shorter than the keel. Pod 1–1¼ in. long, on stout erect pedicels, oblong, turgid; beak long, straight or oblique. Seeds 9–12, red mottled with black.—Students' Fl. 110.
North Island: Rare and local. East Cape district, from Te Kaha and Raukokore to Hicks Bay, Bishop Williams! Petrie! Adams! November–December.
A very distinct species. The broad thin branchlets, large flowers, and large turgid pod separate it from all others.
6. C. australis, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. xi. (1825) t. 912.—An erect much-branched glabrous usually leafless shrub 3–12 ft. high. Branchlets straight, often much elongated, 110–13 in. broad, thin and flat, finely and closely striate; notches alternate, close or rather distant. Leaves seldom seen except on young plants, ¾–2 in. long, 1-foliolate or 3–5-foliolate; leaflets obcordate or obovate-cuneate, membranous, sessile. Racemes variable in length, 3–12-flowered, solitary or fascicled; pedicels puberulous or glabrous. Flowers crowded, small, 18–16 in. long, pale-purplish. Calyx campanulate, teeth minute. Standard much broader than long, retuse, claw very short; keel equal in length or slightly shorter; wings oblong, almost as long as the keel. Pod oblong, compressed, ⅓–½ in. long, suddenly narrowed into a short acute beak; valves slightly convex; replum stout, persistent long after the valves have fallen. Seeds 1–4, red, usually spotted with black.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 574; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 50; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 50; Kirk, Students' Fl. 110. C. Cunninghamii, Raoul, Choix, t. 28b. Boissiæa scolopendrina, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 346.
Var. strictissima, Kirk, Students' Fl. 110.—Branchlets 14–38 in. broad. Racemes strict, many-flowered, dense. Pedicels very short. Pods not seen.
North Island: Abundant from the North Cape to Wanganui and Hawke's Bay. South Island: Queen Charlotte Sound, J. Rutland! Var. strictissima: White Cliffs, Taranaki, T. F. C. Sea-level to 2800 ft. Makaka. November–December.
7. C. Petriei, T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 111.—A stout sparingly branched shrub 1–6 ft. high, with rigid terete or subterete branches. Branchlets stout, 112–18 in. diam., compressed at the tips, plano-convex or terete below, grooved or striate. Leaves not seen. Racemes laxly 3–8-flowered, solitary or many together, often forming dense fascicles; pedicels slender, and with the rachis silky-pubescent or almost villous. Flowers rather small, 16 in. long. Calyx campanulate, silky; teeth short, broad, acute. Standard broader than long, exceeding the keel and wings. Ovary occasionally pubescent. Pods ¼–⅓ in. long, broadly oblong, turgid, oblique at the tip; valves thick, reticulated; beak short, stout. Seeds 1–4, usually 2–3.—C. violacea, Kirk, l.c. 112.
