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\_CJiiloscy phus. 
creeping, 1^ in. long. Leaves brownish-green, imbricate, opposite, mem- 
branous, ovate, obtuse or truncate, rarely obscurely toothed ; dorsal margin 
arched, rather recurved ; ventral straight. Stipules rather large, suborbicular, 
2-dentate with a rounded sinus, spinous-toothed, connate with the leaves be- 
low. Perianth campanulate ; mouth laciniate, inflexed. — Syn. Hep. 708. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, Sinclair ; Ruakine range, Colenso . — Abnormal leaves 
are 2-toothed. 
7. C. polycladus, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 112. t. 99. /. 3. Very 
similar in size and appearance to C. supinus, but the ventral margin of the 
leaves is toothed towards the base, and the stipule deeply divided into about 
6 spreading laciniae. — Lopliocolea, Hook. f. and Tayl. in Loud. Journ. Bot. 
1846, 367 ; Syn. Hep. 697. 
Middle Island : Akaroa, Raoul. 
8. C. decipiens, Gottsche ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 139. Stems procumbent, 
branched. Leaves deltoid-ovate ; ventral margin arched, inflexed ; dorsal 
bases decurrent, straight, toothed towards the base and free ; apex entire ; 
involucral denticulate. Stipules reniform ; margins involute, connate with the 
leaves below. Perianth ovate-oblong, plaited, tips rounded, toothed. — Syn. 
Hep. 176. 
Northern and Middle Islands: Tararua, Colenso ; Dusky Bay, Menzies; Port Pre- 
servation, Lyall. 
ft Leaves 2-i-toothed at the apex. 
9. C. coalitus, Nees ; — FI. N. Z. ii. 141. Stem 1 in. long, creeping. 
Leaves opposite, ovate-quadrate, truncate, 2-dentate ; teeth subulate ; invo- 
lucral small, 2-fid. Stipules 4-6-toothed, connate with the leaves below them. 
Perianth obovate ; mouth 4-toothed. — Hook. Muse. Exot. t. 123 ; Syn. Hep. 
180 and 706. 
Northern and Middle Islands: from the Bay of Islands, J. B. II., to Dusky Bay, 
Menzies. Lord Auckland’s group, J. B. H. (Tasmania, Java.) 
10. C. Lyallii, Mitten in Ft. N. Z. ii. 140. t. 98./. 3. Stems 2-3 in. 
long, creeping. Leaves green, opposite, imbricate, trapezoid, truncate and 
2-dentate at the apex, membranous ; dorsal margin entire ; ventral sphmlose- 
toothed. Stipules 2-partite ; margins toothed, connate with the leaves below 
them. 
Middle Island : Port Preservation, Lyall , with C. coalitus . — A very handsome species. 
11. C. trispinosus, Mitten in FI. N. Z. ii. 140. t. 98./. 5. Stems 
creeping, 1-1^ in. long. Leaves pale green, pellucid, nearly opposite, ovate- 
trapezoid, truncate, 2-toothed, cells large ; dorsal margin entire ; ventral 
1-spiuose towards the middle. Stipules short, 2-partite; segments 2- or 3- 
spinose, narrowly united to the leaves below them. 
Middle Island : Bligh’s Sound, creeping over C. coalitus, Lyall . — Odour heavy, 
aromatic. 
12. C. odoratus. Mitten in Ft. N. Z. ii. 140. t. 98./. 6. Closely 
allied in size, habit, a ri d other characters to C. trispinosus , but the leaves are 
