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Carmichælia.] (non R. Br.). C. multicaulis, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxv. (1893) 329. C. micrantha, Col. l.c. xxvi. (1894) 313. Lotus arboreus, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 258.

15. C. gracilis, ''Armstr. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xiii. (1880) 336.—A slender shrub 3–6 ft. high; stems weak, flexuous, terete, sparingly branched, often interlaced or scrambling over other bushes, more or less leafy, especially when growing in sheltered places. Branchlets almost filiform, grooved, silky or pilose. Leaves ½–1 in. long, pinnately 3–5-foliolate; petioles silky; leaflets $1⁄6$–$1⁄4$ in., broadly obcordate, glabrous. Racemes loosely 2–6-flowered; pedicels slender, silky. Flowers rather large, ⅓–½ in. Calyx campanulate; teeth long and narrow, acute, silky within. Standard broad, 2-lobed, slightly longer than the keel. Pods ½ in. long, elliptic, turgid; replum thick; beak very long, straight, stout, subulate. Seeds 2.—C. Kirkii, ''Hook. f. in Ic. Plant. t. 1332; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 113.

16. C. compacta, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xvii. (1885) 272.—An erect much and closely branched shrub 2–4 ft. high. Branchlets numerous, strict, erect, $3⁄8$–$1⁄10$ in. diam., terete or nearly so, striate. Leaves not seen. Racemes ½–¾ in. long, numerous, lax, pedunculate, 3–8-flowered; pedicels slender, glabrous, usually longer than the flowers. Flowers $1⁄6$ in. long, pinkish-white,