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Chamaecrista fagonioides (Vogel) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

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Grimaldia decora Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Decumbent or prostrate, the slender branches 3-5 dm. long, softly pubescent. Stipules 2-3 mm. long; leaflets oblong or elliptic, 1-3 cm. long, obtuse, often mucronulate, pubescent on both sides, venation inconspicuous: racemes terminal, 1-2 dm long, glandular-pubescent; pedicels spreading, glandular-pubescent, 1-2 cm. long; flower-bud rounded, densely hirsute; sepals 8-9 mm. long; petals 10-15 mm. long; legume oblong, 3-3.5 cm. long, about 8 mm. broad, hirsute.
Sinaloa, Guerrero and Oaxaca. Type from vicinity of .-Vcapulco, Guerrero, October 1894— March 1895, Palmer 501.
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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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Grimaldia killipii (Rose) Britton & Rose
Cassia Killipii Rose, Journ. Wash. .Acad. 17; 167. 1927.
Prostrate, with long slender branches, often 1 m. long, with short pubescence interspersed with spreading hairs and more or less glutinose. Stipules minute; leaflets orbicular to oblong, 5—15 mm. long, rounded at apex, glabrous or nearly so above, pubescent beneath, strongly veined; flowers axillary and solitary or in small terminal panicles; flower-bud obtuse, densely long-hirsute: sepals .S-y mm. long, obtuse; petals 11-13 mm. long; ovary densely setose; legiune hirsute, 2.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide.
Type locality: Tapia. Panama. •DisTRrBUTioN : Panama.
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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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