12. CARMICHyELIA WILLIAMSIl {T. Kirk). 



Cavmichailia. 



Archdeacon W. L. Williams' 



Specific Chakactkk. — A lealless sluub. liranclies 

 exccssivolv compressed, ^-jj in. broad, thin, with numerous 

 paniUel grooves, minutely pubeseent when voimg, hoary or 

 silky; notches alternate, distant. Leaves, unknown. Flowers, 

 s}>ar)ngly produced, solitary, or 2 -3-tlowered ; fascicles, very 

 large, with tlie pedicels fully 1 in. long; pedicels, slender, 

 silky. Calyx, large, 5-toothed, acute, pubescent; corolla. 



sharply curved upwards ; ])ctals, acute ; stamens, diadcli)hous ; 

 ovary, shortly stipitate. glabrous; style, long, curved ; stigma, 

 capitate. Pods, on stout erect pedicels, slightly turgid, oblong 

 or obliquely oblong, with a long straight beak 1-li in., includ- 

 ing beak. Seeds, 9-10, red. mottled with black. — Transac- 

 tions and Proceedinqs of the New Zealand Institute, I'ol.i. 

 All. and XVI., Pp.'sQi, 380. T. Kirk. 



Description, etc., Fig. 3, Plate No. 26.— " AECHDEACON W. L. WILLIAMS' 

 CARMICH^ELIA." — This fine species, in all respects the largest of the genus, is allied 

 to C Hcoia in the structure of its flowers, but entirely lacks the rigidity of that species. 

 The branches are slender for so large a jjlant ; the notches are more distant than in 

 any other species, and in the young state carry a single triangular scale as in C. nana ; 

 but in old branches the single scale is replaced by an aggregated mass of shorter scales, 

 sometimes attaining the size of a small pea. The flowers are large and of a pale yellow 

 colour. This contribution to our Flora was made by Archdeacon W. L. "V^'illiams, of 

 Gisborne, to whom botanical science owes much for this and many other rare specimens 

 with which he has from time to time enriched the stores of knowledge. We are much 

 indebted to this gentleman for a specimen of the fine plant which adorns our pages. The 

 species was named in honour of the discoverer. It is known only as growing in the 

 Northern Island, at Raukokore Bay, the southern end of the Bay of Plenty, and at 

 Hicks Bay, near the East Cape. 



OTHEB SPECIES OF CABMICHJELIA. 



13. C. KIRKII {Hook., F.) 



This extremely slender plant is a native of the Middle Island in Cardrona VaUey, 

 and at Otepopo. It is a very distinct species, differing from all others in habit, flowers 

 and fruit. The long flexuose branches are vuiable to support their own weight, and 

 usually become interlaced with adjacent shrubs. Its branches are few, distant, extremely 

 slender, two to three inches long, round and grooved. Leaves few, pinnately 3-5-foliate. 

 The flowers are half an inch long, on lax racemes, 3-5-floAvered. It has a jaod half an 

 inch in length, and a stout broad replum. Named in honour of Professor T. Kii'k, 

 F.L.S., whose labours in botanical science are too well known to need commendation 

 at our hands, to enhance their value. 



