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20. E. brevipes, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii. 328.—Stout, smooth, glossy, reddish-purple. Stems many from a woody rhizome, 6–15 in. high, prostrate or strags^ling, branched, ascending above, perfectly glabrous, densely leafy. Leaves all opposite, spreading, ¾–1 in. long, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacute, gradually narrowed into a rather long petiole, coriaceous and shining, usually reddish, remotely denticulate. Flowers rather numerous, in the axils of the upper leaves, sessile, ¼–⅓ in. diam., white or rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules ¾–1¼ in. long, slender, glabrous, exceeding the leaves; peduncles very short, hardly elongating in fruit. Seeds minutely reticulate.—''Handb. N.Z. Fl. 78; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 307, t. 21, f. 89; Barbey, Gen. Epilob. t. 19; Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 176.

21. E. vernicosum, ''Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. [[Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute/Volume 28/Article 54#535|xxviii. (1896) 535.—Stems numerous from a woody rootstock, 4–8 in. high, decumbent or prostrate at the base, erect or ascending above, terete, bifariouslv pubescent. Leaves usually crowded, opposite or the uppermost alternate, ¼–¾ in. long, linear-oblong to oblong or oblongovate, obtuse or subacute, shortly petiolate, coriaceous, very glossy, usually reddish, obscurely and remotely sinuate-denticulate. Flowers 3–5 towards the tips of the branches, almost sessile, very large, ⅓–⅔ in. diam., pale-rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, much shorter than the broad bilobed petals. Stigma shortly and obliquely clavate. Capsules (not quite mature) about 1 in. long, perfectly glabrous; peduncles apparently short. Seeds smooth (?)—Kirk, Students' Fl.'' 176.

22. E. pycnostachyum, ''Haussk. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr.'' xxix. (1879) 150.—Stems numerous from the top of a woody prostrate