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C. australi et nana subsessili, in cæteris b reviter unguiculato. Ovula in omnibus speciebus 6- 8.— Genus
e trib u Galegearum, ab omnibus affinibus distinctissimum, h ab itu [Daviesiamm in te r Podalyrias, v. Bossim-
aruvi in te r Genisteas), floribus parvis, e t præsertim legumine. G. Bentham, M S S .
Leafless shrubs or small trees, with woody trunks and compressed or tape-like branches, which bear irapari-
pinnate leaves, in a young state only.—Branches erect or drooping, bearing small racemes of flowers, smooth or
silky at the tips. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate, five-toothed. Petals nearly equal in length. Standard orbicular.
Wings falcate, oblong, auriculate at the base. Keel blunt, incun'ed. Stamens nine united, and one free. Ovary
sessile, elongated to an incmwed beardless style ; ovules many, in two series. Legume obliquely orbicular, turgid,
rostrate or mucrouate, two-valved; valves attached to a septum, which is persistent and bears one to three seeds.-—
This genus is confined to New Zealand : it belongs to a tribe (of the vast Order Leguminosæ) called Galegeæ, which
includes Clianthus, but from which it differs totally in habit, aud (as from all other Leguminosæ) in the persistent
marghi of the pod. In habit it closely resembles some Acacias of New Holland, and still more closely the
leafless genera Bossiæa and Baviesia. The species have been indicated by Mr. Bentham : they are extremely difficult
to distinguish, and require much further elucidation on the spot; the characters employed appear far too variable.
(Named in honour of Captain Bugdld Carmichael, an eminent traveller and Cryptogamie botanist.)
1. Carmichælia am tra lis,'^Y .-, ramulis floriferis elongatis aiicipitibus latis aphyllis, racemis brevibus,
bracteolis sub calyce minutis, ovario glabro, legumine (3 -4 -lm eari) oblique ovato acuto erostri. Benth. M S S .
C. austrabs, B r . B o t. Beg. t. 912. A . Ounn. Prod. C. Cunninghamii, Baoul, p . 2 9 . t. 28. Bossiæa sco-
lopendra, A . R ich , [non A u c t) L o tu s? arboreus, Forst. B e Cand. A . Rich. Genista compressa. Ba n k s
et Sol. Ic. et M S S .
Yar. /S. n a n a ; ramulis floriferis brevissimis (1-2-u n cia iib u s) eonfertis crassiusculis rigidis aphyllis.
"Sar. grandiflora ; calycis dentibus elongatis, floribus magnis, bracteolis calyce impositis, ramulis
foliatis, legumine brevi-rostrato.
H a b . A b u n d an t th ro u g h o u t th e Islan d s, Forster, etc. Tl. November. Yar. /3. D ry and mountainous
country a t th e base of Tongariro, Colenso. Yar. 7 . Milford Sound, L y a ll. N a t. name, " W ak ak a ” of
th e n orthe rn, and "N e in e i ” of th e southern tribes of tb e N o rth e rn Islan d , L ya ll. (Cultivated in England.)
A large shrub or small tree, 6-15 feet high, with fastigiate branches. Branches 2 lines to inch broad, much
flattened. Leaves on young plants imparipinnate, | - 1 inch long ; leaflets oblong or orbicular-obovate or cuneate,
two to four pair, obcordate, deeply bilobed, smooth ; petiole compressed, slender. Racemes inch long, quite
smooth or sparingly silky, six- to eight-flowered. Flowers 1 -1 ^ lines long ; peduncles bracteolate above the middle.
Pods 3 -4 lines long, obliquely ovate, acute or acuminate, not rostrate ; seeds one to two, black or red.—The variety
3 nana appears a mountain state, b u t the fruit is unknown.—Yar. y has larger flowers than any species, 2-3 lines
long; and the bracteoles are placed on the calyx itself; the pod beaked as in the following species. This forms at
Milford Sound the food of the ground parrot.
2. Carmichælia odorata, Colenso; ramulis floriferis elongatis crassiusculis rigidis sæpius foliatis,
racemis laxe multifloris, pedicellis infra medium bracteolatis, ovario glabro, legumine (absque rostro 2 lin.
longo) ovato longe rostrato. B enth. MSS.
H a b . N o rth e rn Island. E a s t coast, Colenso.
A small bushy tree, distinguished from C. australis by its narrower fastigiate branches, which arc usually very
leafy, larger and more flowered racemes, and smaller pods, which are produced into rostra as long as the valves.
Leaves (on the branches) pubescent, small ; pinnules two to three pair, linear-oblong, two-lobcd, l-j-2 lines long.
