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Branches rigid and interlacing. Leaves ⅓–⅔ in., orbicular or broad-oblong, very coriaceous. Drupe ¼ in. long, broadly oblong 22. C. crassifolia.
Branches spreading, often interlaced. Leaves ¼–¾ in., obovate or oblong-spathulate, subcoriaceous. Drupe ¼–⅓ in., oblong or obovoid 23. C. rigida.
Branches spreading, interlaced. Leaves 1/81/4 in., oblong or linear-oblong, coriaceous. Drupe 1/8 in. diam., obconic or obcordate 24. C. obconica.
Branches spreading. Leaves ¼–¾ in., orbicular or broadly oblong, membranous. Drupe ¼ in. long, yellowish-white 25. C. rubra.
Branches slender, interlacing. Leaves 1/51/3 in., ovate-spathulate, thin. Drupe ¼ in. long, yellowish-white 26. C. virescens.
***** Twigs pubescent or puberulous. Leaves linear or narrow-linear-oblong. Drupe variable.
Prostrate; branches flexuous and interlacing. Leaves narrow-linear, ¼–⅓ in., 1/20 in. wide. Drupe globose, pale-blue 27. C. acerosa.
Tall, erect; branches spreading. Leaves ¼–½ in. long, linear or linear oblong. Drupe oblong, ⅓ in. long, bluish 28. C. propinqua.
Procumbent or suberect. Leaves usually fascicled, ½–1 in. long, linear, linear-oblong, or linear-obovate 29. C. Kirkii.
C. Erect or rarely prostrate shrubs. Leaves small, less than 1 in. long (except in C. fœtidissima and occasionally in C. linariifolia). Flowers terminating leafy branchlets, always solitary (except the males in C. linariifolia and sometimes in C. fœtidissima).
Erect, slender, glabrate, 6–15 ft. Leaves ½–1½ in., linear-lanceolate; stipules long, sheathing. Male flowers in 3–5-flowered fascicles 30. C. linariifolia.
Erect; branches stout, setose. Leaves ⅓ in., linear-lanceolate, ciliate 31. C. Solandri.
Erect, slender, 6–15 ft., intensely fœtid when bruised. Leaves ½–2 in., oblong or obovate, membranous. Male flowers sometimes fascicled 32. C. fœtidissima.
Erect or procumbent, 2–8 ft., not fœtid. Leaves ⅓–1 in., linear-obovate or linear-oblong. Flowers solitary on decurved peduncles 33. C. Colensoi.
Prostrate, fœtid when bruised. Leaves ¼–⅔ in., linear-obovate, retuse or emarginate, coriaceous; margins minutely crenulate 34. C. retusa.
Erect, rigid, densely branched. Leaves numerous, 1/53/4 in., linear- or oblong-obovate, coriaceous, spreading or recurved 35. C. cuneata.
Erect; branches very slender. Leaves ¼–⅓ in., linear-lanceolate, fiat, thin 36. C. microcarpa.
Prostrate or procumbent. Leaves 1/61/4 in., linear-lanceolate, concave, coriaceous 37. C. depressa.
D. Stems short, prostrate and rooting, often densely matted. Leaves small. Flowers terminal, solitary.
Leaves glabrous, linear-oblong to rounded-oblong or obovate. Male corolla large, curved, tubular. Drupe ¼ in. diam. 38. C. repens.
Leaves hairy, linear-oblong or linear-obovate. Male corolla smaller, campanulate above. Drupe ⅓–½ in. diam. 39. C. Petriei.