Mimosa quadrivalvis var. quadrivalvis

Leptoglottis quadrivalvis (L.) Britton & Rose
Mimosa quadrivalvis L. Sp. PI. 522. 1753.
Schrankia aculeala Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 1041. 1806.
?Schrankia mexicana Raf. New Fl. 1: 43. 1836.
Morongia aculeata Heller. Cat. N. Am. Plants 4. 1898.
Schrankia quadrivalvis Merrill, Philipp. Journ. Sci. Bot. 5: 30. 1910.
Glabrous, vine-like; stem rather stout, up to 8 dm. long or longer, armed with stout prickles. Stipules 2-3 mm. long; petioles very slender, sparingly prickly or unarmed, 2-4 cm. long; pinnae 2 or 3 pairs; leaflets 8-15 pairs, oblong-obovate, 4—6 mm. long, obtuse, rounded or apiculate, the venation obscure; peduncles 6-20 mm. long; legume subterete, glabrous, copiously prickly, 5,-7 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, its beak 3-5 mm. long.
TytE locality: Veracruz.
Distribution: Veracruz. Naturalized in the Philippine Islands.