112 J. N. Rose: Caesalpiniaceae novae mexicanae. 
7. Cassia goldmani Rose, l. c., p. 98. 
Shrub or tree 4 to 6 meters high; leaves clustered near the ends ot 
stunted branches or scattered along the vigorous branches; rachis 
slightly pubescent; leaflets 5 to 12 pairs, rather thick, the venation 
somewhat indistinct, glabrous or nearly so, the margins never ciliate, 
pale on both sides, perhaps glaucous, 12 to 16 mm long, broadest near 
the tip, oblique at base, rounded at apex, usually with a short muero; 
pods 8 to 10 em long. somewhat glaucous, 2 cm or more broad, the 
margins winged. 
Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 565323, collected by Nelson and 
Goldman about 5 miles southwest of El Potrero, Lower California, 
October 31, 1905 (no. 7238). : 
Resembling C. polyantha of Central Mexico, but having somewhat 
different leaflets, less pubescence on branches and leaflets, &e, 
8. Hoffmanseggia arida Rose, 1. c., p. 98. 
Stems low, diffuse, usually herbaceous but sometimes woody at base, 
glabrous except some stipitate glands; stipules ovate, acute; petioles 
slender, bearing a few stipitate glands; pinnae 3 to 6 pairs; leaflets 4 to 
8 pairs, oblong, 3 to 4 mm long, glabrous except a gland in the retuse 
apex; inflorescence an erect or ascending raceme, 10 to 20 cm long 
including the peduncle, at first very dense, bearing many stipitate glands; 
bracts subtending the flowers ovate, acuminate, ciliate; calyx deeply 
5-parted, the lobes somewhat unequal, ciliate; flowers yellow tinged with 
red; pods narrowly oblong, 3 to 4 cm long, acute, glabrous except for 
the numerous stipitate glands, 
Common on the deserts of Querétaro. 
Type U. S. National Herbarium no. 453109, collected by J. N. Rose 
and Jos. H. Painter between San Juan del Rio and Cadereyta, August 19, 
1905 (no. 9619); also near Higuerillas, August 23, 1903 (no. 9770). 
This species is near H. stricta Benth., but the inflorescence and pods 
lack the soft pubescence on the racemes and pods. 
9. Hoffmanseggia watsoni (Fisher) Rose, Le p. 98. 
Syn.: H. gracilis S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad., XVII, 347, 1882, not Hook. 
& Arn. 1833. 
Caesalpinia watsoni Fisher, Bot. Gaz., XVIII, 122, 1893. 
