12 BRITTON: STUDIES OF WEST INDIAN PLANTS 
29. Chamaecrista Chamaecrista (L.) 
Cassia Chamaecrisia L. Sp. Pl. 379. 1753. 
Cassia diffusa DC. Mém. Soc. Hist. Nat. Gen. 2: 130. 1824. 
Cassia smaragdina Macf. Fl. Jam. 1: 347. 1837. 
Chamaecrista diffusa Britton, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 41. 
IQI5. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Curacao. 
DISTRIBUTION: Bahamas; Jamaica; Cuba; ? Hispaniola; Porto 
Rico; St. Jan; St. Croix; St. Kitts; Guadeloupe; Grenada; Curacao; 
Margarita. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Breyn, pl. 24; Schrank, Hort. Monac. pl. 33. 
The species has been much confused with the annual C. 
nictitans of eastern continental North America. 
The recognition of the plant of Curacao as typical Cassia 
Chamaecrista brings C. diffusa into its synonymy. 
30. Chamaecrista strigillosa (Benth.) 
Cassia strigillosa Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 581. 1871. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Province of Oriente, Cuba; Santo Domingo 
(according to Bentham). Referred by Grisebach to Cassia 
serpens L. 
31. Chamaecrista adenosperma (Urban) 
Cassia adenosperma Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 362. 1908. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra del Palo Quemado, Santo Domingo. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality, and, to 
me, only from the description. 
32. Chamaecrista pedicellaris (DC.) 
Cassia pedicellaris DC. Prodr. 2: 504. 1825. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Santo Domingo. 
DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola. 
33. Chamaecrista Buchii (Urban) 
Cassia Buchu Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 361. 1908. 
TYPE LocaLity: Near Gonaives, Haiti. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality and, to me, 
only from the description. 
