22 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 nanally 1—C. earvmhnasa Cal in Trans N GF Tmot wvi (128A\ QO 
Carmichaelia flagelliformis Hk.f. = 
C. arborea (Forst) Oliver 
see T.NeZele Vol. 96 Dede 
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 75 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. Hookeri appears to me to differ 
in no essential character; and his C. acuminata is founded on a single fruiting specimen, 
which altogether agrees with CO. 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. ©. paludosa Cockayne in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlvu (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, 
j,in. long. Calyx campanulate, sparingly pilose, dentate; the teeth 
very shortly ciliate. Pod elliptic-oblong, 4in. long, much compressed ; 
beak more than 4 as long as the valves, straight, subulate. Seeds 2-4, 
red spotted with black. 
SoutH IsLtanp: Westland, abundant in lowland swamps, Cockayne / 
A puzzling plant, which possibly would be more appropriately treated as a variety 
of O. flagelliformis. Dr. Cockayne draws attention to its relationship to OC. 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 C. paludosa is probably made by a plant collected by 
Mr. Townson in the Buller Valley and at Karamea. 
/ iT. ©. 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 }in. long. Flowers not seen. Pods small, 
7o-8 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. 
