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36. C. microcarpa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110.—A leafy shrub 1–10 ft. high; branches slender, close-set, divaricating, pubescent, leafy; bark grey. Leaves in pairs on short lateral branchlets, ¼–⅓ in. long, 1/15–1/12 in. broad, spreading, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, veinless, dark-brown when dry, not coriaceous; stipules short, ciliate. Flowers minute. Males: Calyx cup-shaped, 4-toothed. Corolla broadly bell-shaped, 1/5 in. diam., 4-partite; lobes narrow, acuminate, long. Females: Calyx-limb short, tubular, 4-toothed. Corolla 1/12 in., tubular or funnel-shaped, 4-cleft ¼ way down. Drupe very small, globose, 1/10 in. diam.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 118; Kirk, Students' Fl. 244. ?C. margarita, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxviii. (1896) 594.

North Island: Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Olsen! South Island: Nelson—Upper Maitai Valley, Graham River, T.F.C. Westland—Ahaura Plain, Kirk! Canterbury—Oxford Forest, Kirk!

The above description is that given in the "Handbook," but without access to the type specimens, which are in the Kew Herbarium, it is impossible to say whether the plants from the localities cited are really identical with Hooker's species or not.

37. C. depressa, Col. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 110.—A small closely branched usually prostrate bush 1–4 ft. high; branches leafy, trailing or prostrate, younger ones puberulous; bark greyish. Leaves usually in opposite fascicles, 1/6–1/4 in. long, 1/15–1/12 in. wide, linear-lanceolate or narrow linear-oblong, rarely linear-obovate, acute or obtuse, narrowed into a rather short petiole or almost sessile, suberect or patent or recurved, rigid and coriaceous, somewhat concave, glabrous or the margins minutely ciliate; veins indistinct. Stipules short, broad, ciHate. Flowers terminating the branchlets, solitary, sessile, involucellate. Males: Calyx wanting. Corolla 1/10–1/8 in. long, campanulate, 4-partite. Females: Calyx-limb 4-toothed. Corolla tubular, 1/10 in. long, 4-lobed. Drupe 1/6 in. diam., globose, orange-yellow.—Handb. N.Z. Fl. 118; Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xix. (1887) 250; Kirk, Students' Fl. 245.

North Island: Lake Taupo and Ruahine Mountains, Colenso! Ruapehu, Kirk; Rangipo Plain, Petrie! Mount Egmont, T.F.C. South Island: Mount Arthur Plateau, T.F.C.; mountains above the Otira Valley, Petrie! Arthur's Pass, Cockayne, T.F.C.; Kurow Mountains, Petrie! 2500–5000 ft. December–January.

Very close to C. cuneata, but a much smaller and more slender plant, with smaller and narrower leaves. It also approaches some states of C. acerosa var. brunnea, but that is a stouter and more rigid plant, with dark bark and narrower leaves.

38. C. repens, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 22, t. 16a.—A small glabrous creeping species, often forming broad matted patches. Branches 2–18 in. long or more, prostrate and rooting, stout or slender, sometimes almost flaccid; bark greyish. Leaves usually close-set, rarely distant, 1/8–1/3 in. long, linear-oblong or linear-obovate to broadly oblong or broadly obovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed