prostrate, roughly hairy and subvillous; stem and branches compressed, angular; petioles short, leaflets (large) cuneate-obovate, 3-nerved, mostly 3–5- lobed, reticulate above, with prominent ribs and veins beneath; stipules lanceolate; peduncles elongate, racemose beyond the middle; calyx very villous, its segments longer than the tube, scarcely shorter than the glabrous vexillum. Readily known from other Cape species by the lobed leaflets, resembling those of a fig. Stems 2 or more feet long, trailing, robust, compressed and sharply angled and striate. Lateral leaflets near the base of the common petiole, terminal remote, an inch apart. Leaflets 2 1/2–4 inches long, 2–2 1/2 broad, cuneate at base, the lateral oblique, all rather rigid, softly pubescent, and very pale-green, more or less deeply cleft, the lateral lobes short, acute, or cuspidate. Racemes 3–4 inches long, several-flowered. Ovary villous. Legume unknown.
