Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Phragmocassia Skinneri (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Cassia Skinneri Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 542. 1871. Cassia Nelsonii Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 5: 135. 1897. Cassia Irichoneura Brand. Univ. Cal. Pub. Bot. 6: 179. 1915.
A shrub, 3-4.5 m. high, the young branches densely short-pubescent. Stipules setaceous, 12 mm. long, deciduous; petiole and rachis pubescent; rachis bearing a slender gland between the lower pair of leaflets, rarely also between the second pair; leaflets 4-7 pairs, obovate, or the lower oblong, 2-5 cm. long, rounded at apex, or sometimes refuse, glabrous and shining above, pubescent on the veins beneath; flowers very large, solitary, or few in a terminal cluster; sepals broad, about 8 mm. long or shorter, somewhat unequal, glabrate; petals 2.5-3 cm. long, pubescent without; legume 10-15 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, puberulent when young.
Type locality: Guatemala.
Distribution: Morelos to Oaxaca, Guatemala and El .Salvador.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
