180 ONAGRARIEZ. [Epilobium. 
at the apex, shortly petioled or almost sessile, membranous or fleshy 
or subcoriaceous, entire or sinuate-denticulate; margins flat or 
slightly recurved. Flowers few, from the axils of leaves remote 
from the ends of the branches, very small,}—-+in. diam. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, almost equalling the petals, Stigma clavate. 
Capsules 2-14in. long, glabrous or pubescent; peduncles much 
elongated, slender, 2-4 in. long. Seeds papillose.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. 
Z4el.i.57; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 77; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 302; Kirk, 
Students’ Fl. 173. 
Var. pedunculare, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 57.—Stems shorter. Leaves 
smaller, more closely set, entire or nearly so; petioles shorter. Capsules 
glabrous ; peduncles more slender.—E, pedunculare, A. Cwnn. Precur. n. 536. 
EK. cespitosum, Haussk. Monog. Hpilob. 301, t. 20, f. 85. 
Var. nerterioides, Hook. f. 1.c.—Shorter and usually more densely matted. 
Leaves smaller, thick and coriaceous; margins recurved. Capsules glabrous.— 
H. nerterioides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 541. EH. pedunculare var. aprica, Haussk. 
Monog. Hpilob. 303. 
Var. minimum, Kirk, Students’ Fl. 174.—Very small. Stems 4-1in. long. 
Leaves close-set, #,in. diam., coriaceous; margins revolute. Capsule short and 
stout, }-4 in. long, exceeding the peduncle. 
Var. angustum, Cheesem.—Stems 2-4in. long, sparingly branched. Leaves 
remote, often deflexed, oblong to linear-oblong, entire or nearly so, hardly 
coriaceous. Capsules rather stout, 4-#in. long, glabrous or with a few 
scattered hairs; peduncles long. Perhaps a distinct species. 
¢ 7 NortH AND SoutH ISLANDS, STEWART ISLAND, CHATHAM ISLANDS: Abundant 
throughout, ascending to 3000ft. Var. nerterzoides also extends to the Auck- 
land Islands and Macquarie Island. Var. minimwm: Bluff Hill and Puysegur 
Point, Kirk! Var. angustum: Cass River, near Lake Tekapo (Canterbury), 
EEGs 
An excessively variable plant. The varieties described above are simply 
prevalent forms, and pass into one another by insensible gradations. 
16. EH. purpuratum, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 77. — Stems 
1-4 in. long, branched, prostrate and rooting at the nodes, perfectly 
glabrous, purplish-black. Leaves all opposite, crowded, horizon- 
tally spreading, +-4in. long, broadly oblong or orbicular-oblong, 
obtuse, shortly petioled, thick and coriaceous, entire or obscurely 
minutely toothed, purplish below; veins indistinct. Flowers not 
seen. Peduncles springing from the axils of the intermediate 
leaves, stout, 2in. long. Capsules as long as or shorter than the 
peduncles, stout, purplish-black, perfectly glabrous. Seeds papil- 
lose.—Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 303; Barbey, Gen. Epilob. t. 18, f. 2; 
Kirk, Students’ Fl. 174. 
Sourn Isnanp: Alps of Otago, altitude 4000-6000 ft., Hector and Buchanan ! 
Distinguished from all the forms of H. nwmmularifolium by the larger size, 
stouter habit, and purplish-black colour. I have only seen three indifferent 
specimens. 
17. BE. macropus, Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 812.—Stems numerous, 
slender, branched from the base, 3-9 in. long, decumbent or creep- 
ing and rooting below, ascending at the tips, purplish, more or less 
