Carmichaelia.] xxiii. lbguminosae. 115 



19. C. Hookeri, n. s. Erect, 2ft.-3ft. high, glabrous, much branched. 

 Branchlets numerous, fastigiate or spreading, striated, often elongated, very 

 slender, y^^in.— j^^in. broad. Leaves few, 1— 3-foliolate. Racemes numerous, 

 5-8-flowered, often fasciculate, or the internodes greatly reduced, forming 

 compact many-floTvered corymbs. Rhachis and pedicels puberulous or pubes- 

 cent. Calyx turbinate, glabrous ; teeth reduced to mere points, ciliolate. 

 Standard very broad, sharply reflexed, slightly exceeding the keel ; wings equal- 

 ling the keel, obtuse. Pods ;|in.— ^^g-in, long, compressed, ovate-oblong, nar- 

 rowed into a short straight oblique beak. Seeds 2, rarely 1 or 3, obscurely 

 mottled, dark. 



NORTH Island: east coast, from the Akiteo River southwards; South Makara Stream; 

 Plimmetton ; Penoarrow, Wellington, T. IC. Deo,, Jan. 



In general appearance this species approaches C. flagelUformis, but the leaves are very few, 

 the flowers are larger, and the short pod is less obviously compressed. A beautiful shrub, flowering 

 in vast profusion. 



8. HUTTONELLA, n. g. 

 General characters of Carmichaelia, but pods indehiscent, very small, turgid 

 or almost inflated, the breadth exceeding the depth ; beak short, turned up- 

 wards. Seeds 1—3. Branchlets terete or compressed. Leaves 1— 3-foliolate. 

 Flowers minute. Radicle with a single fold. Cotyledons oblong or obovate, 

 fleshy. 



The pods often remain on the branches until the spring, when they fall to the ground and 

 decay, the valves being inseparable from the replum, which is usually imperfect. 



Named in honour of Professor F. W. HiiUon, F.R.S., Sc. 



"Leafless when in flower. 

 Branchlets numerous, erect. Racemes lax . . . . . . . . . . 1. H. compacta. 



t Racemes compact. 

 Erect. Branchlets few, terete. Pods broadly oblong, 2-3-seedod . . . . 2. H. curta. 



Erect or prosti'ate. Branchlets terete or compressed, 1-3-seeded .. ..3. H.juncea. 



** Leafy. 

 Prostrate. Branchlets compressed. Pods 1-seeded . . . . . . .. i. H. prona. - 



1. H. compacta. Erect, 3ft.— 4..ft. high, much branched above. Branch- 

 lets terete, slender, naked, striated, strict or somewhat flexuous. Leaves not 

 seen. Racemes numerous, lax, lin,— fin. long, 3— 6-flowered. Rhachis naked 

 below ; pedicels longer than the flowers, very slender, spreading. Caiyx cam- 

 panulate, slightly inflated ; teeth small, deltoid, acute. Standard much broader 

 than long, 3-lobed, and, like the wings, exceeding the keel ; keel with a long 

 slender claw. Petals free at the apex. Pod ^in. long, obovate or broadly pyri- 

 form, compressed vertically, broader than deep, turgid ; beak very short, 

 subulate, oblique; valves reticulate. Seeds 1 or 2, mottled. — Carmichaelia 

 compacta, Petrie in Trans. N.Z.I, xvii. (1881) 272. 



SOUTH Island : Otago : local ; Olutha Valley, between Lake Wakatipu and Clyde, Petrie ! 

 Nov., Dec. 



Easily recognised by the crowded terete branchlets and lax racemes of pinkish-white flowers, 

 which are very fragrant. 



