mm. broad; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs; leaflets 3-6 pairs, strongly oblique, obovate-elliptic, glabrous, the upper 2.5 cm. long; peduncles slender, often fascicled; calyx 2 mm. long; corolla 5 mm. long; filaments 3-4 cm. long, united at base into a short tube.
Type locality: Base of Mount San Felipe, Oaxaca. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
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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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Anneslia izalcoensis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
A shrub, 2-3 m. high, the slender twigs glabrous. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 mm. long; petioles 2.5-4 cm. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent; pinnae 2 pairs; rachis and rachillas puberulent; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2-2.7 cm. long, thin, oblique, glabrous or nearly so above, sparingly pubescent beneath, at least on the veins, the apex acutish, the base obtuse or subtruncate; peduncles axillary, solitary, slender, glabrous in fruit, 4-6.5 cm. long; legume about 6 cm. long, 7-9 mm. wide, sparingly pubescent, at least when young.
Vicinity of Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador, March, 1922, Standley 21S1S.
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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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Anneslia cookii Britton & Rose, sp. iiov
Glabrous throughout, the branches slender. Stipules narrowly oblong, obtuse, about
6 mm. long; petioles very slender, 3-5 cm. long; pinnae 1 or 2 pairs, the petiolules 1-3 cm. long; leaflets 3 pairs, broadly obovate, membranous, 2-3.5 cm. long, the apex rounded, the base obliquely narrowed; legume about 10 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, long-attenuate at the base.
Guatemala and British Honduras. Type from between Yaxmuxan and Yaxha, tidal district, Peten, Guatemala, April 9, 1922, 0. F. Cook and R. D. Martin 209.
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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