362 PENNELL: PLANTS OF SOUTHERN UNITED STATES 
Type, three specimens in the National Herbarium, collected 
by Mr. J. H. Simpson.’”’ Type seen in the United States 
National Herbarium. 
Chamaecrista Simpsoni Pollard; Heller, Cat. N. A. Pl. 2d ed. 5. 
1900. 
Stem spreading, 1-3 dm. tall, diffusely branched, puberulent 
with incurved hairs below or throughout, hirsute with longer hairs 
only above or rarely throughout. Leaflets 9-19 pairs, 5-11 mm 
long. Pedicels 2-3 mm. long.—Otherwise as in the species, with 
which it seems to completely intergrade. Pine-lands, extreme 
southern Florida. 
FLoripA. Dade: Cocoanut Grove, N. L. Britton 285 = March 
26 (Y); Fort Dallas; Homestead; Miami. Monroe: Big Pine Key, 
F. W. Pennell 9554 = May 2 (Y); Boca Chica, F. W. Pennell 
9613 > May 15 (Y); Cudjoe, F. W. Pennell 9556 = May 5 (Y); 
Key West; Little Pine Key; No Name Key. 
