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69. V. pulvinaris, Hook. f. and Benth. Gen. Plant. ii. 964.—A small densely tufted hoary moss-like plant, forming soft rounded cushions 1–3 in. diam.; branches closely compacted, ⅛ in. diam. Leaves very densely imbricate, $1⁄10$ in. long, linear-oblong or linear–spathulate, obtuse or subacute, not coriaceous, quite entire, the margins and both surfaces above the middle hispid with copious long white hairs. Flowers terminal, solitary, very shortly pedicelled, about ⅛ in. long, white. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments linear, ciliate. Corolla salver-shaped; tube narrow, slightly longer than the calyx; limb flat, spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments very short. Ovary pilose at the tip. Capsule not seen.—Pygmea pulvinaris, ''Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 217; Ic. Plant. t. 1047; Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xiv. (1882) 352, t. 32, f. 2.

70. V. Thomsoni, Cheesem.—Very similar in most respects to V. pulvinaris, but rather larger and stouter. Leaves very densely imbricate, $1⁄10$ in. long, rhomboid-obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, somewhat thick and fleshy towards the tip, membranous towards the base, quite entire, usually copiously hispid on the margins and back above the middle, upper surface often glabrous. Flowers solitary, terminal, rather larger than in V. pulvinaris. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments linear, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla-tube much longer than the calyx; limb spreading, 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments very short. Ovary pilose at the tip. Capsule narrowly obcordate, turgid, about as long as the calyx.—Pygmea Thomsoni, ''Buch. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xiv. (1882) 353, 4. 32, f. 3.

71. V. ciliolata, Hook. f. and Benth. Gen. Plant. ii. 964.—A small densely tufted moss-like plant, forming rounded cushions