Carmichaelia. | LEGUMINOSAE. 515 
growth. It is specially important, in order to form a safe basis for future work, that 
flowering and fruiting specimens should be taken from the same plant. 
A. Much depressed leafless plants forming matted patches 1-4 in. high. Flowers 
usually reddish. 
* Branchlets thin, linear or narrow-linear. 
Flowers solitary or racemose. Pods obliquely ovate-orbicular, s 
usually 1-seeded 25 re 4 “4 -- 1. C. Enysw. 
Hlowers solitary ; peduncles long. Pods 3-4-seeded_ .. .. 2. OC. unsflora. 
Flowers racemose. Pods 3—6-seeded ! 3. C. nana. 
** Branchlets very stout and thick, flattened, with rounded edges. 
Flowers racemose. Pods large, turgid, 6-14-seeded_ .. .. 4. C. Monror. 
B. Lrect or spreading shrubs 1-10 ft. high. Flowers usually purplish or streaked with 
purple, rarely white. Valves of the pod separating from the persistent replum. 
* Usually leafless when mature (sometimes leafy in 8, C. subulata). 
+ Branchlets broad, flat, and thin. 
Branchlets 4-4 in. broad. Flowers large, #-lin. Podlin., turgid 5. C. Williamsi. 
Branchlets 4} in. Flowers small, }-1in. Pods 4-4in.; valves 
‘slightly convex. Seeds red es pe + .. 6. C. australis. 
tt Branchlets narrow, terete, plano-convex or compressed. 
Branchlets very stout, often terete, ;4—-}in. diam. Pod }-+in., 
turgid. Seeds 2-6 +: * piste os .- J. G. Petrie, 
Branchlets slender, compressed or plano-convex, s4—;, in. diam. 
Pod 4-3 in., turgid, subulate, acuminate. Seeds usually 2 .. 8. C. subulata. 
Branchlets slender, terete or plano-convex, ;4—,4,in. diam. Pod 
x 1n., oblong, turgid, narrowed below «. 9. GO, vergatc, 
Branchlets very slender, almost filiform. Pod small, 4+ in., 
obliquely oblong. Seed 1, rarely 2 vs . 10. C. diffusa. 
** Usually leafy in spring and early summer (sometimes leafless in CO. flagelliformis), 
+ Pod conspicuously turgid. 
Stems slender, often twining. Branchlets almost filiform, crooved. 
Hlowers large, $-}in. Pod elliptic, beak very long .. ». Ll. C. gracilis. 
tt Pod more or less compressed, or only slightly convex. 
Branchlets glabrous, deeply grooved, erect. Racemes 5-—12- 
flowered. Flowers large, fin. Pod oblong, beak rather long 12. C. grandiflora. 
Branchlets pubescent, compressed, drooping. Racemes 10-12- 
flowered. flowers small, }-tin. Pod oblong, narrowed into a 
long beak re * aa +e * .. 13. C. odorata. 
Branchlets glabrous, compressed or terete. Racemes 10—40- 
flowered. Pod narrowed into a long beak .. me ot 
Branchlets slender, grooved, often fastigiate. Racemes 3-7- 
flowered. Flowers small. Pod obliquely ovate, suddenly 
narrowed into a long beak a Rs “7 a 
Branchlets filiform, leafless. Flowers small. Pod elliptic-oblong, 
4 in. long, compressed ; seeds seldom more than 2 ~_ 
Small prostrate shrub, leafless. Pods small, 4,-}in., con- 
spicuously turgid; seeds 3-4 Fi 2 . 17. C, Fieldii. 
14. C. angustata. 
15, C. flagelliformis, - 
16. C. paludosa. 
C. Huttonella. Hrect or prostrate shrubs 1-4 ft. high. Flowers small. Pod small, 
usually indehiscent, swollen, often broader than deep ; beak turned abruptly upwards. 
* Leafless when mature. 
Erect. Branchlets numerous, terete. Racemes lax. Flowers 
# in. as ce ae _ Ne .. 18. C. compacta. 
Erect. Branchlets few, terete. Racemes dense. Flowers din... 19. C. curia. ’ 
Krect or prostrate. Branchlets terete or compressed. Racemes 
dense. Flowers ;4,—} ir. _ ie a .. 20. C. juncea. 
** Leafy when mature. 
Prostrate. Branchlets compressed .. °3 ° .. 21, C. prona. 
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