quite glabrous, slender; stem suberect at base, filiform and twining upwards; leaflets narrow-linear-lanceolate, very long, complicate, rigid, netted-veined and margined; peduncles filiform, flexuous, scarcely exceeding the short petiole, 2–4-flowered; calyx-lobes short and blunt; legumes falcate, acute at base, 6–8-seeded, seeds brown. Stems filiform, not much-branched, laxly-leafy, the upper portions twining. Petioles about uncial; the terminal leaflet close to the pair. Leaflets 2–4 inches long, 1–3 lines wide, either folded or open, often hook-pointed, pale-green. Peduncles about uncial, 2–4-flowered near the extremity, the flowers in pairs, on patent pedicels, longer than the calyx. Flowers 3 lines long, purple. Style channelled, bearded on the upper margin. Legumes 10–12 lines long, 2–3 wide, subacute. Some of Drege's specimens of D. linearis, (c. from Klipplaat R.) belong to this species.
