herbaceous, erect; branches appressedly-pubescent; stipules minute, setaceo-subulate; leaflets cuneate, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above, appressedly-pubescent beneath; peduncles filiform, opposite the leaves or terminal, bracteolate beyond the middle, not much longer than the petiole, 1, rarely 2-flowered; calyx segments lanceolate, longer than the tube; carina with a long straight beak; vexillum downy; legume sessile, broadly-oblong, pubescent, many-seeded. A small, slender, probably annual species, a foot in length, branching, leafy, many flowered. Leaves trifoliolate, on shortish petioles; leaflets 1/2– 3/4 inch long, not 2 lines wide. Peduncles threadlike, about an inch long, articulate and minutely bracteolate beyond the middle; flowers inclined, small, yellow, striate. Legume 5–6 lines long, much inflated, 2–3 lines wide. Except in inflorescence, this much resembles C. Senegalensis, and possibly it may be only a dwarfed form of that species.
