Shrubs or subshrubs to 2 m tall. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, (2.5-)3-6(-7.5) cm long, apparently drought deciduous; leaflets (7-)9-13(-19), entire, glan-dular dotted and paler beneath, gray green (on drying?), elliptic, the base and the apex rounded, the apex occasionally retuse, or obovate with cuneate base, the size quite variable even on the same plant, (8-)12-17(-20) mm long, (4-6-8(-10) mm wide, becoming larger toward the tip of leaf; rachis narrowly winged; stipules narrowly triangular, the stipels apparently represented by glands. Inflorescence of terminal and axillary spikes, ca. 1.0-2.5 cm long; bracts ovate, to 5 mm long, gland dotted, pubescent, usually exceeding the hypanthium, apparently eventu-ally deciduous. Flowers with the calyx 5-9 mm long, hairy, teeth 5, narrow triangular, equal; petals 5, white, apparently fading maroon, each petal with an apical gland, standard ca. 5 mm long, clawed, the wings ca. 5 mm long, clawed, keel petals ca. 6.5 mm long, clawed; stamens 10, the anther connective promi-nently gland tipped; ovary oblong, ca. 2 mm long, the style ca. 8 mm long, pubescent at base. Fruit an ovate, 1-seeded legume, 2.3-2.7 mm long, the valves densely gland dotted; seeds small, oblong.
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