Slender Sensitive Pea

Chamaecrista serpens (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 29. 1899
Cassia serpens L. Syst. ed. 10, 1018. 1759. Ophiocaulon serpens Raf. Sylva Tell. 129. 1838.
Stems slightly woody, very slender, prostrate, glabrous or puberulent, 1-4 dm. long. Leaves about 3 cm. long or shorter; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, few-nerved, 4—6 mm. long, petiolar gland small, filiform-stalked; leaflets 4—9 pairs, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 4—8 mm. long, obtuse, mucronate, few-nerved, the costa much excentric; pedicels filiform, 1-2.5 cm. long; bractlets linear-lanceolate; sepals broadly lanceolate, acute, 4—5 mm. long, petals as long as the sepals or somewhat longer ; legume linear, sparingly pubescent, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, about 3 mm. wide, very short-tipped.
Type locality: Jamaica.
Distribution: Jamaica; Cuba; Mexico {ace. to Benthara) ; Guatemala; Colombia; Venezuela; Brazil.