Calliandra guildingii Benth.

Anneslia guildingii (Benth.) Britton & Rose
CalUandra Guildingii Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 96. 1844. Feuilleea Guildingii Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 184. 1891.
Glabrous throughout, the twigs slender. Petioles 1-2.3 cm. long; pinnae 1 pair; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, obliquely lanceolate or subrhomboid, shining, coarsely reticulate-veined, acute or short-acuminate, the upper ones 3-4 cm. long, the lower ones smaller; peduncles axillary, about twice as long as the petioles; heads ellipsoid, many-flowered; calyx about 4 mm. long; corolla 10-11 mm. long; stamens about 6 cm. long, their sheath about as long as the corolla; legume scimitar-shaped, glabrous, long-stipitate, about 1 1 cm. long.
Type locality: St. Vincent. Distribution: St. Vincent.