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Carmichælia.] which is abruptly bent, forming almost a right angle with the pod. It is possible that two species are confounded under the name of C. juncea, as Mr. Kirk has suggested; but more complete sets of specimens are required to settle the matter.

19. C. prona, ''Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxvii. (1895) 350.—A small much-branched prostrate shrub; stems and branches closely appressed to the ground, 4–12 in. long, rarely more. Branchlets $1⁄20$–$1⁄12$ in. diam., compressed, grooved. Leaves often numerous, l-foliolate or pinnately 3–5-foliolate, silky; terminal leaflet much larger than the rest, oblong or oblong-obovate, cuneate at the base, deeply retuse at the tip. Racemes small, 3–7-flowered; pedicels short, silky. Flowers minute, $1⁄10$–$1⁄8$ in. long. Calyx campanulate; teeth acute. Standard broader than long, retuse; wings shorter than the keel. Pod $1/undefined$ in. long, broadly oblong, turgid; valves thin; beak short, abruptly turned upwards. Seed solitary.—Huttonella prona, Kirk, Students' Fl. 116.

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.

1. N. Carmichæliæ, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 51.—A slender much-branched shrub 4–10 ft. high. Branchlets $1⁄8$–$1⁄15$ in. broad, glabrous, compressed, grooved, with distant alternate scales. Leaves only seen on young plants, 1-foliolate, obcordate or orbicular, entire or emarginate, sometimes mucronate. Racemes 1–2 in. long, 8–20-flowered; pedicels longer than the calyces, and with the rachis silky-pubescent. Flowers ¼–⅓ in. long, pink. Calyx silky; teeth