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Order XXII. Leguminos^. 

 Genus 1. Carmichselia, Br. 



1. C. multicaule, sp. nov. 



Shrub about 10ft. high erect, many stems close together 

 from one rootstock, the thicker ones being about 3in. diameter 

 and very irregularly grooved and corrugated, bark smooth ; 

 stems below fpr 3ft. -4ft. from ground bare of branches ; above 

 the branches are very numerous suberect and dependent ; the 

 smaller branches long slender terete sub 1 line diameter, 

 slightly geniculate ; branchlets very numerous, alternate 

 about lin. apart, the ultimate ones simple straight 7in.-10in. 

 long, very narrow ^in. broad, dark-green, striate, with small 

 scarious marginal bracts iin.-fin. apart. Leaves 0. Flowers 

 not numerous, on some large branches none, alternate in 

 small panicles containing 7-11 flowers fin.-lin. apart ; 

 peduncle with 1 deltoid brown bract at base slightly cut ; 

 pedicels 1-2 lines long, slender, much pilose, margins densely 

 ciliate, hairs pure-white, striking, with many small scattered 

 brown bracteoles. Calyx rather large, free, inflated, green, 

 glabrous, submembranous, margins toothed ; teeth black very 

 prominent. Corolla small ojaen variegated; standard oblate- 

 orbicular 2 lines broad, largely retuse, much recurved, dark 

 blue-purple with white margin, veined ; wings linear-oblong 

 thin white, longer than keel, their tips broad rounded, reddish; 

 keel subreniform 14- lines long, whitish, tip rounded pale- 

 reddish. Filaments very slender capillary, pellucid mem- 

 branous, flexuous ; anthers small, elliptic, fawn-coloured ; 

 style very long, curved, persistent ; stigma rather large, 

 capitate, thickly puberulous. Pod narrow-oblong 4 lines long 

 including long stout beak, glabrous, dark-green young ; beak 

 very stout subulate, 1-1J lines long, sublanceolate contracted 

 at apex of pod. 



Hob. Open grassy flats in gullies south of Dannevirke, 

 County of Waipawa ; 1889-92 : W. C. _ 



Obs. This shrub is peculiar from its habit and manner 

 of growth ; its main stems are curious objects, being so close 

 together and numerously and largely furrowed with their bark 

 unbroken. I have long known the plant, and have often 

 visited them seeking flowers or fruit, but have always been 

 disappointed until this year, 1892, when, in November, I was 

 gladdened on seeing many healthy young flowering buds show- 

 ing themselves ; fortunately I secured some specimens, though 

 very young, and when I visited again before Christmas (almost 

 purposely) I found but very few flowers and immature pods, 

 and these only on one of the many branches. Of all the 

 others I had seen the month before, there was now no trace. 

 It is evidently allied to 0. corymbosa, Col. (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 



