Caesalpinia placida Brandegee

Poincianella placida (Brand.) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia placida Brand. Proc. Calif. Acad. II. 3: 131. l.syi. Poinciana placida Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 303. 1911.
A shrub, 1-2 m. high, dark brown, the twigs glabrous. Leaves 2-3 cm. long; petiole, rachis and inflorescence stipitate-glandular; pinnae 3; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong, obtuse, 7 mm. long, subpapillose, crenulate; raceme 6-12 cm. long with 10-15 flowers; pedicels 1.5 cm. long or less, jointed above the middle; calyx-lobes 6 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, dark red, glandular, all similar; petals longer than the calyx, glandular below; stamens 10, shorter than the petals; ovary densely covered with sessile or short-stalked glands; legume about 4 cm. long,
1 cm. broad, oblong, falcate, bearing numerous reddish stipitate glands, minutely beaked.
Type locality: La Paz. Lower California. Distribittion: Southern Lower California.