698 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 



equidem ob numerum, figuram et vernationem cotyledo- 

 num, petala pinnatifida, stigmatis structuram et stamina 

 subsequalia tribus distinctse initium efformare videtur. 

 Brown MS8. 



For the elaborate character which we have given above, 

 we are entirely indebted to Mr. Brown, who alone, in this 

 country, was capable of defining the limits, and of fully 

 appreciating the peculiarities of this truly singular plant. 



Bot. Beg. 752 (1823). 



Carmichaelia. Calyx cyathiformis 5-dentatus. Ovarium 

 polyspermum. Legumen oligospermum (1 — 3-sp.), re][)lo 

 post lapsum valvularum persistente ! 



Frutex ramosissimus, sub statu florescenticB sapius aphyllus. 

 Caulis ramique primarii teretes, teneriores v. plano-com- 

 pressi, v. ancipites, stipulis minutis alternatim dentati. 

 Folia e dentibus ramorum fruticis junior is, ternata v.pinnata 

 {foliolis 3 — 7 obcordatis). Racemi simplicissirni e denti- 

 culis ramorum : pedicelli basi bractea abbreviata, apice 

 binis minutissimis. Flores joarw/. Q,a\.yc\?, dentes subcsqiiales, 

 brevissimi. Petala longitudine submqualia. Vexillum lamina 

 latiore quam longiore, basi absque callis auriculisve. Carina 

 obtusa. Filamenta 1 — ^-Jid. Antherse uniformes, subo- 

 vales. Ovarium lineare, 5 — Q-spermum. Stylus subulatus, 

 adscendetis. Stigma obtusum, imberbe. Semina subreni- 

 formia, sinu clauso umbilico nudo. Brown MSS. 



C. australis. Brown MSS. 



Lotus arboreus, Forst. Prodr., No. 2, 278. 



For the above character of this very remarkable genus 

 we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Brown, who, 

 fortunately for science, is in possession of perfectly ripe fruit. 

 The term replum, which is employed in Mr. Brown's 

 generic character to designate the persistent circumscrip- 

 tion of the legume, was used by Vitruvius for the frame 

 of a door, and we believe has been already applied to the 

 purposes of botanical description in the sense in which it 

 is used here, which is certainly unexceptionable. 



The garden plant has been compared by Mr. Brown 

 with the specimens from Cook's ' Voyage,' in his own collec- 



