Chamaecrista fenixensis

Chamaecrista fenixensis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Suffruticose, branched, ascending, 2-3 dm. high, the slender branches long-pilose. Stipules lanceolate, long-acuminate, pilose, 4-6 mm. long; petiolar gland stalked, subcylindric, about 0.2 mm. broad, orbicular; leaflets 5-10 pairs, membranous, mucronate or aristulate, 4-7 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, glabrate above, long-pilose beneath, long-ciliate, the midvein excentric; bracts lanceolate; pedicels pilose, 6-10 mm. long; sepals broadly lanceolate, acute or short-acuminate, pilose, 5-6 mm. long; petals obovate, somewhat unequal, the larger one a little longer than the sepals; legume linear, appressed-pubescent, 2.5-3 cm. long, about 3.5 mm. wide, short-tipped.
Rocky localities, Feni.x. Chiapas, April, 1925, Fur pus 1(1553.