Senna hirsuta (L.) H. S. Irwin & Barneby

Ditremexa hirsuta (L.) Britton & Rose; Britton & Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico and Virgin IsL S: 372. 1924.
Cassia hirsuta L. Sp. PI. 378. 1753.
(?) Cassia caracasana Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 11. 1798.
Hirsute, 1.5 m. high or less, perennial. Stipules linear, deciduous; petioles 3-8 cm. long, bearing a stout gland near the base; leaflets 3-5 pairs, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 4-7 cm. long; flowers in short axillary racemes; peduncle shorter than the subtending petiole; bracts short, deciduous; sepals oblong, obtuse, 7-9 mm. long, hirsute; petals twice as long as the sepals; legume linear, densely hirsute, somewhat curved, 8-15 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide; seeds transverse.
Type locality: America.
Distribution: Jamaica; Porto Rico; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Vincent; Tobago; Trinidad. El Salvador. Colombia to Dutch Guiana, Ecuador and Brazil.