Melolobium subspicatum Conrath

Virgate suffrutex, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves without stipules, leaflets linear to oblanceolate, 12-18 x-2 mm, sparsely hairy, apex emarginate; petiole 5-6 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, (40-)85-130(-150) mm long, with (8-)10-15(-26) flowers; flowers 5-6 mm long; bracts ovate, 2.0-2.5 x ±0.5 mm; bracteoles narrowly ovate, 1.5-2 x 0.2-0.5 mm. Calyx shortly bilabiate, with sessile glands, hairy; upper lobes acute, upper lip 3-4 mm long, the apices obtuse; upper sinus 0.5-2.0 mm deep; lateral sinus 1-3 mm deep; lower lobes acute; lower lip 4-5 mm long, the tips obtuse; lower sinuses 0.5-1.0 mm deep. Corolla yellow; standard ovate-oblong, 4-6 x 2-3 mm, with a well-developed, channelled claw 1-2 mm long; wing petals oblong, sculptured, 3-4 x 1-2 mm, with a linear claw 1-2 mm long; keel petals incurved, with a blunt tip, shorter than the wing petals, 3-4 x 1-2 mm, with a linear claw 1-2 mm long. Gynoecium narrowly oblong, glandular, hairy. Fruit oblong lanceolate, straight, (10-)15-20 x 2-3 mm, hairy, 2-4-seeded; seeds round, 1.6-2.6 x 1.6-2.3 mm, olive to pale yellow mottled brown.