Eriosema kraussianum Meisn.

Dwarf, erect, subsilky, cano-pubescent; petiole very short, leaflets 3, lanceolate-oblong, tapering at base, sparsely pilose above, thinly silky beneath; stipules lanceolate, free; peduncles elongate, densely racemose above the middle, many-flowered; calyx fulvo-hirsute, its lobes shorter than the tube; vexillum hairy. Root woody. Stems several, 6-8 inches high, incurved, angular, loosely cano-pubescent. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaflets 1 1/2 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, thinly silky and mottled beneath, minutely netted and obliquely nerved, the margin slightly recurved. Racemes spicate, 1 1/2 inch long, rich brown. Flowers closely set, 3-4 lines long. Stipules longer than the petioles, scarious, brown. Much smaller than K. cajanoides, with denser and shorter racemes, larger stipules, and a hairy vexillum.