ICONES PLANTARUM. 23 
breviter pedunculatis, calycis limbo supra ovarium producto obtuse 
dentato, corolla tubulosa superne infundibuliforme dilatata. 
Has. Natal, Gerrard (1495); Transvaal, Dr. Atherstone. 
‘Folia #-14 poll. longa, tenuiter coriacea, rete venularum incon- 
spicuo; petiolus 1 lin. longus. Capitula globosa florifera 1 poll. diam. ; 
pedunculus +—4 poll. longus, pubescens. Corolla 4 poll. longa, tubo 
inferne gracili fere glabro, ore sepe leviter obliquo. Anthere vix 
exserte. lineari-oblongee mucronulate. Stylus longiuscule exsertus, 
apice clavatus. 
The fruit-heads are said to become sufficiently succulent to be 
edible.—D. Ouiver. 
Fig. 1. Detached flower. 2. Longitudinal section of ovary and calyx-tube, 
Puate 1332. 
CARMICHAELIA KIRKII. 
Lrecuminosz, Tribe GaLEGEa, 
. ©. Kirkii, Hook. f. n. sp. ; sparse pilosa, ramis gracillimis cylindraceis 
suleatis, foliis 3—5-foliolatis, foliolis orbiculari-obcordatis, racemis 3-5- 
floris, floribus 4 poll. longis, longe pedicellatis, legumine ellipsoideo 
turgido longe rostrato. 
as. New Zeatanp: Otago, prov., in the Cardrona Valley, T. Kirk ; 
Otapopo, M. Petrie. ; 
Laxe ramosa, ramis ramulisque sparsis divaricatis, ramulis petiolis- 
que tenuiter sericeis v. pilosulis. Folia sparsa, petiolo cum rachi 4-1. 
spathulatis breviore. Ovariwm glaberrimum, Legumen 3 poll. longum, 
rostro valido recto pungente.2-spermo, valvis obscure reticulatis, replo 
crasso lato leevi. 
This differs from all the described species of Carmichaelia in the very 
slender habit, cylindric lax spreading almost filiform branches, large 
flowers and long beaked . It forms the tenth species of a genus 
indicated by its position, shows the characters of those of 4 
New Zealand. I have named it after Mr. Thomas Kirk, E.L.S., 0 
