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fragrant. Calyx somewhat tumid, campanulate, glabrous; teeth shallow, acute. Standard broader than long, 2-lobed, about equalling the wings; keel-petals much shorter, broad above, claws long. Pod 1/6–1/5 in. long, indehiscent, obovoid, turgid, compressed from back to front so that the width is greater than the depth; valves reticulate; beak short, subulate, oblique or recurved. Seeds 1–2.—Huttonella compacta, Kirk, Students' Fl. 115.

South Island: Otago—Clutha Valley, between Lake Wakatipu and Clyde, Petrie! November–December.

This can be distinguished from the other species of the section Huttonella by the crowded terete branchlets, long and lax racemes of rather large flowers, and the larger pod.

17. C. curta, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv. (1893) 271.—An erect sparingly branched glabrous shrub 1–2 ft. high. Branchlets 1/6–1/3 in. broad, slender, terete or nearly so, subcompressed at the tips, grooved or striate. Leaves not seen. Racemes variable in length, distant, 6–10-flowered; rachis elongating after flowering; pedicels short, silky. Flowers 1/6 in. long. Calyx more or less pubescent, campanulate; teeth short, acute. Standard broader than long, retuse, exceeding the wings; keel with a short claw. Ovary silky. Pod 1/6–1/5 in. long, pendulous, turgid, oblong-obovoid, glabrous when mature; valves thin; beak slender, curved upwards. Seeds 2–3.—Huttonella curta, Kirk, Students' Fl. 116.

South Island: Otago—Waitaki Valley, at Duntroon and Kurow, Petrie!

Allied to C. juncea, but separated by the longer distant racemes, larger flowers, and larger pod. In none of the flowers which I have examined could I find the callosity on the wings mentioned by Mr. Kirk.

18. C. juncea, Col. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 51.—An erect or rarely prostrate glabrous branching shrub 1–2 ft. high. Branchlets very slender, 1/25–1/15 in. broad, compressed or almost terete, grooved. Leaves not seen. Racemes short, often fascicled, 2–8-flowered; pedicels pubescent, rather longer than the calyx. Flowers minute, 1/10–1/8 in. long. Calyx campanulate, silky; teeth very small, acute. Standard broader than long, slightly exceeding the keel; wings narrow, somewhat shorter. Pod usually indehiscent, very small, 1/12–1/10 in. long, oblong or ovoid-oblong, turgid or almost inflated; valves thin and membranous; beak slender, curved or sharply bent. Seeds 1–2, rarely 3.—Handb.N.Z. Fl. 50. Huttonella juncea. Kirk, Students' Fl. 116.

North Island: East Cape, Sinclair; Hawke's Bay and Taupo, Colenso! Rotorua, Kirk. South Island: Akaroa, Raoul; Canterbury Plains, Haast. Otago— Waitaki Valley, Maniototo Plains, Lake District, Petrie! Apparently rare and local. The only North Island specimens I have seen are Mr. Colenso's, collected many years ago, and which must be taken as the type of the species. Those from Otago, in Mr. Petrie's herbarium, differ in the stouter and more strict branches and rather longer pods, the beak of