520 LEGUMINOSAE. [Carmichaelia. 
large, 4-Lin. Calyx campanulate; teeth long and narrow, acute, silky 
within. Standard broad, 2-lobed, slightly longer than the keel. Pods 
lin. long, elliptic, turgid; replum thick; beak very long, straight, stout, 
subulate. Seeds 2.—Oheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 117; LU. N.Z. Fl. i 
(1914) t. 35.-4.C, Kirkii Hook. f. in Ic. Plant. (1881) 1832; LP. Kork 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 113. 3 p 247 
Sour Istann: Canterbury—Vicinity of Christchurch, J. B. Armstrong! Haast ! 
Cockayne! Otago—Cardrona Valley, 7. Kigk/ Otepopo River, Sowburn, Petrie / 
Sea-level to 1500 ft. November—December. v™ N- 
A distinct species, at once recognized by the weak terete stems, large flowers, and 
large turgid pod with a long almost pungent beak. 
12. C. grandiflora Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 49.—An erect or 
spreading much-branched glabrous or slightly pubescent shrub 2-6 it. 
high, usually leafy save in exposed situations. Branchlets usually spread- 
ing, rarely fastigiate, ;,-}in. broad, more or less compressed, deeply 
grooved or striate. Leaves numerous, pinnately 3-5-foliolate, obcordate- 
cuneate, silky-pubescent when young, glabrous when old. Racemes 3~1 in. 
long, pedunculate, laxly 5-12-flowered. Flowers usually purplish veined 
with violet, } in. long. Standard broader than long, exceeding the keel ; 
wings as long as the keel. Pods oblong, }~$ in. long, narrowed into a rather 
long subulate beak; valves convex.—T’. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 110; 
Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 115; Ill. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 33. C. australis 
var. grandiflora Benth. in Hook. f. £1. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 50. 
-~VWVar. divaricata 7. Kirk Students’ Fl. l.c.—Branches divaricating at right angles, 
flexuous, compressed at the tips, subterete below. .Racemes slender, 5—15-flowered ; 
flowers rather smaller. Pod elliptic-oblong, narrowed at both ends; beak short. 
Var. alba 7’. Kirk Students’ Fl. l.c.—Branches spreading. Racemes numerous, 
4-8-flowered. Flowers either pure-white or with a purple blotch in the middle of the 
standard. 
Sourn IstAnD: Mountain districts from Nelson to the south of Otago; most 
abundant on the western side. Ascends to 3000 ft. ; descends to sea-level in the West 
Coast Sounds. Var. divaricata: Upper Waimakariri district, at Mount White and the 
Poulter River, J. D. Enys/ near Greymouth, Rk. Helms! Fox’s River, W. Townson | 
Var. alba: Sources of the Waimakariri, 7. Kirk! J. D. Enys! Cockayne! T. F. C., 
and others; Mount Cook district, 7. #. C.; Lake Harris, H. J. Matthews ! 
A very variable plant, which requires much more study before its many varieties 
can be understood. Its chief characteristics are the leafy habit, deeply grooved 
branchlets, lax many-flowered racemes, comparatively large flowers, and small pod with 
slightly convex valves and rather long beak. It attains its greatest luxuriance in the 
moist river-valleys of Westland. 
The variety alba, originally discovered near the source of the Waimakariri River 
by Enys, is remarkable for its deliciously fragrant flowers. In the original locality the 
flowers usually have a large purple spot on the standard; but in the Tasman Valley 
(Mount Cook) that form can be found together with another in which the flowers are 
i Sal eek So also with specimens gathered at Lake Harris by the late Mr. H. J. 
Matthews. | 
13. C. odorata Col. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Gel. i (1853) 50.—A much- 
branched shrub 3-10 ft. high, leafy in spring and early summer. Branch- 
lets s4-$1n. broad, distichous, slender, pendulous, compressed or plano- 
convex, grooved, pubescent towards the tips. Leaves very numerous, 
small, {-2in. long, silky-pubescent, pinnately 3—7-foliolate: leaflets oblong- — 
obcuneate or narrow-obovate, notched at the apex. Racemes slender, 
strict, erect (apparently drooping in herbarium specimens on account of 
