Carmichaelia. ] LEGUMINOSAE. 519 
acute. Standard broader than long, about equal in length to the wings 
and keel. Pod 4-2 in. long, turgid, subulate, acuminate ; beak short, stout, 
straight. Seeds 1-4, usually 2—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 114. 
NortH Istanp: Kaimanawa Mountains, B. C. Aston. Sourn Isnanp: Apparently 
abundant on the eastern side of the Island, from Queen Charlotte Sound to Foveaux 
Strait. Marlborough—Endeavour Inlet, J. H. Macmahon! Whakamarina, Blenheim, 
T. Kirk! Lake Tennyson and the Clarence Valley, 7. F. C., R. M. Laing. Canter ury 
—Not uncommon on the plains, 7. Kirk! Petrie! Banks Peninsula, R. M. Laing ; 
Broken River, J. D. Hnys and 7’. Kirk,gT’. F.C. ; Cass River, Cockayne and Foweraker ; 
Mount Peel, H. H. Allan. Otago and Southland — Buchanan! Petrie! T. Kirk, 
Crosby Smith. Sea-level to 3000 ft. November—January. 
This appears to be characterized by the strict and slender sometimes almost filiform 
branchlets, small flowers, and turgid subulate pods. Herbarium specimens in flower 
alone are easily confounded with C. flagelliformis, but the pods are altogether different. 
“9. C. virgata 7. Kirk Students’ FI. (1899) 112.—An erect rigid 
glabrous shrub 3-4 ft. high, branched from the base. Branchlets numerous, 
terete or plano-convex, grooved. Leaves not seen. Racemes few, 3-5- 
flowered, lax; pedicels and rhachis glabrous or puberulous. _ Calyx cam- 
panulate,. glabrous; teeth short, acute. Standard broader than long, 
equalling the wings and exceeding the keel. Pods (not quite ripe) 4 in. 
long, oblong, turgid, narrowed below; beak short, straight, subulate. 
Seeds 1-3.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 114. 
SoutTH Istanp: Otago—Petrie. Southland—At Makarewa and Orepuki, 7’. Kirk / 
T am only acquainted with this plant through a few imperfect specimens in Mr. 
Kirk’s herbarium, and have therefore reproduced in its main features the description 
given in the “ Students’ Flora.” Mr. Kirk remarks that it is “distinguished by the 
paucity of its racemes, small whitish flowers, and oblong pod narrowed at both ends.” 
I fear that it is much too closely allied to C. subulata. 
W10. . diffusa Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv (1893) 272.—A small 
erect or spreading glabrous much-branched shrub 1-2 ft. high. Branchlets 
slender, s\,-;'; in. wide, compressed or plano-convex or almost terete, 
striate. Leaves not seen. Racemes numerous, short, 3-6-flowered ; 
pedicels shorter than the flowers. Calyx cup-shaped, mouth ciliolate ; 
teeth minute, sometimes hardly evident. Pods very small, 4-4 in. long, 
obliquely oblong, slightly narrowed at the base; valves slightly convex ; 
beak short, stout, subulate-—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 114. 
SoutH IsLanp: Canterbury—Near Lincoln, 7. Kirk / Otago—Buchanan! Ote- 
popo River, Petrie / , 
I have seen few specimens, and those by no means good, of this curious little 
species. It appears to have the habit of C. flagelliformis var. corymbosa, differing only 
in the smaller size and smaller pod, and will probably prove to be a form of that plant. 
Mr. Kirk’s specimens from Dry River, Wellington, quoted in the ‘‘ Students’ Flora,”’ 
are certainly referable to C. flagelliformis. 
ll. GC. gracilis J. B. Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xiii (1881) 336. 
—A slender shrub 3-6 ft. high; stems weak, flexuous, terete, sparingly 
branched, often interlaced or scrambling over other bushes, more or less 
leafy, especially when growing in sheltered places. Branchlets almost 
filiform, grooved, silky or pilose. Leaves 4-1 in. long, pinnately 3—5- 
foliolate ; petioles silky; leaflets 14 in., broadly obcordate, glabrous, 
Racemes loosely 2-6-flowered; pedicels slender, silky. Flowers rather 
