Mimosa farisii Britton & Rose

Mimosa farisii Leonard, sp. nov^
Young twigs sparingly prickly; inflorescence and rachis puberulent. Petioles short, about 5 mm. long; stipules filiform, 5-6 mm. long; rachis unarmed or sparingly prickly; rachillas sometimes with a pair of small prickles at the summit; pinnae 6-9 pairs, approximate; leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong, glabrous, dull, subchartaceous, 1-2-nerved, 4-6 mm. long, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, rounded at base and apex; flowers capitate, glabrous, 4-parted; heads small, racemose or subspicate, the peduncles short; stamens 8.
Scrubby rocky land, Nigua, Santo Domingo, July, 1921, James A. Paris 447.