Melolobium stipulatum Harv.

Unarmed shrublet. Leaves stipulate, leaflets cuneate, (7-)9-12 x 1-2 mm, hairy, apex emarginate; petiole 3-5 mm long; stipules semi-cordate to auriculate, (4-)7-8 x 1-2 mm, glandular, sparsely hairy. Inflorescence terminal, 45-65(-85) mm long, with 5-8 flowers; flowers 10-15 mm long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, glandular, 5-7 x 2-3 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate to lanceolate, glandular, 5-7 x 1-2 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, glandular, sparsely hairy; upper lobes acute; upper lip 8-10 mm long, the apices acute, upper sinus 3-4 mm deep; lateral sinus 3.5-4.0 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip 8-10 mm long, the apices acute, lower sinuses 12 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard ovate-oblong to suborbicular, 9-12 x 6-8 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 3-4 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 9-11 x 3-4 mm, with a linear claw 3-4 mm long; keel petals much shorter than the wing petals, glandular, 7-8 x 2-3 mm, with a linear claw ±3 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, glandular, hairy. Fruit lanceolate, straight, 10-15 x 3-4 mm, glandular, hairy, (1-)2-3-seeded; seeds round, ±2.3 mm, pale brown mottled dark brown.