Adenopodia patens (Hook. & Arn.) Brenan

Pseudoentada patens filook. & Arn.) Brittoii & Rose
/kho palens Hook. Sr Arn. Hot. Beechey Voy. 419. 1S40. Piptadenia patens Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 89. 1844. Mimosa gualanensis Robins. & Bart. Proc. Am. Acad. 43: .53. 1907. Enlaiia patens Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23; 349. 1922.
An elongated vine, tlie twigs glabrous or puberulent. Pinnae 2-4 pairs; leaflets 3-6 pairs, orbicular to obovate, 0.5-5 cm. long, obtuse or rounded, glabrous above, sometimes hairy along the midvein beneath; inflorescence 2-3 dm. long, densely pubescent; spikes slender, 4—10 cm. long; flowers yellowish-white, glabrous, about 1.5 mm. long; stamens about twice as long as the corolla; legume 8-13 cm. long, 2-2.5 cm. wide, glabrous.
Type locality: Nicaragua. Distribution: Guerrero to El Salvador.