Specimen of the Botany of New Zealand. 33 



solitariis, pcdunculis fructiferis capsula ter brevioribus. A. Rich. Fl. Nov 

 Zel. p. 329. t.SG.f. 1. 



Kata-pourogui nomen vernaculum. D'Urville. 



Caulis repens, ramis erectis vix pedalibus. Flores parvuli, albi, breviter 

 pedunculati. 



544. E. cinereum, pubenti-cinereum, foliis suboppositis lineari-lanceolatis 

 subspathulatis apice mucronulatis margine parum et distanter dentatis, flo- 

 ribus axillaribus solitariis, pedunculis fructiferis capsula multoties brevi- 

 oribus. A. Rich. FL Nov. Zel. p. 320. 



Pou-nao-ucho, indigenis. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Shady situations on the skirts of woods, 

 Wangaroa, &c. — 1833, R. Cunningham. Bay of Islands. — 1827, D'Urville. 

 Caulis erectus, 2-pedalis. Flores rubelli. 



545. E. incanum, erectum cano-villosum, foliis lineari-oblongis apice api- 

 culo obtuso, margine pauci- remoteque dentatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, 

 pedunculis capsuliferis, fructu parum brevioribus. 



New Zealand (Northern.Island). Margins of woods, near the falls of the 

 Waitangy river, Bay of Islands. — 1834, R. Cunningham. 



Obs. Species prsscedenti valde affinis, sed forsan characteribus datis 

 distincta, omnino villosior. 



546. E. liirtigerum, strictum, dense laxeque pilosum, foliis (uncialibus) 

 alternis sessilibus confertis angusto-lanceolatis acutiusculis supra convexis 

 integerrimis aut raro denticulatis modice erectis subappresisve, floribus ax- 

 illaribus solitariis brevissime pedicellatis, capsula pedunculo fructifero mul- 

 toties longiore. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). Skirts of forests round Wangaroa 

 Harbour. — 1833, R. Cunningham. 



Caulis erectus, bipedalis, confertim foliosus. Flores purpurei seu lilacini. 

 Capsula (2-pollicaris) obtuse tetragona, villosa, villis lanuginosis. 



547. E. virgatum, erectum, gracile foliis (inferioribus) oppositis linearibus 

 (subuncialibus) acutis paucidentatis modice erectis, ramulisque tenuiter vir- 

 gatis incanis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedunculis fructiferis capsulam 

 subsequantibus. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). In woods near the falls of the Keri-Keri 

 river, at the head of the Kana-Kana river, &c, Bay of Islands. — 1834, R. 

 Cunningham. 



548. E. glabellum, ramis erectis glabriusculis, foliis (inferioribus) oppositis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve obtusiusculis brevi-petiolatis distanter ser- 

 ratis, nervis margineque ciliatis, floribus axillaribus solitariis, capsula pe- 

 dunculo fructifero plustriplo longiore. Forst. Prodr. n. 160. A. Rich. Fl. 

 Nov. Zel. p. 328. 



Mali couragui, indig. D'Urville. 



New Zealand (Northern Island). — 1769, Sir Jos. Banks. Country be- 

 tween the Waitangy and the Keri-Keri rivers, Bay of Islands. — 1834, R. 

 Cunningham. (Middle Island.) — 1773, G. Forster. 



Caulis prostratus repens, ramis erectis pedalibus et ultra. Folia pollicem 

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