Carmichelia. | LEGUMINOSA. BS) 
which is abruptly bent, forming almost a right angle with the pod. It is 
possible that two species are confounded under the name of C. juncea, as Mr. 
Kirk has suggested; but more complete sets of specimens are required to settle 
the matter. 
19. C. prona, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 350.—A 
small much-branched prostrate shrub; stems and branches closely 
appressed to the ground, 4-12in. long, rarely more. Branchlets 
woz nm. diam., compressed, grooved. Leaves often numerous, 
1-foliolate or pinnately 3-5-foliolate, silky ; terminal leaflet much 
larger than the rest, oblong or oblong-obovate, cuneate at the base, 
deeply retuse at the tip. Racemes small, 3-—7-flowered ; pedicels 
short, silky. Flowers minute, ;,—-$in. long. Calyx campanulate ; 
teeth acute. Standard broader than long, retuse; wings shorter 
than the keel. Pod tin. long, broadly oblong, turgid ; valves thin ; 
beak short, abruptly turned upwards. Seed solitary.—Huttonella 
prona, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 116. 
SoutH Is~tanp: Canterbury—Lake Lyndon, altitude 2800ft., J. D. Hnys ! 
Kirk ! Cockayne! T. F.C. December—January. 
The leafy prostrate habit and flattened branches distinguish this species 
from its allies. 
3. NOTOSPARTIUM, Hook. f. 
Leafless shrubs with slender much-compressed pendulous 
branchlets. Flowers rather small, in lateral racemes. Calyx cam- 
panulate, 5-toothed; teeth short, about equal. Standard obovate- 
obcordate, narrowed into a short claw, shortly reflexed; wings 
oblong, shorter than the keel, with an incurved auricle at the base ; 
keel hatchet-shaped, obtuse. Upper stamen free, remainder con- 
nate into a sheath. Ovary sessile or nearly so, linear; ovules 
numerous; style incurved. Pod shortly stipitate, linear, straight 
or falcate, compressed, 3-10-jointed, membranous, indehiscent ; 
beak short. Seeds 1 to each joint, oblong; radicle twisted, with a 
double flexure. 
A genus of 2 closely allied species, both confined to New Zealand. It has 
the leafless habit and compressed branchlets of Carmichelia, but differs in the 
linear many-jointed pod, and in other respects. 
Flowers pink. Pods ?-14in. long, }in. wide, straight .. 1. N. Carmichelie. 
Flowers purple. Pods #-lin. long, in. wide, falcate, 
torulose se se So 50 2. N. torulosum. 
1. N. Carmichelize, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 51.—A slender 
much-branched shrub 4—10ft. high. Branchlets ,4,-,4,in. broad, 
glabrous, compressed, grooved, with distant alternate scales. 
Leaves only seen on young plants, 1-foliolate, obcordate or orbicular, 
entire or emarginate, sometimes mucronate. Racemes 1-2 in. long, 
8-20-flowered ; pedicels longer than the calyces, and with the rachis 
silky-pubescent. Flowers }-$in. long, pink. Calyx silky; teeth 
