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13. Chamae crista 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 j68c). 



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. Card. 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. Card. 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. y 



