Cannichaelia.] XXIII. LEGUMINOSAE. Ill 



short. Calyx campanulate or almost turbinate, large ; teeth acute, glabrous or 

 ciliolate. Standard broader than long, retuse, exceeding the keel. Ovary gla- 

 brous, many-ovuled. Fruiting racemes erect, lin. long. Pods crowded, not 

 compressed, oblong, somewhat turgid, narrowed irito a short subulate beak. Seeds 

 2 or 3. — C. australis, var. y grandiflora, Benth. in Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 50. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson to Otago ; chiefly on the banks of rivers, &o. ; local. Sea-level to 

 2,300ft. Dee., Jan. 



Distinguished from C odorata by the wider branchlets, more robust habit, larger flowers and 

 longer pods. 



Var. alba. Branchlets more robust, compressed, deeply grooved, fastigiate or nearly so. 

 Flowers as in the typical form, but white. Ripe pods not seen. Smells diRgustingly of mice. 

 Near the Waimakariri glaciers, Enys and Kirk. Jan. Possibly a distiiicb species. 



Yar. dumosa. Stems creeping below the surface. Branches excessively numerous, 4in.-5in. 

 high. Flowers as in the type, but smaller. Pods not seen. Broken Biver Basin. Forming compact 

 patches 2ft.-4ft. in diameter. 



Var. di¥aricata. A spreading shrub. Branches and branchlets divaricating at right angles, 

 curved, subcerete or terete, comprjs-ied at blie tips, flexuous, rigid, grooved. Leaves few or many, 

 3-5-foliolate. Racemes 5-10-flowered, slender. Flowers small. Pods elliptic-oblong, narrowed at 

 both ends ; beak very short. SOUTH Island : Mount White and valley of the Poulter, 5i,300[t., 

 Enys 1 Near Grey mouth, Westland, Helms I Jan. For the present this is retained as a variety 

 of 0. grandiflora, but better specimens will probably show that it has good claims to specific 

 rank. 



8. C. robusta, n. s. A stout spreading species, 12in.— 18in. high, with 

 distant terete or subterete brauche-s, which are someti'nes distichous. Branchlets 

 often curved, stout, thick, compressed, plano-convex or almost terete in the 

 autumn, strongly grooved. Leaves not seen. Racemes 3-8-flowered, lax. 

 Rhachis and pedicels slender, puberulous or pubescent ; pedicels ebracteolate. 

 Calyx funnel-shaped ; teeth linear, acute. Standard much broader than long, 

 retuse, and with the wings wholly enclosing the keel ; wings very broad, obtuse, 

 with a very small auricle. Ovules numerous. Pod elliptic-oblong, Jin.— iin. 

 long, slightly narrowed at the base, somewhat turgid ; beak reduced to a very 

 short subacute point. Seeds 3—6, mottled. 



SOUTH Island : Broken River Basin, 2,000£t. to 2,800ft., Enys and T. K. Dec, Jan. 



Easily distinguished from all other species by the robust habit : most nearly related to 

 C. Petriei, from which it is separated by the elliptic- oblong many-seeded pod. The leaves of 

 young plants supposed to belong to this species are l-3-foliolat6, with obcordate leaflets ; the termi- 

 nal leaflet much the largest. 



9. C. Petriei, n. s. Stout, sparingly branched. Branchlets spreading, 

 tei'ete or plano-convex, finely striated, jJgin.— ^in. in diameter. Leaves not 

 seen. Racemes 3— 8-flowered, solitary or excessively crowded. Rhachis and 

 pedicels silky or almost villous ; pedicels equalling or much longer than the 

 flowers. Calyx broadly campanulate, with very short subacute or acute teeth, 

 silky or villous. Standard rather longer than broad, exceeding the keel ; wings 

 very short, broad, rounded at the tips. Ovary glabrous, 3— 4-ovulate. Pods 

 broadly oblong, turgid, oblique at the apex ; beak minute, subulate, often 

 reduced to a mere point ; valves thick, strongly reticulated. Seeds 1, rarely 3, 

 large, mottled. Radicle very short and stout. 



SOUTH Island : Otago : Clutha Valley ; north of Clyde ; valleys and terraces on east and 

 west of ttie Dunstan mountains ; Petrie ! 



A very distinct species, which I have much pleasure in dedicating to its energetic discoverer. 



