Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Peiranisia guatemalensis (Donn. Smith) Britton & Rose
Cassia guatemalensis Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 23: 6. 1897.
A shrub, more or less pubescent throughout. Leaves often 3 dm. long; stipules linear, 6 mm. long; rachis bearing glands between the 2 lower pairs of leaflets; leaflets 4-8 pairs, oblong, 3-5 cm. long, obtuse, pubescent on the margins and under side of midrib; inHorescence racemose, axillary, about as long as the leaves, many-flowered; pedicels about as long as the flowers, in fruit 15-20 mm. long; sepals pubescent, suborbicular, 4—6 mm. long; petals obovate, 6-8 mm. long; anthers beakless; legume flat, slightly curved, 8 cm. long, 12 mm. wide.
Type locality: Buena Vista, Santa Rosa. Guatemala. Distribution: Guatemala and Costa Rica.
- bibliographic citation
- Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose. 1928. (ROSALES); MIMOSACEAE. North American flora. vol 23(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
