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Petiolar gland stalked. 



Pod glabrous or nearly so. 32. C. pedicellaris. 



Pod short-pilose. 33- C. Buchii. 



1. Chamaecrista diphylla (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 28. 1899 



Cassia diphylla L. Sp. PI. 376. 1753- 



Type locality: "In India." 



Distribution: Provinces of Santa Clara, Pinar del Rio and 

 on Isle of Pines, Cuba; Hispaniola; Porto Rico; recorded by 

 Grisebach from St, Kitts and St. Vincent; continental tropical 

 America. 



2. Chamaecrista rotundifolia (Pers.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 31. 



1899 



Cassia rotundifolia Pers. Syn. i: 456. 1805. 

 Cassia bifoliata DC; Collad. Cass. 120. 1816. 



Type locality: South America. 



Distribution: Provinces of Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio 

 and on Isle of Pines, Cuba; Jamaica; continental tropical 

 America. 



Illustration: Collad. Cass. pi. g. 



3. Chamaecrista pilosa (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 28. 1899 



Cassia pilosa L. Syst. Ed. 10, 1017. I759- 

 Cassia Milleri Collad. Cass. 132. 18 16. 



Type locality: Jamaica (Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 540). 



Distribution: Province of Pinar del Rio and Isle of Pines, 

 Cuba; Jamaica; northern South America. 



4. Chamaecrista serpens (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 29. 1899. 



Cassia serpensh. Syst. Ed. 10, 1018. 1759- 

 Type locality: Jamaica (Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 541). 

 Distribution: Provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba; 



Jamaica; northern South America. 



5. Chamaecrista flexuosa (L.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 27. 1899 



Cassia flexuosa L. Sp. PI. 379. I753- 



Chamaecrista amplistipulata Rose, Contr. Nat. Herb. 12: 267. 



1909. \ 



