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13. Chamaecrista Tuerckheimii sp. nov. 



Shrubby, with a deep woody root; stems slender, villous- 

 pubescent, 8-10 cm. long. Stipules obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, striate, 2-3 mm. long; leaves 2-2.5 cm. long, the 

 rachis villous-pubescent; leaflets 6 or 7 pairs, linear-oblong, to 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 6-8 mm. long, about 2 mm. wide, ciliate, 

 shining, rounded or subtruncate and mucronulate at the apex, 

 obliquely rounded at the base, pinnately veined with the promi- 

 nent midvein somewhat excentric, the petiolar gland short- 

 stalked; peduncles slender, villous, about 2 cm. long; sepals 

 lanceolate, acuminate, villous, 7-8 mm. long; petals obovate, 

 about twice as long as the sepals ; legume linear, narrowed at both 

 ends, nearly glabrous, 1.8 cm. long. 



Near Maniel de Ocoa, Santo Domingo, in fields, 300 m. alt. 

 (Tuerckheim j68g). 



14. Chamaecrista caribaea (Northrop) 



Cassia caribaea Northrop, Mem. Torrey Club 12: 39. 1902. 



Type locality: Fresh Creek, Andros, Bahamas. 



Distribution: Andros, New Providence and Cat Island, 

 Bahamas. 



Illustration: Northrop, loc. cit. pi. 6. 



15. Chamaecrista inaguensis comb. nov. 



Cassia inaguensis Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3: 443. 1905- 



Type locality: Inagua, Bahamas. 



Distribution: Inagua, South Caicos, Grand Turk, and 

 Ambergris Cay, Bahamas. 



16. Chamaecrista lucayana comb. nov. 



Cassia lucayana Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 4: 138. 1906. 



Type locality: Cay north of Wide Opening, Exuma Chain, 

 Bahamas. 



Distribution: Great Bahama, Cat Island, Conception, Rum 

 Cay, and Exuma Chain, Bahamas. 



17. Chamaecrista glandulosa (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 28. 1899 



Cassia glandulosa L. Syst. Ed. 10, 1017. 1759- 

 Cassia virgata Sw. Prodr. 66. 1788. 



