114. XXIII. LEGUMINOSAE. {Carmichaelia. 



16. C. angustata, n. s. Erect, lft.-3ft. high, glabrons, leafy. Branches 

 spreading, terete; branchlets slender, filiform or compressed above, ^^li'i-^T^i'i- 

 broad. Leaves deciduous, glaucous beneath, fin.— l^in. long, 3-5-foliolate ; 

 leaflets obcordate-cuneate. Flowers not seen. Fruiting racemes numerous, erect, 

 lin.-liin. long, slender. Pedicels spreading. Pods 20^0, obliquely oblong, 

 compressed, abruptly narrowed into a short straight or oblique subulate beak 

 pointing outwards. Seeds 1 or 2, oblong, reniform, much compressed. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson : valley of the Buller ; especially plentiful near the Lyall -Junc- 

 tion ; T. K. 



I regret my inability to obtain flowecs of this interesting species, which differs from C. grandi- 

 flora in the slender habit, narrow or terete branchlets, large leaves, and many-podded racemes, the 

 last character alone differentiating it from a,ll other species. Usually the leaves are much larger 

 than those of C. grandiflora, while the pods approach C. odorata, but in the latter species the 

 branchlets are always much compressed. 



17. C. flagelliformis, Col. ex Hook. Fl. N.Z. i. 51. Erect, glabrous, 

 1ft.— 4ft. high. Branches spreading ; branchlets very numerous, often fastigiate, 

 slender, compressed or plano-convex, grooved or striated, ^jyin.— jJ^in. broad. 

 Leaves, on the elongated whip-like shoots produced by young plants, pinnately 

 3— 5-foliolate, about lin. long or more ; leaflets sessile, hardly oblong-obovate, 

 cuneate below, the notch usually with a rounded sinus ; on mature branchlets 

 iin.— ^-in. long, 1— 3-foliolate. Racemes 3— 7-flowered, often reduced to fascicles. 

 Pedicels short. Calyx campanulate ; teeth deltoid, acute, ciliated. Standard 

 very broad, retuse, and with the wings exceeding the keel. Pod often solitary, 

 erect, compressed, oblong or obliquely orbicular, narrowed into a short stout 

 subulate beak. Seeds 2—4, orbicular, much compressed. — Handbk. 50. C. aus- 

 tralis, Raoul, Choix. t. 28a. C. multicaulis, Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxv. (1890) 

 329. "C. micrantha, Col. I.e. xxvi. 313. Lotus arboreus, Forst., Prod. n. 258. 



NORTH Island : local. Patetere Plateau, Cheeseman ! Tuhoe Country, Best ! Hawke's 

 Bay, &c. SOUTH Island : Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, and Ofcago. Sea-level to 

 2,300ft. Makaka. Dec, Jan. 



In Mr, Cheeseman's Patetere specimens the wings are shorter than the keel. Porster's draw- 

 ing conclusively shows this species to be his Lotus arboreus, but the pods represented are immature 

 and turgid instead of compressed. I have not seen authentic specimens of C. multicaulis and 

 C. micrantha, Col. 



Var. corymbosa {sp.). Col. in Trans. N.Z.I, xxi. (1889) 80. Branchlets very slender, spread- 

 ing or drooping, compressed or subterete, striated. Racemes 3-5-flowered, solitary or aggregated in 

 corymbose fascicles. Pedicels very short. Pod broadly oblong, compressed, oblique, dimidiate. 

 Seeds 1 rarely 2, mottled. NORTH Island : near Dannevirke; Waipawa, Colenso ! 



I am indebted to Mr. Colenso for the only specimens I have seen of this very slender plant. 

 Mr. N. E. Brown, of Kew, considers it identical with C. flagelliformis, but it cannot be refused 

 varietal rank. 



18. C. acuminata, n. s. Erect, much branched, glabrous. Branchlets 

 much compressed or plano-convex, j\-in. broad, finely striated or almost grooved. 

 Leaves and flowers not seen. Fruiting racemes of 2-6-pods. Rhachis and 

 pedicels very short, apparently glabrous. Pods spreading, iin.— fin. long, com- 

 pressed, obpyriform, falcate, abruptly acuminate ; beak straight, oblique. 

 Seeds 2 or 1. 



NORTH Island: White Rock, East Coast, T. K. 



The pods cannot be mistaken for those of any otliec species. The valves detached from the 

 replum have the general form of the mussel-scale {Mi/tilaspis pomorum), but are relatively much 

 broader at the base. 



