Caesalpinia secundiflora Urb.

Caesalpinia secundiflora Urban, Arkiv Bot. aiA^: 92. 1927
An imarmed shrub, the twigs short-pilose. Stipules lanceolate, about 1 mm. long; petioles 2 cm. long or shorter; leaves 10-12 cm. long, the pinnae 3 or 4 pairs; leaflets 4-6 pairs, obovate, subchartaceous, subtruncate or emarginate, 2-3 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. wide, or the lower ones much smaller, shining above, dull and finely reticulate-veined beneath, the lateral veins 6-8; inflorescence terminal, many-flowered, the flowers secund; bracts 1.5 mm. long, deciduous; pedicels about 12 mm. long, jointed near the top; calyx-tube broadly campanulate, glabrous, 4 mm. long; petals yellow, shorter than the calyx-segments; longer stamens 27 mm. long; legtmie glabrous, short-stipitate, 10-13 cm. long, 1418 mm. wide.
Type locality: Coquillages, Tortuga Island, Haiti. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.