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184 the upper alternate, crowded, $1⁄6$–$1⁄2$ in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse or apiculate, coarsely toothed, rigid and coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent near the base, sessile or very shortly petiolate. Flowers rather numerous in the upper axils, small, erect, $1⁄8$ in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, almost equalling the petals. Stigma narrow-clavate. Capsules ½–¾ in. long, sessile or very shortly peduncled, stout, curved, suddenly narrowed below the tip, grooved, finely and closely pubescent. Seeds minutely papillose.—Kirk, Students' Fl. 177.

25. E. microphyllum, ''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 325, t. 36.—Stems very numerous from a hard and woody base, much branched below, 3–8 in. high, shortly decumbent at the base, erect strict and wiry above, dark purplish-black, hilariously pubescent. Leaves small, opposite or the upper ones alternate, $1⁄8$–$1⁄5$ in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong or ovate-orbicular, obtuse, sessile or very shortly petioled, obscurely denticulate or quite entire, glabrous, coriaceous. Flowers few towards the tips of the branches, small, white or pink, $1⁄8$ in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules ½–¾ in. long, strict, erect, purplish-black with 4 silvery pubescent lines on the angles; peduncles very short, hardly exceeding the leaves. Seeds smooth.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 537; Raoul, Choix, 49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 59; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 79; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 308, t. 18, f. 79; Kirk, Students Fl.'' 178.

26. E. Krulleanum, ''Haussk. Monog. Epilob.'' 305, t. 23, f. 95.—Stems numerous from a hard and woody base, 2–6 in. high, decumbent below, erect above, strict and wiry, densely leafy, bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, ⅓–½ in. long, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, shortly petioled, coriaceous, often purplish, entire or very obscurely denticulate. Flowers few in the upper axils, small, erect, $1⁄5$ in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsule strict, erect, glabrous, ¾–1¼ in. long; peduncles usually shorter than the leaves. Seeds papillose.—Kirk, Students Fl. 175.