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Carmichalia . ] 
once known by its stout deeply-grooved branches, capitate inflorescence, large flowers, woolly 
calyx with large lobes, and villous ovary. 
2. C. Munroi, Hook. /., n. sp. Brauchlets stout, slightly or much com- 
pressed, £ in. diam., striated, not grooved, quite glabrous. Leaves not seen. 
Blowers in. long, in few lax-flowered racemes. Pedicels very slender, 
as long as or longer than the calyx, hoary. Calyx hoary, with rather large 
blunt teeth ; bracteoles at the base minute. Standard shorter than, or as long 
as the wings. Ovary glabrous. Pod unknown. 
Middle Island : from halfway up to the summit of Macrae’s Run, Munro. The very 
stout habit, and lax, large-flowered racemes, best distinguish this. 
3. C. nana, Col. ; — C. australis, var. /3. nana, Benth. in PI. N. Z. i. 50. 
A very dwarf, glabrous, rigid shrub, 2 to 4 in. high, witli fascicled, leaf- 
less, much compressed, minutely striated, erect branchlets, T V~i in. diam. 
Flowers J in. long; peduncles long, slender, glabrous, 1-5-flowered, some- 
times 1 in. long. Calyx shorter than the slender pedicels, glabrous or sparsely 
pilose, lobes rather large and obtuse ; bracteoles at the base minute. Standard 
about as long as the wings. Ovary quite glabrous. Pod linear-oblong, -j- ^ 
in. long, with a short straight beak like the pod of C. australis. 
Northern Island : dry mountainous country at the base of Tongariro, Colenso ; Mid- 
dle Island ; Upper Motucka valley, Munro; Southern Alps, Sinclair and Haast ; Otago, 
Lindis Pass and YVaitaki river. Hector and Buchanan. Though very unlike C. grandiflora, 
I should not be surprised if this were proved to be a state of that plant. It keeps its charac- 
ters in both islands. 
4. C. grandiflora, Ilook.f. — C. australis, var. y. grandiflora, Benth. in 
PI. N. Z. i. 50. A much branched, glabrous shrub; branchlets terete or 
compressed, T V— in. broad, deeply grooved, often leafy. Leaflets 3, nar- 
rowly or broadly obcordate-cuneate, glabrous. Flowers ^ in. long, in pe- 
duncled, lax, broad, obtuse, loose, 6-8-flowered, glabrous racemes, on slender 
pedicels half as long as the calyx. Calyx glabrous, with large, obtuse, cilio- 
late lobes, and minute bracteoles at its base. Standard much larger than 
the wings. Ovary glabrous. Pods in nodding racemes, narrow oblong, 
in. long, gradually narrowed into a subulate beak •§■ in. long. Seeds 2, pale 
brown. 
Middle Island : Milford Sound, Lyall ; river beds, Mount Cook, and elsewhere in the 
Southern Alps, alt. 2500 to 4500 ft., Haast ; Otago, lake district, alt. 1500 ft., Hector and 
Buchanan. A very distinct looking species, best knowu by the large flowers, glabrous 
racemes, deeply grooved branches, 3-foliolute leaves, large calyx-lobes, and small pod with a 
long beak. 
5. C. pilosa, Col. in Ft. N. Z. i. 50. A much distichously branched 
shrub ; branchlets more or less silky-pubescent at the tips, notched alternately 
on either side, much compressed, T \— | in. broad, flexuose, deeply grooved. 
Leaves not seen. Flowers minute, {- in. long, in small, erect, dense, 10-15- 
flowered, silky racemes, suberect; pedicels very short. Calyx nearly gla- 
brous; teeth very short; bracteoles minute, at its base or on the pedicel. 
Standard much larger than the upturned wings. Ovary silky. Pods small, 
in pendulous racemes, ^ in. long, tapering into a subulate straight beak ^ in. 
long. Seeds not seen. 
Northern Island : east coast, Colenso. This has the grooved branchlets of C. grandi- 
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