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262 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.

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.

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