Caesalpinia pellucida Vogel

Poincianella pellucida (Vogel) Britton & Rose
Caesalpinia pellucida Vogel, Linnaea 10: 601. 1836.
A. shrub or tree, the slender twigs and inflorescence puberulent or short-pubescent. Leaves twice pinnate, the petiole and rachis pubescent; pinnae 9-19; leaflets 13-17, alternate or opposite, orbicular to obovate, oblique at base, chartactous, pubescent when young, but soon glabrate, shining above, black-dotted beneath, 5-10 mm. long, perhaps sometimes larger; racemes several-flowered; pedicels 10-15 mm. long, jointed near the top; calyx pubescent and glandular, 6-7 mm. long, its oblong lobes nearly alike; petals 12-16 ram. long; stamens about as long as the petals; legume oblong to elliptic, 4-6 cm. long, 12-16 mm. wide, sessile, mucronate, or subulate-tipped, puberulent; seeds few, flat, rounded, 7-9 mm. long.
Type locality: Hispaniola. Distribution: Hispaniola.