Chamaecrista comayaguana Britton & Rose

Chamaecrista comayaguana Britton & Rose, sp. nov
Herbaceous, or somewhat woody, procumbent, the slender stems pubescent. Stipules linear-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 6-8 mm. long; petiolar gland orbicular, obconic, shortstalked, about 0.5 mm. in diameter; leaflets 8-16 pairs, oblong, chartaceous, obtuse, mucronate, 4—6 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous, often long-ciliate, strongly veined, the midvein excentric; rachis long-pilose; pedicels solitary, slender, pilose, 5-8 mm. long; sepals lanceolate, pilose, acuminate, about 5 mm. long; petals about as long as the sepals; legume linear, 2-4 cm. long, 3 mm. wide, short-tipped, loosely short-pubescent.
Pine forest, vicinity of Siguatepigue, Comayagua, Honduras, February 14-27, 1928, Standley 56253.