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142. Carpels 4, turgid; styles oblique, slightly recurved. Seeds 3–4, rarely more.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 142. T. novæ-zealandiæ, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxv. (1893) 270; Kirk, l.c.'' 142.

5. T. pusilla, T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 143.—Stems numerous, very slender and delicate, prostrate and rooting, 1–3 in. long, forming broad pale-green matted patches. Leaves minute, in distant pairs, connate at the base, $1⁄15$–$1⁄10$ in. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, spreading or reflexed, thin. Flowers minute, $1⁄15$ in. diam.; peduncles longer or shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, acute. Petals rather longer, acute or subacute. Stamens equalling the petals. Scales 4, linear-cuneate. Carpels 4, turgid; styles recurved. Seeds 2–4.

6. T. acutifolia, T. Kirk, Students' Fl. 143.—Stems very slender, almost capillary, prostrate and rooting, much and intricately branched, forming pale-green matted patches. Leaves minute, in distant pairs, connate at the base, $1⁄15$–$1⁄12$ in. long, narrow-linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or apiculate, thin. Flowers minute, $1⁄20$–$1⁄15$ in. diam., on peduncles shorter than the leaves. Calyx deeply divided; segments linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals narrow-ovate, shorter than the calyx. Scales 4, minute. Carpels 4, ovoid, turgid; styles recurved. Mature seeds not seen.

7. T. multicaulis, ''Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xix. (1887) 324.—A minute slender much-branched reddish-purple plant; stems prostrate or decumbent below, ascending at the tips. Leaves opposite or in opposite fascicles, remote below, close-set and often imbricating above, connate at the base, $1⁄15$–$1⁄12$ in. long, ovate-subulate,