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2. C. tuguriorum, ''R. Br. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 183, t. 47.—Stems slender, prostrate or climbing, often clothing shrubs or trees to a considerable height, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves ½–1½ in. long, broadly ovate-cordate or deltoid, acute or obtusely acuminate, entire or sinuate or angled, sinus at the base broad and shallow, glabrous, membranous. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves, terete or margined; bracts ovate-cordate or orbicular, apiculate, equalling the calyx and enclosing it. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate. Corolla large, 1–2 in. diam., white. Ovary incompletely 2-celled. Capsule ⅓ in. long, broadly ovoid, apiculate. Seeds yellowish-red.—Convolvulus tuguriorum, ''Forst. Prodr. n. 74; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 198. C. truncatella, Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxi. (1889) 95.

3. C. Soldanella, R. Br. Prodr. 483.—Rhizome long, creeping underground. Stems rather stout, 6–18 in. long, rarely more, prostrate and trailing, not twining, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves on petioles 1–3 in. long; blade ½–2 in. diam., usually broader than long, reniform or broadly rounded-cordate, obtuse or apiculate, entire or sinuate, thick and fleshy, sinus at the base broad and shallow. Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, as long or longer than the leaves; bracts ovate-cordate, obtuse, rather shorter than the calyx. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla large, 1–1½ in. diam., pink or purplish. Ovary incompletely 2-celled. Capsule large, broadly ovoid, apiculate. Seeds blackish-brown.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 200; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 395; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 183. Convolvulus Soldanella, ''Linn. Sp. Plant. 159; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 198.