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Transac tions . — Bo tany. 



* Branchlets linear or narrow-linear, thin. 

 Flowers solitary or racemose. Pods 1-seeded . . 1. C. enysii. 

 Flowers solitary, on long peduncles. Pods 



3-seeded . . . , . . ., 2. C. uniflora. 



Flowers racemose. Pods 2-4-seeded . . . . 3. C. nana. 



** Branchlets robust. 



Flowers racemose. Pods 6-12-seeded . . . . C. nionroi. 



II. Eiccarmichaelia. Erect or spreading species, lft.-8ft. high, leaf- 

 less when in flower, except 7, 13, and 15. Flowers usually streaked 

 with purple, rarely yellowish, white, pink, or deep purple. 



* Pods convex or turgid. 

 A. Stems stout, erect, leafless, except 7 and 13. 



Flowers few, lin. long. Pods lin. long, straight, 

 erect 



Flowers numerous, small. Pod oblong, seeds red 



Leafy. Branchlets flat, j^in.-Jin. broad. Pods 

 erect 



Branchlets robust. Racemes lax. Pods elliptic- 

 oblong ; seeds 3-6 



Branchlets spreading, terete. Pods broadly ob- 

 long ; seeds 1 or 2 



Branchlets deeply grooved, terete. Flowers violet. 

 Pod 2-4-seeded . . 



Branchlets almost filiform. Pods Jin.-Jin. long ; 

 1-seeded.. 



Branchlets terete or plano-convex. Pods droop- 

 ing, 1-2-seeded . . 



Leafy. Branchlets compressed or piano convex. 

 Pods subulate 



B. Stems slender, flexuous, interlacing. 

 Leafy, racemes short. Pod with a straight subu- 

 late beak . . . . . , . . 14. C. kirkii. 



** Pods compressed. 

 t Leafy when in flower. 

 Branchlets compressed, JjJin.-^3gin. broad, droop- 

 ing. Pods in erect racemes, 2-seeded .. 15. 

 Branchlets compressed or terete. Pods many in 



spreading racemes .. .. .. 16. 



Branchlets compressed, fastigiate, ^fjyin.-jJ^in. 



broad. Seeds 2-4 . . . . . . 17. 



tt Leafless or nearly so when in flower. 

 Branchlets compressed, j'sin. broad. Pods ab- 

 ruptly acuminate . . . . . . 18. C 



Branchlets compressed, ^in.-j^in. broad. Pod 



ovate oblong, small . . . . . . 19. C 



C. odorata. 

 C. angustata. 

 C. flagelliformis. 



acuminata, 

 hookeri. 



3. HuTTONELLA, T. Kirk, n.g. 

 * Leafless when in flower. 

 Branchlets numerous, erect, terete. Racemes lax 1. H. compacta. 



t Racemes compact. 

 Branchlets few, erect, terete. Pods broadly ob- 

 long, 2-3 seeded . . . . . . .. 2. H. curta. 



Erect or prostrate. Branchlets terete or com- 

 pressed. Pods 1-3 seeded .. .. 3. E.juncea. 



