Flora of New Zealand Series

T. diffusa Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 24, 1892, 424 non Willd. ex Steud. Nom. bot. ed. 2, 2, 1841, 687.

Crassula diffusa (Kirk) Ckn. Rep. Bot. Surv. St. Id. 1909, 55 non Sol. ex Ait. Hort. Kew. 1, 1789, 395.

Type: W, Miramar, Feb. 1891, no. 935, Kirk.

Slender ± matted small herb up to 8 cm. tall; stems erect or prostrate, 2.5-7·5 mm. long, filiform, sparingly branched; internodes 5-10 mm. long. Lvs 2-3·5 mm. long, fleshy, very narrow-oblong, obtuse, minutely apiculate. Fls 1·5-1·75 mm. diam., on peduncles ± 1 mm. long. Calyx minute; lobes broad-ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse; petals = or slightly > sepals, broad-oblong, obtuse. Scales 4. Carpels ovoid; seeds 2-4.

DIST.: N. Shores of Cook Strait; St. Port Pegasus, T. Kirk.

FL.- FT. 12.