Page:Manual of the New Zealand Flora.djvu/218

173 equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules ¾–1½ in. long, uniformly clothed with pale-grey pubescence; peduncles elongating much as the fruit ripens, 1–2 in. long or more. Seeds papillose.—Raoul, Choix, 49; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 59; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 79; Haussk. Monog. Epilob.'' 298, t. 23, f. 97. E. thymifollam, ''R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 539; Haussk. l.c.'' 297.

11. E. chloræfolium, ''Haussk. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr.'' xxix. (1879) 149.—Stems 6–18 in. high, stout or slender, usually much branched at the base but sometimes almost simple, decumbent or arcuate below, ascending or erect above, terete, glabrous except two pubescent lines decurrent from the margins of the petioles. Leaves opposite, remote, ⅓–¾ in. long, broadly ovate to ovateoblong, obtuse or rarely subacute, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, glabrous or nearly so, remotely denticulate or sinuate-tootbed; petioles short, broad, pubescent. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, rather large, white or rose, ⅓ in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, much shorter than the petals; stigma oblong-capitate. Capsules 1–2 in. long, sparsely pubescent; peduncles longer than the leaves. Seeds papillose.—''Monog. Epilob. 299, t. 19, f. 81; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 172. E. perplexum, Kirk, l.c. 170.

12. E. insulare, ''Haussk. Monog. Epilob.'' 300.—Stems 6–18 in. high, slender, weak and flaccid, sparingly branched, creeping and rooting at the base, ascending or suberect towards the tips, often glabrous below, usually thinly pubescent above. Leaves opposite, the upper alternate, distant, ½–¾ in. long, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse or subacute, very shortly petioled, thin and membranous, glabrous or nearly so, entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed. Elowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, small, erect, white. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, apiculate, shorter than the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules 1–2 in. long, slenier, pubescent or glabrate. Seeds smooth.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 173.