; “Epilobium.| ONAGRARIE. 179+ 
Nort AND SourH Isuanps: Abundant in lowland swamps from Tauranga 
’ and the Thames Valley southwards. CHATHAM IsLANDs: Cox and Cockayne ! 
November—February. 
13. BH. rotundifolium, Forst. Prodr. n. 161.— Stems 5-15 in. 
‘long, weak, creeping and rooting at the base, usually erect or 
ascending above but sometimes altogether prostrate, terete, pubes- 
cent or glabrous. Leaves opposite, the uppermost alternate, thin 
and membranous, distant, 4—in. long, orbicular or orbicular- 
ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base, petiolate, closely and sharply 
unequally toothed, glabrous or slightly. puberulous, often reddish 
beneath. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, 4—4in. 
'diam., pale-rose or white. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, 
shorter than the petals. Stigma narrow-clavate. Capsules about 
14in. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent; peduncles much 
elongated. Seeds papillose.—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 326; Raout, 
Choiz, 49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 58; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 79: 
Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 299; Kirk, Students’ Fv. 172. 
NortH AND SoutH IsLANpbs, Stewart IsLanp, CHaTHAm Isuanps: Abund- 
ant in moist places from the North Cape southwards. October—February. 
Allied to H. linneoides, but at once recognised by the more erect habit, by 
the uppermost leaves being always alternate, and by the terminal inflorescence. 
From £. insulare it is separated by the larger rounder sharply toothed petiolate 
leaves and papillose seeds. 
14. HE. linneoides, Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i. 10, t. 6.— Stems 
herbaceous, slender, 2-8in. long, creeping and rooting at the 
nodes, usually widely and irregularly branched, perfectly glabrous 
or with 2 faint pubescent lines towards the tips of the branches. 
Leaves opposite, +-4in. diam., orbicular, petioled, flaccid and mem- 
branous, closely and sharply denticulate. Flowers in the axils of 
leaves remote from the ends of the branches, white or rose, 4 in. 
diam. Calyx lobes lanceolate, shorter than the deeply cleft petals. 
Stigma clavate. Capsules 1—2in. long, perfectly glabrous; pe- 
duncles usually much elongated, 2-4in. Seeds densely papillose.. 
—Fl. Nov. Zel.i1.58; Handb. N.4. Fl. 77; Haussk. Monog. Eptlob. 
301; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 1738. 
Nort Isuanp: Ruahine Mountains, Colenso; Tararua Range, Buchanan. 
SoutH Istanp: Not uncommon in damp mountainous places, chiefly on the 
western side. Stewart IsLAND, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL ISLANDS: Most 
abundant, descending to sea-level. Antrpoprs Is~tanp: Kirk. MacquaRiz 
Istanp: A. Hamilton. Ascends to 4500 ft. November-February. 
Approaches very close to EH. rotundifoliwm, but can usually be separated 
“by the smaller size, prostrate habit, leaves all opposite and uniform, and by the 
flowers being further from the ends of the branches. 
15. EH. nummularifolium, 2. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. n. 535. 
—Stems herbaceous, slender, 2-12 in. long, prostrate and root- 
ing at the nodes, much or sparingly branched, often matted, 
bifariously pubescent or quite glabrous. Leaves opposite, very 
variable in size, $-41in. long, orbicular or orbicular-ovate, rounded. 
