Chamaecrista glandulosa (L.) Greene

Chamaecrista glandulosa (I,.) Greene, Pittonia 4: 28. 1899
Cassia glandulosa L. Syst, ed, 10, 1017. 1759. , Cassia virgala Sw. Prodr. 66. 1788.
''Cassia stricia Schrank, PI. Rar. Hort. Monac. pi. 34. 1819. Mupteireca glandulosa Raf. Sylva Tell. 127. 1838.
Dialanthera glandulosa Raf. Sylva Tell. 127. 1838.
Chamaecrista virgala Greene, Pittonia 4:31. 1899.
A shrub, 6-10 dm. high, the twigs glabrate or puberulent. Stipules lanceolate, longacuminatc, 5-8 mm. long; leaves about 9 cm. long or shorter, bearing a long-stalked gland 0.40.6 mm. broad on the petiole and usually others on the rachis between the leaflets; leaflets 8-16 pairs, linear to oblong, subchartaceous, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent beneath when young, obtuse or acutish, mucronate, 1-2 cm. long, or the upper ones smaller, 2.5-4 mm, wide, closely pinnately many-veined, the costa nearly central; pedicels 5-15 mm. long; bractlets lanceolate; sepals lanceolate, 8 or 9 mm. long, sparingly appressed-pubescent ; larger petals 1 01 3 mm, long ; legume linear, 3-4 cm. long, about 4 mm. wide, sparingly finely pubescent.
Type locality: Jamaica.
Distribution: Jamaica.

Chamaecrista cowellii Britton, sp. nov
Shrubby, the slender twigs densely short-pubescent. Stipules lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, 6-7 mm. long; leaves 5-6 cm. long, the rachis densely pubescent, sometimes bearing large, stout-stalked glands between the upper pairs of leaflets; petiolar gland about 1 mm. in diameter, obconic, rather long-stalked; leaflets 7-15 pairs, oblong, obtuse, aristulate, membranous, 6-14 mm. long, the venation almost wholly obscured by the dense, appressed pubescence; pedicels pilose, about 1 cm. long, 2-bracteolate near the top; sepals lanceolate, longacuminate, pilose, 7-9 mm. long; petals 10-14 mm. long.
Between Corozal and Pedro Miguel, Panama, March 14, 1905, /, F. Cmvell 406.

Perennial, Shrubs, Taproot present, Nodules present, Stems erect or ascending, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less than 1 m tall, Stems 1-2 m tall, Stems greater than 2 m tall, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs glabrous or sparsely glabrate, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Extrafloral nectary glands on petiole, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves even pinnate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets opposite, Leaflets 10-many, Leaves glabrous or nearly so, Flowers in axillary clusters or few-floweredracemes, 2-6 flowers, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts very sm all, absent or caducous, Bracteoles present, Flowers actinomorphic or somewhat irregular, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Petals clawed, Petals orange or yellow, Stamens 9-10, Stamens heteromorphic, graded in size, Stamens completely free, separate, Filaments glabrous, Anthers opening by basal or terminal pores or slits, Style terete, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit elongate, straight, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit exserted from calyx, Fruit internally septate between the seeds, Fruit compressed between seeds, Fruit explosively or elastically dehiscent, Valves twisting or coiling after dehiscence, Fruit glabrous or glabrate, Fruit hairy, Fruit 3-10 seeded, Seeds subquadrate, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.

Chamaecrista glandulosa is a species of flowering plant in the legume family native to the Americas. Its distribution extends from Mexico to Brazil and it occurs on many Caribbean islands.

There are many varieties of this plant:

C. g. var. andicola (South America) C. g. var. andreana (Colombia) C. g. var. balasana (Peru) C. g. var. brasiliensis (Brazil) C. g. var. crystallina (Venezuela, Colombia) C. g. var. flavicoma (Mexico, Guatemala, South America) C. g. var. glandulosa (Jamaica) C. g. var. mirabilis - an endangered Puerto Rico endemic formerly called Cassia mirabilis C. g. var. parralensis (Mexico) C. g. var. picardae (Hispaniola) C. g. var. rapidarum (Venezuela, Colombia) C. g. var. swartzii (Caribbean) C. g. var. tristicula (Colombia)