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Carmichælia.]

1. C. Enysii, ''T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xvi. (1884) 379, t. 30.—A much-dwarfed depressed excessively branched glabrous plant, forming dense patches 1–2 in. high; stems and lower branches thick and woody, matted. Branchlets small, ⅓–¾ in. long, $1⁄6$–$1⁄10$ in. broad, erect or suberect, compressed, thin, striate. Leaves of young plants orbicular, emarginate. Flowers minute, $1⁄8$–$1⁄25$ in. long, solitary or in 3–6-flowered fascicles or racemes; pedicels slender, usually silky. Calyx carapanulate; teeth short, acute. Standard with a narrow claw; wings as long as the keel. Pod $1⁄10$–$1⁄6$ in. long, compressed, ovate-orbicular, often oblique, sometimes obliquely deltoid; replum incomplete; beak stout, broad at the base, recurved. Seed usually 1, rarely 2–3.—Students' Fl. 108.

2. C. uniflora, ''T. Kirk in Gard. Chron.'' (1884) i. 512.—A much-dwarfed slender matted plant, forming large patches; stems often subterranean, putting out slender branches 1–2 in. high. Branchlets very narrow, $1⁄4$–$1⁄5$ in., thin, compressed, glabrous, sometimes almost herbaceous. Leaves not seen. Flowers solitary, ⅓ in. long, purplish-red; peduncles very long and slender, almost capillary, glabrous or puberulous, bracteolate about the middle. Calyx campanulate, glabrous or silky; teeth short, broad, acute. Standard broad, with a short broad claw; wings shorter than the keel. Pod ⅓–½ in. long, linear-oblong; valves slightly wrinkled; beak straight or oblique. Seeds 2–6.—''Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xvi. (1884) 379; Buch. l.c.'' 394. C. Suteri, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxiii. (1891) 383.

83 [sic]. C. nana, ''Col. ex Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 49.—A dwarf rigid glabrous plant, forming broad matted patches. Branchlets 2–4 in. long, $1⁄3$–$1⁄6$ in. broad, thin, much flattened, strict, erect,