Calliandra pedicellata Benth.

Anneslia pedicellata (Benth.) Britton & Rose
Calliandra peduellala Benth. Lond. Journ. Bot. 3: 102. 1844. Feiiilkea pedicellata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A shrub, 2 m. high or lower, the slender twigs pilose when young, the stipular spines acicular, straight or slightly curved, 3-7 mm. long. Petioles 1-2 mm. long; rachis loosely pilose, or glabrous; leaflets 4—10 pairs, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 3-5.5 mm. long, faintly veined above, rather strongly veined beneath, glabrous or sparingly ciliate; peduncles slender, glabrous or sparingly pilose, 1.5-3 cm. long, solitary or binate in the axils, or racemose at the ends of the branches; flowers slender-pedicelled; pedicels 5-7 mm. long; umbels severalflowered; calyx broadly campanulate, glabrous, striate, 1.5 mm. long, its teeth ovate; corolla about 4 mm. long, glabrous, its lobes ovate; stamens about 15 mm. long, white, their tube included; legume 5-9 cm. long, about 5 mm. wide, villous-pubescent. ■
Type locality: Haiti. Distribution: Hispaniola.