922 LEGUMINOSAE. [Carmichaelia. 
‘’ Var. corymbosa 7’. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 114.—Branchlets slender, often flaccid 
and drooping, striate. Pod shorter, broadly oblong, much compressed, oblique ; valves 
thin. Seed usually 1.—C. corymbosa Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi (1889) 80. 
Var, Hookeri Cheesem.—Smaller, 2-4 ft. Racemes very numerous, densely fascicled. 
Flowers larger, 4 in. Pod ovate-oblong, less compressed; beak shorter.—C. Hookeri 
TY", Kark lc. 115. 
“Var. acuminata Cheesem.—Pods 1-2 in., broadest at the base, almost obpyriform, 
somewhat falcate, acuminate; beak oblique. Otherwise as in the type, but flowers 
not known.—C. acuminata 7’. Kirk l.c. 
Nort AND Sout [suanps : Not uncommon from the Upper Thames and Waikato 
southwards. Var. corymbosa: Hawke’s Bay, Colenso! Var. Hookert: South of 
Wellington Province, 7’. Kirk! Var. acuminata: Palliser Bay, 7. Kirk / Sea- 
level to 3000 ft. November—January. 
Asa species C. flagelliformis is best distinguished by the slender grooved branchlets, 
minute flowers, which are either in open racemes or fascicled, and in the short broad 
pod, which is much compressed, and ends in a stout subulate beak sometimes 7 in. 
long. In dry places it is usually leafless when adult, but frequently produces leaves 
in moist situations, or where shaded. Mr. Kirk’s C. Hooker: appears to me to differ 
in no essential character ; and his C. acwminata is founded on a single fruiting specimen, 
which altogether agrees with C. flagelliformis except for a slight difference in the shape 
of the pod. 
The above arrangement is the same as that adopted in the first edition of this work. 
In all probability it includes several plants that will ultimately prove their claims to 
be treated as distinct species or varieties. But, personally, I have been unable to 
make the large number of field observations required to provide a firm foundation for 
future work,’ or to collect the suites of specimens necessary for purposes of comparison. 
It is hoped that other workers will soon undertake the task. 
16. C. paludosa Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvii (1915) 113.— 
A much and fastigiately branched erect shrub 3-8 ft. high; branchlets 
yellow-green, strict, very slender, almost filiform, conspicuously striate, 
leafless when mature. Flowers in 2—6-flowered racemes or fascicles, minute, 
jm. long. Calyx campanulate, sparingly pilose, dentate; the teeth 
very shortly ciliate. Pod elliptic-oblong, 4in. long, much compressed ; 
beak more than $ as long as the valves, straight, subulate. Seeds 2-4, 
red spotted with black. 
SoutH Istanp: Westland, abundant in lowland swamps, Cockayne / 
A puzzling plant, which possibly would be more appropriately treated as a variety 
of C. flagelliformis. Dr. Cockayne draws attention to its relationship to C. corymbosa 
Col., which, in agreement with Kirk, I have reduced to C. flagelliformis. But a com- 
parison between C. paludosa and some of Colenso’s type specimens of C. corymbosa, given 
to me by Mr. Colenso himself many years ago, shows that C. corymbosa has a shorter 
broader pod, with a shorter beak, and the seeds are seldom more than 2. In addition 
to the above, the habit of C. paludosa is much more fastigiate than C. corymbosa. For 
the present I therefore hesitate to place the two plants in closer juxtaposition than at 
present. A nearer approach to OC. paludosa is probably made by a plant collected by 
Mr. Townson in the Buller Valley and at Karamea. 
J 17. C. Fieldii Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. 1 (1918) 163.—A small 
glabrous sparingly branched prostrate shrub; leafless except when young. 
Branches as much as 15 in. long, but often much less; =4,-}in. diam., thin, 
compressed, arcuate, sparingly branched ; bark yellowish-green. Racemes 
short, 2—5-flowered ; pedicels 4 in. long. Flowers not seen. Pods small, 
yo~s in. long, obliquely-ovoid or -oblong, dehiscent, conspicuously turgid, 
blackish-brown; valves rugose; beak short, stout, triangular. Seeds 
varying In number from 2-5, but usually 3-4; colour pale-brown. 
