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Volume 3, 1870
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Dichondra brevifolia, Buchanan. n. s.

A small minute-leaved, creeping, tufted, glabrous herb. Leaves shortly petiolate, reniform, ⅛ inch broad, entire, glabrous. Scapes 1 inch long, pubescent or glabrous, four times longer than the leaves. Flowers solitary; corolla

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longer than the calyx, the latter ciliate or silky. Other characters of flowers and fruit the same as D. repens. Capsule long, silky.

Hab.—Popotunoa, Otago. Pastures, in swampy places, mixed with D. repens.

This distinct little species is easily distinguished from D. repens by its much smaller size and uniform-sized leaves, its long scapes, and nearly glabrous character.

Collected by J. Buchanan.