Carmichelia.] LEGUMINOSA. elit 
Erect. Branchlets few, terete. Racemesdense. Flowers 
é in. ee ae ze we oe -. 17. °C. curia: 
Erect or prostrate. Branchlets terete or compressed. 
Racemes dense. Flowers 7,-$in. .. Ed -. 18. C. guncea. 
** Leafy when mature. 
Prostrate. Branchlets compressed 5 as -. 19. C. prona. 
1. C. Enysii, 7. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 879, 
t. 30.—A much-dwarfed depressed excessively branched glabrous 
plant, forming dense patches 1-2in. high; stems and lower 
branches thick and woody, matted. Branchlets small, 4-2 in. 
long, 3-4 in. broad, erect or suberect, compressed, thin, striate. 
Leaves of young plants orbicular, emarginate. Flowers minute, 
4+in. long, solitary or in 3-6-flowered fascicles or racemes; 
pedicels slender, usually silky. Calyx campanulate; teeth short, 
acute. Standard with a narrow claw; wings as long as the keel. 
Pod 4-+in. long, compressed, ovate-orbicular, often oblique, some- 
times obliquely deltoid ; replum incomplete; beak stout, broad at 
the base, recurved. Seed usually 1, rarely 2-3.—Students’ Fl. 108. 
Var. orbiculata, Kirk, 1.c.—Larger and stouter, 2-4in. high; branchlets 
4in. broad. Pods with rugulose valves.—C. orbiculata, Col. in Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xxii. (1890) 459. 
Nortru Is~tanp: South-eastern base of Ruapehu, Kirk! Var. orbiculata: 
Rangipo Desert, H. Hill! Kirk! Petrie! Sourn Istanp: Broken River, 
Einys! Kirk! Ashburton Mountains, Potts ; Maniototo Plain, Petrie! Var. 
orbiculata : Mount Ida, Petrie ! 1500-3000 ft. December—January. 
A most distinct and remarkable species, apparently rare and local. The 
pod dehisces by one of the valves separating from the replum down one side, but 
remaining attached at the tip and other side. 
2. C. uniflora, 7’. Kirk wm Gard. Chron. (1884) i. 512.—A 
much-dwarfed slender matted plant, forming large patches; stems 
often subterranean, putting out slender branches 1—2in. high. 
Branchlets very narrow, ;4-;5in., thin, compressed, glabrous, 
sometimes almost herbaceous. Leaves not seen. Flowers solitary, 
in. long, purplish-red; peduncles very long and slender, almost 
capillary, glabrous or puberulous, bracteolate about the middle. 
Calyx campanulate, glabrous or silky; teeth short, broad, acute. 
Standard broad, with a short broad claw ; wings shorter than the 
keel. Pod 4-4in. long, linear-oblong; valves slightly wrinkled ; 
beak straight or oblique. Seeds 2-6.—Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xvi. (1884) 379; Buch. l.c. 394. C. Suteri, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 
xxii. (1891) 383. 
SoutH Istanp: Canterbury—Lake Grassmere, Lochnavar, Poulter River, 
Enys! Otira River, Cockayne! Mount Cook District, Suter! T. F.C. Otago 
—-Waitaki Valley, Buchanan! Lake Hawea, Petrie! 1000-3000 ft. De- 
cember—January. Probably not uncommon, but easily overlooked. 
8. C. nana, Col. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 49.—A dwarf 
rigid glabrous plant, forming broad matted patches. Branchlets 
2-4 in. long, }-4in. broad, thin, much flattened, strict, erect, 
