Diphysa floribunda Peyr.

Diphysa floribunda Peyr. Linnaea 30: 78. 1859
A shrub or small tree; branches glabrous, or slightly puberulent when young; stipules lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, caducous; leaves 5-10 cm. long; rachis puberulent; leaflets 7-13, alternate or subopposite, 1-2 cm. long, sparingly puberulent or glabrate, rounded at each end ; petiolule about 1 mm. long; racemes 3-5 cm. long; bracts and bractlets linear, caducous; pedicels 6-8 mm. long; calyx glabrous, the tube (including the hypanthium) 6 mm. long, the lobes 2-3 mm. long; uppermost two lobes broadly ovate, rounded at the apex, the lateral ones ovate, acute, the lowest one lanceolate, acute; corolla yellow, 12-15 mm. long, similar to that of D. robinioides; ovary puberulent; pod glabrate, 4-6 cm. long, 15-18 mm. wide, reticulate; stipe about 1 cm. long; seeds light-brown.
Type locality: Mirador, Veracruz. Distribution: Veracruz and Puebla to Guatemala.