Epilobium.,] ONAGRARIEX. 173 
Stems decumbent, bifariously pubescent, 4-8in, Leaves 
oblong or oblong-ovate, obtuse, gs glossy, +-? in. 
Flowers very large, 134 nee we .. 21. E, vernicosum, 
Stems numerous decumbent, 2-8in. Leaves densely 
crowded, linear- oblong, coarsely denticulate, 4—$in. 
Flowers sessile, large, white, crowded, 4in. Capsules 
almost hidden by the leaves . 22. H. pycnostachyum 
Stems numerous, rigid, erect, black. Leaves. crowded, 
linear-oblong, deeply toothed or almost lobed, 4-2 in. 
Flowers small, tin. Capsules glabrous se 23. H.melanocaulon, 
Stems numerous, erect, 2-6in., grey with fine pubescence. 
Leaves crowded, linear-oblong, coarsely toothed. Cap- 
sules suddenly narrowed below the tip, finely pubescent 24. H. rostratwm. 
Stems numerous, rigid and wiry, purplish-black, 3-8 in. 
Leaves small, uniform, ovate-obicular, entire, $—tin. 
Capsules silvery- pubescent on the angles 25. H.microphyllum. 
Stems numerous, short, 2-6in. Leaves oblong- ovate, 
entire, 4-4 in. Flowers small, 4in. Capsule glabrous 26. H. Krulleanum. 
Stems numerous, erect, 6-14in. Leaves oblong or linear- 
oblong, obtuse, often reddish, sinuate-denticulate, 4-#in. 
Flowers 4-fin. Capsules on short peduncles .. . 27. H. glabellum. 
Stems branched, erect, 3-9in. Leaves narrower than i in 
HH. glabellum, pale-green. Flowers tin. Capsules on 
peduncles that slightly elongate 30 De .. 28. H. nove-zealan- 
die. 
1. B. pallidiflorum, Sol. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 550.—Stems 
leafy, terete, 1-3 ft. high, decumbent and rooting at the base and 
emitting numerous stolons, erect above, simple or branched, gla- 
brous below, finely puberulous above. Leaves 1-4 in. long, opposite 
or the uppermost alternate, often semiamplexicaul, sessile or nearly 
so, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, gradually tapering 
to an acute point, irregularly denticulate or almost entire, glabrous 
or the margins puberulous. Flowers usually numerous towards 
the ends of the branches, large, handsome, 2 in. diam., white or pale- 
rose. Calyx-lobes half as long as the corolla, lanceolate, acute. 
Petals obcordate. Stigma oblong-clavate. Capsules 2-4in. long, 
finely and densely hoary-pubescent; peduncles shorter than the 
leaves. Seeds minutely papillose.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 61; 
Handb. N.Z,. Fl. 81; Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 8305; Haussk. Monog. 
Epiiob. 292; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 169. E. macranthum, Hook. Ic. 
Plant. t. 297. 
NortH AnD SouTH Istanps, CHaTHAM Isitanp: Abundant in marshes from 
the North Cape to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level to 1500 ft. November-— 
February. Also in Australia and Tasmania. 
A very distinct species, readily known by the large size, long acute leaves, 
and large white flowers. 
2. H. chionanthum, Haussk. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxix. 
(1879) 149.—Stems slender, 1-2 ft. high, decumbent and stoloni- 
ferous at the base, ascending above, simple or rarely branched, 
terete, glabrous below, usually thinly puberulous above. Leaves 
all opposite except the floral ones, distant, 3-14 in. long, sessile or 
nearly so, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 
