Caesalpinia pannosa Brandegee

Poincianella pannosa (Brand.) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia pannosa Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 2: 150. 1SS9. Poinciana pannosa Rose. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 303. 1911.
A shrub, 1-2 in. high, the slender branches glabrous or nearly so. Petioles 1-3 cm. long; pinnae 3-5; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, oblong to obovate, retuse, entire, 3-12 mm. long, the lateral venation none, or obscure; racemes several-many-flowered; bracts oate, acuminate; pedicels slender, 8-15 mm. long, jointed below the middle, short-stipitate-glandular, or some of them eglandular; calj-x-tube mostly short-stipitate-glandular, its lobes oblong, all similar, 5-6 mm. long, obtuse, pubescent or cihate but not glandular; petals obovate, about 7 mm. long, dotted with sessile glands; stamens about 10 mm. long; ovary densely glandular; legume oblong, sublunate, 3 cm. long, 12-15 mm. wide, glabrous or puberulent, copiously black-glandulardotted.
Type loc.litv: San Jorge, Lower California. Distribiition: Lower California.