10 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



The species has been much confused with the Jamaican C. 

 glandulosa. 



20. Chamaecrista polyadena (DC.) 



Cassia polyadena DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Gen. 2: 132. 1824. 



Type locality : Guadeloupe. 



Distribution: Guadaloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Barba- 

 does. 



My identification of this species is based on my examination of 

 the type, some years ago, in the Candollean herbarium at Geneva, 

 Switzerland. Notwithstanding the usually sessile petiolar gland 

 and the relatively broader leaflets, I am not confident that this 

 species is distinct from the preceding one. 



21. Chamaecrista pygmaea (DC.) 



Cassia pygmaea DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Gen. 2: 131. 1824. 



Type locality: Santo Domingo. 



Distribution: Hispaniola. 



Referred by Bentham to Cassia procumbens L., which is a 

 synonym of C. nictitans L. of continental North America, as 

 previously indicated by me (Bull. Torrey Club 43: 463). 



22. Chamaecrista patellaria (DC.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 32. 



1899 



Cassia patellaria DC; Collad. Cass. 125. 1816. 



Type locality : Cayenne. 



Distribution: Jamaica; all provinces of Cuba and on the Isle 

 of Pines; continental tropical America. 



Illustration: Collad. Cass. pi. 16. 



23. Chamaecrista fasciata Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 37: 352. 



1910 



Type locality: Between Bath and Cuna-Cuna Gap, Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Jamaica; Cuban provinces of Oriente, Cam- 

 aguey, Santa Clara and Havana. 



24. Chamaecrista aeschinomene (DC.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 32. 



1899 



Cassia aeschinomene DC; Collad. Cass. 127. 1816. 

 Chamaecrista Millspaughii Pollard, Field Col. Mus. Bot. 2: 47. 

 1900. 



