Calliandra houstoniana var. anomala (Kunth) Barneby

Anneslia callistemon (Schl.) Britton & Rose
Acacia Callistemon Schl. Linnaea 12: 568. 1838.
Calliandra anomala Callistemon Macbride. Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 4. 1919.
flnga anomala pedicellala DC. Prodr. 2: 442. 1825.
A shrub, the twigs, leaf-rachis and inflorescence tomentose-pilose. Leaves about 1.5 dm. long; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long; pinnae 12-24 pairs, approximate; leaflets 25-45 pairs, linear, straight, acute, about 4 mm. long, thin, glabrous, ciliate, the midvein nearly central; panicle dense, 8-12 cm. long; peduncles about I cm. long; flowers long-strigose ; calyx about 3 mm. long; corolla about 9 mm. long; filaments about 6 cm. long; young legume 7.5 cm. long, 10-12 mm. wide, white-pilose, long-attenuate to the base.
Type locality: Regla, Hidalgo. Distribution: Hidalgo.

Anneslia grandiflora (L'Her.) Britton & Rose
Mimosa grandiflora L'H^r. Sert. Angl. 30 [18|. 1788. Acacia grandiflora WM<.Sv>.'Pi: 1074. 1806. Calliandra grandiflora Benth. Journ. Bot. Hook. 2: 139. 1840. Feuilleea grandiflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 188. 1891.
A tall shrub, the twigs, leaf-rachis, and inflorescence densely brown-pilose. Leaves 1.5 dm. long or longer; petioles 1—1.5 cm. long; pinnae 8-13 pairs, approximate; leaflets 30-60 pairs, linear, nearly straight, acute, shining and glabrous above, sparingly appressed-pubescent beneath, ciliate, the midvein somewhat excentric, the larger ones about 8 mm. long; panicle dense, 5-6 cm. long; peduncles about 1 cm. long; pedicels about 3 mm. long; flowers densely brown-puberulent ; calyx 4 mm. long, its broadly triangular teeth acute; corolla 12 mm. long, its oblong-lanceolate lobes acute; stamens 4.5-5 cm. long.
Type locality: East Indies [in error].
Distribution: Veracruz.

Anneslia conzattiana Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Branches and panicle-axis densely tomentose, the hairs black and white. Leaves 8-15 cm. long, the petioles and leaf-rachis densely pubescent; petioles 5-8 mm. long; pinnae 15-20 pairs; leaflets 20 or more pairs, linear-oblong, 3 mm. long, obtuse, ciliate, faintly veined beneath; panicle .short, compact; pedicels short; flowers pilose-strigose; calyx 2 mm. long; corolla 1 cm. long, appressed-pubescent ; legume spatulate, 6-7 cm. long, densely pilose.
Oaxaca and Guatemala. Type from Cerro San Antonio, Oaxaca, 1,600 m. alt., June 26, 1906, Conzatli 1424.

Anneslia strigillosa Britton & Rose, sp. nov
?/Bgo anomala pedicellala DC. Prodr. 2: 442. 1825.
Branches, petioles, leaf-rachis, and peduncles strigillose. Leaves 8-15 cm. long, the petioles 1-2 cm. long; pinnae 15-30 pairs, approximate; leaflets 20-30 pairs, linear, 3-6 mm. long, obtuse, ciliolate or glabrous; panicles dense, 6-12 cm. long; peduncles about 1 cm. long or shorter; flowers brown-strigose ; calyx narrowly campanulate, about 3 mm. long; corolla about 8 mm. long; filaments 5-6 cm. long; legume 4-6 cm. long, about 13 mm. wide, loosely subpilose.
Veracruz. Type ftom Eugenio, Sierra de la Cruz, Orizaba, 1853, F. Mueller 1594.

Anneslia bella Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Stems slender, about 2 mm. high, the branches, petioles, leaf-rachis and inflorescence sparingly strigose. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long; leaves 10-15 cm. long; petioles 2 cm. long or shorter; pinnae 6-15 pairs, rather distant; leaflets 15-40 pairs, linear, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, ciliate, the midvein nearly central; panicle about 10 cm. long; peduncles 1-2 cm. long; pedicels about 3 mm. long; calyx 2 mm. long, its triangular lobes acutish; corolla densely whitish-strigose, about 10 mm. long; filaments about 4 cm. long; legume 8-14 cm. long, 10-13 mm. wide, pilose. Jalisco and Michoacaii. Type from between Bolafios and Guadalajara, September 20, 1897, Rose 3036.

Anneslia chihuahuana Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Stem and peduncles finely puberulent. Leaves 10-15 cm. long; petioles 1-1.5 cm. long, puberulent or glabrate; pinnae 12-20 pairs, the rachis very slender; leaflets 20-35 pairs, linear-lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long, 1-nerved, acute, ciliate or becoming glabrous; terminal panicle about 10 cm. long, with peduncles also in the upper axils; fruiting peduncles 1-1.5 cm. long; legume 5-8 cm. long, 6-8 mm. wide, apiculate, long-attenuate at the base, densely strigose.
Southwestern Chihuahua, August-November, 1885, Palmer 266.

Anneslia pueblana Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Branches and inflorescence strigillose-puberulent. Leaves 12-15 cm. long; petioles 1-2 cm. long; rachis loosely strigose; pinnae 10-12 pairs, rather distant; leaflets 20-40 pairs, linear, about 5 mm. long, sparingly strigose and ciliolate, becoming glabrous, pinnately veined beneath, the apex obtuse or rounded; panicle 6-7 cm. long; peduncles about 1 cm. long; pedicels about 3 mm. long; flowers loosely whitish-strigose ; calyx 3.5 mm. long; corolla about 1 cm. long; filaments 4—5 cm. long.
Vicinity of San Luis Tultitlanapa, Puebla, near Oaxaca, JuneAugust, 1908, Purpus 2666.

Anneslia albescens Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Twigs, leaf-rachis, and inflorescence loosely strigose. Leaves about 8 cm. long; petiole 1-1.5 cm. long; pinnae 6 or 7 pairs, 3-5 cm. long; leaflets 20-40 pairs, linear to linear-oblong, the larger ones about 4 mm. long, glabrous, acute, or obtusish, pinnately veined, ciliate when young; panicle about 12 cm. long; peduncles 5-7 mm. long; pedicels 3-4 mm. long; flowers sparingly strigose; calyx 3 mm. long, its ovate lobes acute; corolla about 10 mm. long, its lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute; filaments about 4 cm. long; young legume densely whitestrigose.
Durango. Type from extreme southern Durango, August 13, 1897, Rose 2254.

Anneslia albanensis Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Branches and panicle-axis densely pilose-tomentose, rather stout. Leaves 8-12 cm. long, the petioles and leaf-rachis densely pilose; petioles about 1 cm. long or shorter; pinnae 12-24 pairs; leaflets 40-60 pairs, linear-oblong, about 3 mm. long, obtuse or rounded, longciliate, faintly piunately veined; panicle short, compact; peduncles and pedicels short; flowers whitish pilose-strigose; calyx about 2 mm. long; corolla about 9 mm. long; filaments about 4 cm. long.
Monte Alban, Oaxaca, December 29, 1895, Seler 1734.

Calliandra houstoniana is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.