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Stem rigid, black. Leaves J-i in., sessile. Flowers very small. 
Peduncles of fruit short t ... 9. E. microphyllum. 
Leaves £-} in., broad, sharply toothed. Flowers larger. Pe- 
duncles of fruit long 10. E. rotundifolium. 
**** Stem erect or decumbent at the very base, 6-24 in. high. Leaves opposite or alter- 
nate. Flowers subterminal. 
+ Flowers usually less than A in. diam. 
Glabrous. Leaves opposite, narrowed at base, in scattered pairs, 
coriaceous ^ ■ . . . . 11. E. glabellum. 
Glabrous. Stems rigid, black. Leaves opposite, narrowed at 
base, crowded, linear 12. E. melanocaulon. 
Glabrous. Leaves opposite, broad at base, sessile or amplexi- 
caul 13. E. tetragonum. 
Pubescent. Leaves opposite and alternate, sessile ..... 14. E. junceum. 
ft Flowers usually 1 in. diam. 
Pubescent. Leaves most alternate, all petioled, broad. Flowers 
numerous 15. E.pubens. 
Glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, sessile, narrow at base, 
linear-oblong 16. E. Billardierianum. 
Tall, puberulous above. Leaves opposite, sessile, 2-3 in., linear 17. E. patlidiflorum. 
1. E. nummularifolirun, A. Cunn. ; — FI. TV. Z. i. 57. Small, pro- 
strate, branched, slender; branches 2-6 in. long, glabrous or bifariously 
pubescent. Leaves ^~§- in. long, sessile or petioled, numerous, opposite, 
rather crowded, uniform in size, orbicular or oblong, obtuse, entire or waved 
at the margin, coriaceous or thin, fiat or convex, usually with the under sur- 
face lying flat on the soil. Peduncles axillary, slender, ^-4 in. long. 
Flowers very small, pink or whitish. Ovary and capsule generally hoary. 
Var. a. pedunculare, FI. N. Z. i. 58. Leaves membranous ; peduncles long and slender ; 
capsule glabrous. — E. pedunculare, A. Cunu. ; E. pendulum, Banks and Sol. 
Var. . 8 ? nerteroides, FI. N. Z. 1. c. Leaves thick, with recurved margins ; peduncles long ; 
capsule glabrous. — E. nerteroides, A. Cunn. 
Var. 7 . brevipes, FI. N. Z. 1. c. Leaves thick, coriaceous, with recurved margins ; pedun- 
cles very short ; capsule puberulous. 
Abundant in wet places, var. a and jS, throughout the islands, Banks and Solander, var. 
ft extending to Lord Auckland’s group ; var. 7 , dry places, Cape Palliser, Colenso. A 
very common and variable plant, best known by its small size, creeping stems, small, crowded, 
rounded, and scarcely toothed leaves, which are uniform in size throughout the plants, and 
flowers axillary and distant from the ends of the branches. States with ascending branches 
approach very closely E. alsinoides. 
2. E. purpuratum, Hook, f., n. sp. Small, glabrous, creeping ; branches 
short, black, leafy, 2-3 in. long. Leaves spreading horizontally, shortly pe- 
tioled, i in. long, thickly coriaceous, orbicular or ovate-oblong, obtuse, almost 
entire, under surface and edges dark-purple ; veins obscure. Peduncles from 
the axils distant from the ends of the branches, stout, black, 1-2 in. long. 
Capsules 1-^-2 in. long, black, quite glabrous. 
Middle Island : alps of Otago, alt. 6000 ft., Hector. Closely allied to E. nummula- 
rfolium, hut much larger, with stout black stems and peduncles and long capsules. 
3. E. linnseoides. Hook. f. FI. Antarct. i. 9. t. 6 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 58. 
Slender, prostrate, branched, creeping, everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves all 
opposite, petioled, orbicular, sharply toothed, uniform in size, very mem- 
branous, in. long. Peduncles very slender, fruiting ones 3-5 in. long. 
