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Calyx tumid 5-toothed, with a wide shallow sinus between the teeth. 



Corolla white and pink, rather large. 



Ovary glabrous. Pod boat-shaped, obovate in outline, ■!• inch long, 

 nearly twice as long as broad, flattened, transversely wrinkled, upturned at 

 the tip, which suddenly contracts and ends in a short semi-erect subulate 

 beak ; grey or brownish-grey, when quite ripe. 



Seeds small solitary (rarely two in a pod), reniform, grey mottled with 

 dark brown or black. 



Hab. Kawarau Gorge and Dunstan Gorge, Clutha River, Otago. 



This species has close affinity to C. juncea, Col. 



The species of Garmichalia native to Otago appear to be the following : — 



1. C. crassicaulis, Hook. f. 



2. G. nana, Colenso. 



3. C. grandiflora, Hook. f. 



4. C. odorata, Col. 



5. C. flagelliformis, Col. 



6. C. juncea, Col. 



7. C. kirkii, Hook. f. 



8. G. uniflora, Kirk. 



9. C. compacta, mihi. 

 10. G. enysii (?), Kirk. 



Of these C. crassicaulis appears to be confined to the Hawkdun and Mount 

 Ida Ranges, and a triangular area extending southwards from them to the 

 Lammerlaw. I believe it grows also on the Waitaki side of the ranges 

 named. I have never seen it elsewhere in Otago. It is a common plant in 

 the localities where it is met with. 



G. nana has a wide range in the north and interior of Otago, and extends 

 to the coast in the Kakanui and Waitaki River valleys. It grows chiefly in 

 shingly and alluvial flats, where it is often very abundant, and its strong 

 matted roots and creeping stems form an obstacle to breaking-up the 

 ground. 



G. grandiflora is reported from the Lake District by Hector and Buchanan, 

 but I have never gathered it there, or indeed elsewhere in Otago. My visits 

 to the interior have, however, always been late in the season. 



C. odorata is common in the Maniototo and Manuherikia Plains and also 

 in the central and higher parts of the Clutha Valley. It grows up to 2,500 

 feet in the neighbourhood of Naseby. 



G. flagelliformis is the usual form in the south of Otago and near the 

 coast from Oamaru to Foveaux Straits. It is very plentiful in the Tuapeka 

 District and also on the ridges north of Balclutha. 

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