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Cyathodes.]

1. C. acerosa, R. Br. Prodr. 539.—An erect or rarely decumbent branching shrub 4–15 ft. high or more; bark black; branches woody, spreading. Leaves spreading or reflexed, ¼–⅔ in. long, acerose, linear or subulate-lanceolate, rigid, pungent-pointed, glaucous beneath, with from 3 to 7 parallel veins, the outer of which often branch towards the margin of the leaf; margins often recurved and cihate. Flowers minute, $1⁄10$ in. long, solitary and axillary towards the tips of the branches; peduncles short, recurved, clothed with imbricating obtuse bracts. Calyx-lobes obtuse. Corolla-tube not much longer than the calyx; lobes spreading, acute, usually glabrous within. Stamens with very short filaments; anthers half-exserted. Drupe variable in size, ⅕–⅓ in. diam., globose, succulent, white or red.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 407; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 163; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 176; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' iv. 170; Kirk, Forest Fl. t. 108. C. articulata, ''Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xxviii. (1896) 600. Leucopogon Forsteri, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 216. Epacris juniperina, ''Forst. Prodr.'' n. 71.

2. C. robusta, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 177.—Habit of C. acerosa,'' but much stouter. Leaves spreading, ½–¾ in. long, ⅛–⅙ in. broad, narrow linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute and callous at the tip, rigid and coriaceous, 5–11-nerved beneath, the nerves often branchmg on the outer side; margins usually recurved. Flowers ⅛ in. long, solitary and axillary, more abundantly produced than in C. acerosa; peduncles curved, clothed