Flowers small, sweet-scented ; peduncles bracteolate below the middle. Pods small, pale, obliquely ovate, onc-
seeded ; the valves wrinkled, and the septum continued into a sharp nearly straight rostrum.
3. C a r m i c h æ l i a Col.; ramulis floriferis ancipitibus crassiusculis rigidis aphyllis novellis pilosis,
perliceUis medio bracteolatis, ovario sericeo, legumine (vix 2 lin.) oblique orbiculato, ro stro parvo.
Benth. MSS.
H ab . N o rth e rn Islan d . E a st coast, Colenso.
Very similar to the C. odorata, but more or less, copiously covered with appressed silky hairs, especially on the
inflorescence and ovarium, which has a longer curved style. The pod of my specimen is not quite ripe, but fuDy
formed, and is very broad, obliquely orbicular, one-seeded, and abruptly laterally produced into a curved rostrum
longer than the valves. This pod is much shorter and broader than in the last, and hairy till nearly ripe. The
flowers are very small, and appai'ently quite identical in both species.
4. Carmichælia flagelliformis, Col. ; ramulis floriferis angustia ma rginatis plano-convexis ultimis
angustissimis, racemis brevibus subumbellatis, pedicellis infra medium bracteolatis, ovario glabro, legumine
(2 b n.) oblique orbiculato longe ro strato . B e n th . M S S . C. australis, Raoul, t. 28.
Yar. yS; fru ctu ovato, ramulis fructiferis sæpe u trin q u e leviter compressis. Ben th .
H ab . N o rth e rn aud Middle Islan d s. E a s t coast, B idw ill, Colenso, Sinclair. Akaroa, Raoul.
/3. Ea st coast, Colenso. Milford Sound, .
A slender tree or shrub, 8 -14 feet high, with fastigiate top, and pendulous, almost fliiform ramuli. Branches
very long, 1 -2 feet long, more slender than in any species but the following, which in this respect closely resembles
it, much compressed, deeply striated, plane on one side, convex on the other. Leaves I have not seen. Racemes very
different from any of the foregoing species, being short, distant, and subumbellate, of four to six very minute flowers,
pilose ; the pedicels bracteolate about the middle. Pods (except those of var. 3) the same shape as in C. pilosa,
obliquely orbicular, with a stout sharp rostrum placed obliquely, two-seeded, twice as large as in the following
species.—Those of var. 3 are again larger, longer, and very like those of C. australis, but with a rostrum.
5. CaimichîFiia ju7icea, Colenso; ramulis floriferis tenuibus tereti-compressis, racemis brevibus su b umbellatis,
pediceUis sub calyce bracteolatis, ovario glabro, legumine ovoideo v. oblongo parvo ( 1 - H lin.)
breviter rostoUato.
Yar. /S; legumine 2 lin. longo.
y .p a r v iflo r a ; floribus minimis. B e n th . M S S .
H a b . N o rth e rn and Middle Islands. E a s t Cape, Sinclair. Hawkes’ Bay and Taupo, Colenso.
Akaroa, Raoul.
Usually a small tree, sometimes procumbent, and spreading along the ground. General appearance very inucii
that of the former, and inflorescence similar, being subumbellate, with very small flowers ; the branches, however, are
not so compressed. Pods usually very small, hardly a line long, turgid, with a long curving rostrum; the valves
turgid, and more membranous than is usual in the genus.
Gon. I I I . EDW A R D S IA , Salisb.
Calyx inflato-campanulaius, ol)li(iuc trunc atus, obsolete 5-dentatus. Ve.villum breve unguiculatum,
obovatum, emarginatum, basi aiigulatum. Ala, oblongoe, stipitatæ. Carina alas subsuperans, obtusa,
re c ta ; foliolis subcoimatis, ajiice liberis. Stamina 10, libera. Ovarmm stipitatum, liiieare, 0 0 -o v u la tum ;
■stylo attcuuato, subincurvo, glabro. Lcgumcn te trap terum, liuearc, moniliforme, 1-locuIare, 2-valve, polyspermum;
scmiiiilmsestropliiolutis.
lid s genus can only be disLbigtiislicd from Sophora by the purely artiilcial character, of the four-winged fruit, of
which no iudicaiion is given in tliii llovvei- or Imbit, as is the case iu the instance of Neurocarpum and Clitoria Tetragonolohus
and Lotus— Cassia alata and Cassia reticulata— Tclrapleura and Piptadenia ; Edwardsia Chilensis must,
therefore, bo restored to Sophora. 'L'he ubU(|m; calyx occurs in several Sophora; and if we take the exserted stamens
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