172 ONAGRARIEZ. [Epilobuum. 
Stout, 3-2ft. Leaves close-set, ovate or ovate-oblong. 
Flowers small, 4-4 in. diam., red oc . 38. E. Billardieri- 
Slender, 4-3ft. Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. anum, 
Flowers small, 4-4 in. diam., purplish Ss -. 4. H. junceum. 
** Leaves distinctly petiolate. 
Slender, 4-2ft. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, membran- 
ous. Flowers 4-+in., white or pink .. oe -. 5. H. pubens. 
B. Microphylle. Stems small, slender, herbaceous, creeping below, erect or as- 
cending towards the tips. Flowers few, towards the ends of the branches. 
* Fruiting peduncles short, seldom exceeding the leaves, 
Stems 2-6in., prostrate, matted. Leaves close-set, oblong, 
¢+in. Capsule glabrous .. .. 6. H.confertifolium. 
Stems 3-10in., ascending. Leaves linear- oblong, coarsely 
toothed, blotched, 4-? in. Capsule evenly hoary-pubescent 7. EH. pictum. 
** Fruiting peduncles elongated. 
+ Leaves comparatively narrow, linear or linear-oblong to oblong. 
Stems 1-4in. Leaves linear or linear-oblong, }-}in. 
Capsule slender. Peduncles much elongated . 8. E. tenwipes. 
Stems 2-6in. Leaves linear-oblong to oblong, 1 in. 
Capsule pubescent on the angles : a . 9. H. Hectori. 
++ Leaves broad, oblong to Fe or orbicular. 
Stems 2-10in., slender, pubescent. Leaves small, 4-4 in., 
broadly oblong to orbicular. Capsule evenly pubescent 10. H. alsinoides. 
Stems 6-18in., slender, firm. Leaves ovate - cordate. 
Flowers large, tin. diam. Capsule 1-2in. .. - 11. #. chlorefolium. 
Stems 6-18in., ‘weak and flaccid. Leaves distant, ovate, 
entire or obscurely toothed, almost sessile, membranous 12. E. insulare. 
Stems 6-18 in., weak. Leaves distant, orbicular, Tee 
toothed, petiolate, membranous ae .. 13. H. rotundifolium. 
C. Sparsiflore. Stems small, slender, prostrate and creeping, herbaceous, 
Flowers few, in the axils of the intermediate leaves. Capsules long-stalked, 
Leaves }-4in., orbicular, sharply toothed, membranous .. 14. EH. linneoides. 
Leaves 4-4+in., suborbicular, entire or Chee sinuate, 
subcoriaceous aie .. 15. LE. nummularifo- 
Leaves ai in., orbicular- oblong, thick and coriaceous, lium. 
purplis below se -- 16, EH. purpuratum, 
Leaves +-3in., ovate, obscurely toothed. Flowers large, 
3-4 in. diam. 5 6 re 26 -. 17. EH. macropus. 
D. Dermatophylle. Suffruticulose, usually small, stems hard and woody at the 
base. Leaves more or less rigid and coriaceous. Flowers few, terminal 
or nearly so. 
* Fruiting peduncles elongated. 
Much branched, slender, wiry, bifariously pubescent, 
3-6in. high. Leaves ovate, petiolate, +2 in. -. 18. H. gracilipes. 
Stout, fleshy, prostrate, glabrous, 2-6in. long. Leaves 
large, obovate-spathulate, entire, ?-14 in. a .. 19. H. crasswm. 
** Fruiting peduncles short. 
Stems prostrate or straggling, glabrous, woody at the base, 
6-15in. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous and shining, red- 
dish, acute, petioled, #-lin. Flowers #-4in. .. 20. EH. brevipes. 
