A copiously branched erect perennial herb with the main stem and all the branches very densely coated with stalked brown glands. Stipules setaceous, 1 line, persistent, spreading Petioles 3–4 lines. Leaves 1 1/2–3 in.; leaflets 11–19, oblong, 4–6 lines long, blunt with a distinct mucro, both sides grey, densely hispid, very scabrous, all distinctly stalked, the side ones opposite. Flowers 12–20 in moderately dense racemes 1 1/2–2 in. long on short erecto-patent peduncles. Pedicels 1/2 line. Calyx 1/8 in. long, densely viscous, the setaceous teeth reaching down nearly to the base. Corolla purplish-red, very fugacious, equalling the calyx. Pod linear, straight, grey, many-seeded, densely clothed with stalked glands, not seen fully mature.
Distribution
Lower Guinea Highlands of the province of Huilla, Benguela, Dr. Welwitsch!
