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264 4 or 5, inserted at the base of the corolla-tube; filaments long, fiiliform; anthers large, far-exserted, usually pendulous. Ovary 2-celled; styles 2, filiform, free nearly to the base, hirsute; ovules solitary in each cell. Drupe globose or ovoid, fleshy, containing 2 1-seeded pyrenes.

1. N. depressa, Banks and Sol. ex Gærtn. Fruct. i. 124, t. 26.—A slender glabrous perennial, very variable in size, often forming broad matted patches; stems 2—12 in. long, creeping and rooting at the nodes. Leaves ¼–½ in. long, broadly ovate or almost orbicular, acute or obtuse, rounded or truncate or almost cordate at the base, quite glabrous; petioles equalling the blade or shorter. Stipules small. Flowers very small and inconspicuous, solitary, terminal, sessile. Calyx-limb truncate or nearly so. Corolla $1⁄8$ in. long, broadly funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Drupe globose or broader than long, red.—''Forst. Prodr. n. 501; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 481; Raoul, Choix, 46; Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 23; Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 112; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 120; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' iii. 431; Kirk, Students' Fl. 246. N. montana. ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxviii. (1896) 595.

2. N. Cunninghamii, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 112.—Perfectly glabrous. Stems much more slender than in N. depressa, almost filiform, 4–18 in. long. Leaves ¼–⅓ in. long, narrow-ovate, acute, rounded at the base; petioles about as long as the blade. Stipules small, acute. Flowers very minute, terminal. Calyx-limb truncate or obsoletely 4-toothed. Corolla shorter and broader than in N. depressa, $1⁄10$ in. long, 4-lobed. Stamens usually erect. Drupe globose, red, $1⁄12$ in. diam.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 120; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 247. ?N. papulosa, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxviii. (1896) 595.