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Chordospartiwm. | LEGUMINOSAE. 525 
1. C. Stevensoni Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xlii (1911) 175.— 
A leafless shrub or small tree, sometimes attaining a height of 20 ft. or 
more, with a trunk 6-8 in. in diameter. Branches long, slender, pendulous, 
terete or subcompressed, grooved; branchlets ;!;in. diameter, glabrous, 
marked with distant nodes, each node with a minute scale. Leaves not 
seen. Racemes springing from the nodes of the branchlets, single or in 
fascicles of 2-5, 3-I4in. long, very many flowered; rhachis densely 
woolly ; pedicels very short; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers 4 1n. 
long, purple, with darker lines on the standard. Calyx densely woolly, cup- 
shaped, minutely 5-toothed. Standard orbicular, reflexed, narrowed into 
a very short claw at the base. Wings dolabriform, falcate, obtuse, shorter 
than the keel. Keel incurved, obtuse, equalling the standard. Upper 
stamen free; the others connate into a sheath. Ovary sessile, densely 
silky, linear-oblong, gradually narrowed into the style; ovules 3-5; style 
long, slender, incurved, longitudinally bearded on the inner side above ; 
stigma minute, terminal. Pod about 4 in. long, more or less silky, short, 
turgid, ovoid or orbicular-rhomboid, straight in front, rounded at the back. 
Seed solitary, transversely oblong; radicle long, with a double flexure.— 
Ill. N.Z, Fl. 1 (1914) t. 31a. 
Sourn Istanp: Foothills of the seaward Kaikoura Mountains, near the mouth of 
the Clarence River, alt. 1500-2500 ft., G. Stevenson! Avon Valley, H. F. Hursthouse ! 
CO. Teschemaker. November—January. 
A very singular and beautiful plant, which should find its way into general 
cultivation. 
na: $4 4. NOTOSPARTIUM Hook. f. (%S4- 
Leafless shrubs with slender much-compressed pendulous branchlets. 
Flowers rather small, in lateral racemes. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; 
teeth short, about equal. Standard obovate-obcordate, narrowed into 
a short claw, shortly reflexed ; wings oblong, shorter than the keel, with 
an incurved auricle at the base; keel hatchet-shaped, obtuse. Upper 
stamen free, remainder connate into a sheath. Ovary sessile or nearly 
so, linear; ovules numerous; style incurved. Pod shortly stipitate, linear, 
straight or falcate, compressed, 3—-10-jointed, membranous, indehiscent ; 
beak short. Seeds 1 to each joint, oblong; radicle twisted, with a double 
flexure. — 
A genus of three closely allied species, all three confined to New Zealand. It 
has the leafless habit of Carmichaelia, Corallospartiuum, and Chordospartium, but differs 
in the many-jointed linear pods and in other respects. The species are difficult of 
discrimination in the absence of fruit, but have recently been excellently reviewed by 
Mr. Petrie. 
Racemes densely flowered; rhachis, pedicels, and calyces silky- 
- pubescent. Pods 4-2in. long, thin, flat, strongly curved, 
slightly torulose 
2 a a. ri .. Ll. N. Carmichaeliae. 
Racemes more open; pedicels and calyces almost glabrous. 
Pods nearly terete, straight or nearly so, not torulose .. 2. N. glabrescens. 
More slender. Flowers never crowded in the racemes; pedicels 
and calyces almost glabrous. Pods ?-lin.. long, narrow, 
straight or faleate, very strongly torulose .. a .. 3. N. torulosum. 
1. N. Carmichaeliae Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 51.—A slender 
much-branched shrub 6-12 ft. high. Branchlets #-{in. broad, glabrous, 
compressed, grooved, furnished with distant alternate scales. Leaves 
only seen on young plants, 1-foliolate, obcordate or orbicular, entire 
or emarginate, sometimes mucronate. Racemes often crowded on the 
branchlets for a considerable distance, simple, 1-2 in. iong, 8-20-flowered ; 
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