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Epilobium.] 8. E. tenuipes, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 59.—Stems short, slender, 1–4 in. long, decumbent and rooting at the base, ascending at the tips, bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite or alternate, crowded, rigid, erecto-patent, $1⁄5$–$1⁄2$ in. long, narrow linear-oblong, lower ones obtuse, upper acute, narrowed at the base, glabrous, remotely denticulate or almost entire. Flowers few, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves or terminal, small, white, $1⁄6$ in. diam. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Capsules slender, ¾–1 in. long, glabrous or puberulous; peduncles much elongated, very slender, 2–3 in. long, finelv pubescent. Seeds smooth.—''Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 297, t. 20, f. 83; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 171. E. nanum, ''Col. in Trons. N.Z. Inst.'' xxvi. (1894) 315.

9. E. Hectori, ''Haussk. Monog. Epilob.'' 298, t. 19, f. 82.—Stems slender, branched below, 2–6 in. high, decumbent and rooting at the base and then erect or ascending, pale-green or reddish, terete, uniformly clothed with short crisp hairs or bifariously pubescent. Leaves small, opposite, uppermost alternate, crowded or distant, ¼–½ long, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, entire or remotely denticulate, usually glabrous. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, small, erect, $1⁄5$–$1⁄4$ in. diam., white. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules ½–1 in. long, purplish-red, obscurely tetragonous, usually pubescent on the angles, rarely glabrous; peduncles much longer than the leaves. Seeds smooth.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 172.

10. E. alsinoides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 540.—Stems 4–10 in. long, pale-green, slender, branched, decumbent or creeping and rooting at the base, erect or ascending above, terete, pubescent or more rarely glabrous. Leaves all opposite or the uppermost alone alternate, very shortly petioled, $1⁄5$–$1⁄2$ in. long, orbicular or orbicular-ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous, entire or remotely denticulate. Flowers few in the upper axils, small, erect, $1⁄5$ in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost