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creeping, flexuous, branched. Leaves brownish-green, opposite ; dorsal bases 
connate, broadly ovate or ^-orbicular, obtuse, quite entire, thick, succulent ; 
involucral concave denticulate. Stipules ovate, 2-dentate ; margins obtusely 
3-denticulate, broadly connate with the leaves. Perianth campanulate ; teeth 
of the mouth short, incurved. 
Middle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies, on Lichens; Port Preservation, on bark of trees, 
Lyall. Xiord Auckland’s group, J. D. H. 
2. C. Billardieri, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 139. Stems 3-5 in. long, 
prostrate, dichotomouslv branched. Leaves green or brown, opposite, ovate, 
subacute, obscurely 2-dentate; ventral margin arched ; dorsal straight, 6-9- 
toothed at the base, free or connate with that of opposite leaf. Stipules im- 
bricate, transverse, convex, 2-toothed, connate with the leaves below. Pe- 
rianth campannlate; mouth laciniate, fimbriate. — Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 61 ; 
Syn. Hep. 175. 
Northern and Middle Islands: common in woods, etc., Menzies, etc. Lord 
Auckland’s group and Campbell’s Island : J. I). H. (Australia, Tasmania.) A very 
variable plant in size, colour, toothing of the leaves, which are free or connate at their 
bases. 
3. C. sinuosns, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 141. Stems 3-4 in. long, pro- 
cumbent. Leaves crowded, brownish-green, opposite, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
obscurely 2-toothed at the apex, connate or almost so by their dorsal bases ; 
ventral margin undulate ; dorsal very decurrent; involucral incised. Stipules 
distant, spreading, 5 -partite ; segments toothed, connate with the leaves be- 
low. Perianth ovate; mouth laciniate, indexed. — Syn. Hep. 175; Hook. 
Muse. Exot. t. 113. C. ohlongifolius, Hook. f. andTayl. in Lond. Journ. Bot. 
1845, 563 ; Syn. Hep. 705. 
Northern and Middle Islands: abundant from the Bay of Islands, J. D. //., to Dusky 
Bay, Menzies. Lord Auckland’s group, J. D. II. 
t Leaves strongly 2-^-dentate at the apex. 
4. C. fissistipus, Ilook.f. andTuyl. FI. Ar.tarct. 157. Stems f-1 in. 
long, procumbent, branched. Leaves ovate, united by their dorsal bases, 
2-4-toothed at the apex ; ventral margin undulate, 1-2-toothed ; dorsal 
straight ; involucral 2-3-fid ; margins toothed and laciniate. Stipules imbri- 
cate, reniform, spinulose, connate with the leaves below them. Perianth 
campanulate; mouth open, laciniate. — Syn. Hep. 175 and 704. 
Northern Island, Colenso ; Auckland, Bolton, Sinclair. Lord Auckland’s group, 
J. D. H. (Tasmania.) — A handsome, strongly scented species. 
5. C. acnleatus. Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 140. t. 98./. 4. Stem 1 in. 
long, creeping. Leaves green, opposite, imbricate, connate by their dorsal 
bases, ovate ; apex 2-toothed, with an obtuse sinus ; dorsal margin with 1 
spine, ventral with 2 or 3. Stipules transversely oblong, 4-spinous, broadly 
united with the leaves below them. 
Northern Island?, creeping over Hypopterygium concinnum (Fieri. Mitten ). 
** Dorsal loses of the leaves not connate. 
f Leaves nearly entire at the apex. 
6. C. supinus, Hook.f. and Tayt. FI. N. Z. ii. 142. t. 99./. 2. Stems 
