518 LEGUMINOSAE. [ Carmichaelia. 
6. C. australis R. Br. in Bot. Reg. xi (1825) t. 912.—An erect much- 
branched glabrous meal, leafless shrub 3-12 ft. high. Branchlets straight, 
often much elongated, ,,-$in. broad, thin and flat, finely and closely 
striate; notches “alternate, close or rather distant. Leaves seldom seen 
except on young plants, 3-2in. long, 1-foliolate or 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets 
obcordate or obovate-cuneate, membranous, sessile. Racemes variable in 
length, 3-12-flowered, solitary or fascicled ; pedicels puberulous or glabrous. 
Flowers crowded, small, 11in. long, pale- -purplish. Calyx campanulate, 
teeth minute. Standard much broader than long, retuse, claw very short ; 
keel equal in length or slightly oun wings ‘oblong, a almost as long as 
the keel. Pod oblong, compressed, 4-4 in. long, suddenly narrowed into a 
short acute beak; valves slightly convex; replum stout, persistent long 
after the valves have fallen. Seeds 1-4, red, usually spotted with black.— 
A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 574; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 50; Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. (1864) 50; ZT. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 110; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 113. C. Cunninghamii Raoul Chorx (1846) t. 288. Boissiaea 
scolopendrina A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 346. 
Var. strictissima 7. Kirk Studenis’ Fl. (1899) 110.—Branchlets 4+-2in. broad. 
Racemes strict, many-flowered, dense. Pedicels very short. Pods not seen. 
Nortu Isnanp: Abundant from the North Cape to Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay. 
Sourn Istanp: Queen Charlotte Sound, J. Rutland! Var. strictissima: White Cliffs, 
Taranaki, 7'. F. C. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Makaka. November—December. 
7. ©. Petriei 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 111.—A stout sparingly 
branched shrub 1-6ft. high, with rigid terete or subterete branches. 
Branchlets stout, ;;—}in. diam., compressed at the tips, plano-convex or 
terete below, grooved or striate. Leaves not seen. Racemes laxly 3-8- 
flowered, solitary or many together, often forming dense fascicles ; pedicels 
slender, and yee the rhachis silky-pubescent or almost villous. Flowers 
rather small, 4in. long. Calyx campanulate, silky; teeth short, broad, 
acute. Standard broader than pore exceeding the keel and wings. Ovary 
occasionally pubescent. Pods +4 in. long, broadly oblong, turgid, oblique 
at the tip; valves thick, reticulated ; beak short, stout. Seeds 1-4, usually 
2-3.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 113" ae violacea 2 eae Students’ 
Fl. (1899) 112. ee | 
Var. robusta Cheesem.—Pods longer, 1—-}in., elliptic-oblong. Seeds 3-6. Other 
characters much as in the type.—C. robusta 7’. Kirk l.c. +t fF a 
SoutH Istanp: Mount Cook district, 7’. #. C.; Central Otago, not uncommon, 
Petrie! Var. robusta: Nelson—Wairau Valley, 7. F.C. Canterbury—Broken River 
basin, J. D. Hnys! JT. Kirk! Petrie! T. F. C.; Kowai River, Petrie / 
The distinguishing characters of this species lie in its stout rigid habit, almost terete 
branchlets, numerous often fascicled racemes of rather small flowers, and the turgid pod. 
Mr. Kirk’s C. robusta cannot be separated except by the longer and propertionsecty 
narrower pod with a larger number of seeds, and is best kept as a variety. 
8. C. subulata 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899; 112.—A slender erect often 
ike glabrous shrub 3-6 ft. high, with almost terete branches. Branchlets 
Zo-z5 In. broad, compressed or plano-convex, strict and rigid, grooved or 
striated. Leaves 3- foliolate; leaflets oblong- obovate, retuse. Racemes 
laxly 3-6-flowered, one or several together ; pedicels silky or almost 
glabrous, shorter than the flowers. Calyx campanulate : teeth minute, 
