T. Kirk.— Descriptions of new Species of Carmichelia. 379 
Carmichelia crassicaulis, Hook. f. 
Branches of young plant much compressed, closely striated, pubescent. 
Leaves unifoliolate, articulated on short grooved petioles, orbieular, ovate, 
or oblong, usually emarginate, gradually becoming reduced to sessile decidu- 
ous scales. Wings slightly shorter than the keel, ovary 1, rarely 2-ovuled. 
Pod villous with white silky hairs, obscurely deltoid, rounded beneath, beak 
reduced to a mere point when fully mature, 1-seeded, seeds brown, slightly 
mottled with black, placenta not forming a replum, always adherent to one 
of the valves. 
A remarkably local species, restricted to a few habitata in the moun- 
tains of. Canterbury and Otago. 
Carmichalia enysii, n.s. Plate XXX. 
Forming dense hard compact patches, scarcely exceeding 1” above the 
surface of the ground ; 1'-4' in diameter. Root and lower branches stout, 
secondary branches 1" long, branchlets 1'—2" long, 25"-23” broad, glabrous, 
compressed. Leaves and flowers not seen. Pods solitary, 44" long (includ- 
ing beak) on erect or recurved peduncles shorter than the pod, orbicular- 
ovate with a short curved beak compressed, 1-seeded, seed black, replum 
rather stout, incomplete. 
Hab. South Island, terraces of the Porter River, Waimakariri. J. D. 
Enys and T. Kirk. 
One of the most remarkable plants in the Flora, the branches are so 
dense that it is impossible to thrust the finger between them. In dehiscence 
one valve becomes partially separated from the replum, but remains attached 
near the apex, and both valves become contorted in such a manner as to 
give the pod a curious deltoid appearance. Seeds 1, reniform, very rarely 
2 or 8. Ovules 2-5. 
A seedling plant has developed at this date (February, 1884) small 
orbicular emarginate leaves on slender petioles ; these, in all probability, 
will be gradually succeeded by scales. 
Our plant appears remarkably local, not more than a i specimens 
having been observed at present. 
A small barren specimen from the Ashburton kindly given me by Mr. 
T. H. Potts, F.L.S., may possibly belong to this species. 
Carmichalia uniflora, T. Kirk, n.s. Plate XXXI 
Forming large lax patches 1'-2" high, stems creeping for some distance 
underground and giving off slender distant branches. Branchlets com- 
pressed, glabrous 3"—1" long, j;'—45' broad, notches few, distant. Leaves 
not seen. Flowers solitary 3” long on capillary puberulous peduncles, 
jointed about the middle, minutely bracteolate. Calyx glabrous, teeth acute 
short, standard slightly reflexed, rounded, wings stouter than the keel, 
ovary glabrous. Pod (immature) linear oblong, style recurved. 
