110 XXIII. LEGUMINOSAE. [Carmichaelia . 



.5. C. Williamsii, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xii. (1879) 394. Erect, 

 3ft.— 6ft. high, much branched. Branchlets thin, excessively compressed, fin.— fin. 

 broad, closely striated or almost grooved, minutely pubescent when young ; 

 denticulations alternate, distant. Leaves 1— 3-foliolate; leaflets obovate, obcor- 

 date or emarginate. Flowers large, fin.— lin. long, pendulous, solitary or in 

 3-6-flowered fascicles or very short racemes. Pedicels slender, silky. Calyx 

 tubular, pubescent ; teeth linear-subulate, acute. Corolla cuneate, lurid-yellow, 

 veined ; standard equalling the keel, sharply reflexed, forming a right angle 

 with its base ; wings narrow-falcate, shorter than the keel. Pods on stout 

 erect pedicels, oblong or obliquely oblong, turgid, lin.-liin. long ; beak stout, 

 oblique. Seeds 9—10, red mottled with black. 



NOETH Island : Auckland, rare and local. Te Kaha Bay and Eaukokore Bay, Bay of Plenty, 

 Hicks Bay, East Gape district, Bishop Williams ! H. B. Kirk ! Nov., Deo. 



Distinguished from all other species by the broad but thin branchlets, large yellowish-red 

 flowers, and stout erect pods. The sinus between two teeth of the calyx is rounded, not acute. 



6. C. australis, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. xi. (1825) t. 242. An erect much- 

 branched glabrous usually leafless shrub, 3ft.— 9ft. high. Branchlets flat, 

 straight, often much elongated, and occasionally distichous, j^gin.— Jin. broad, 

 closely striated ; denticulations close. Leaves confined to young plants, fin.— Sin. 

 long, deciduous, unifoliolate or pinnately 3— 5-foliolate ; leaflets membranous, 

 sessile, obovate-cuneate or obovate, emarginate, rarely lobed. Racemes often 

 fascicled, 3— 12-flowered. Flowers small, purplish, dense or rarely spreading. 

 Rhachis and pedicels puberulous or glabrous. Calyx glabrous, campanulate ; 

 teeth minute. Standard much broader than long, rounded at the apex, reflexed ; 

 wings broadly oblong, shorter than the keel, claw minute. Pods numerous, 

 spreading, oblong, abruptly narrowed to a short beak, which is sometimes 

 reduced to a mere point. Replum persistent long after the valves have fallen. 

 Seeds 1-4, red. — A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 574; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 50; 

 Handbk. 50. C. Cunninghamii, Raoul, Choix. t. 28b. Bossiaea scolopendra, 

 A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 345 (not of R. Br.). Genista compressa, Banks and Sol. MSS. 



NORTH Island : common from the North Gape to the northern portion of the Wellington 

 District. SOUTH Island: extremely rare and local. Queen Charlotte Sound, J. Rutland! Ee- 

 ported from Banks Peninsula, but requires confirmation. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Maukoro. Makaka. 

 Nov., Deo. 



Varying greatly in the width of the branchlets and the length of the racemes. It cannot be 

 the Lotusi^) arboreus, Forst., Prod. 278. Of C. stricta, Lehm., usually referred to this species, 

 nothing certain is known. 



Var. alata. Branchlets Jin. wide. Eacemes lax. Pedicels longer than the type ; wings 

 broader. Keel abruptly expanded above, with a large lobe or tooth at the base of the expanded 

 portion. NORTH Island : Hokian'ga. 



Var. strlctlssima. Branchlets Jin.-§in. broad. Racemes strict, very dense. Pedicels very 

 short. Pods not seen. White Cliffs, Taranaki, Cheeseman ! 



7. C. grandiflora, Hook. /., Handbk. N.Z. Fl. 49. Erect, glabrous', 

 lft.-3ft. high, much branched. Branchlets compressed, spreading, rarely 

 subterete or fastigiate, ygi^.-^^in. broad, deeply grooved. Leaves numerous, 

 unequally 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets very shortly petiolulate, broadly obcordate- 

 cuneate, glabrous. Racemes Vm.-lin. long, pedunculate, 5-9-flowered. Pedicels 



