A herbaceous perennial very copiously branched at the crown of the root and upwards with very slender branches, thinly coated with adpressed grey bristles. Stipules 1–1 1/2 lines, setaceous, persistent. Petioles 1–2 lines. Leaves 6–9 lines long; leaflets 5–7, oblanceolate, pale green, with a few adpressed grey bristles on both sides, 3/8– 1/2 in. long, subacute, cuspidate, the end ones distinctly stalked, the side ones subsessile, opposite. Flowers 6–12 in copious lax racemes 12–18 lines long, on peduncles about as long as the leaves. Pedicels 1/2 line. Calyx 1 line, densely grey-hispid, teeth linear-setaceous down nearly to the base. Corolla purplish-red, under twice the calyx, the standard slightly grey-silky on the outside. Pod 3–4 lines, 3/4 line thick, terete, finely grey-hispid, straight, 4–5-sometimes 1–2-seeded.
Distribution
Lower Guinea Huilla, Benguela, in high pastures 5400 feet above sea-level, Dr. Welwitsch!
