Epilobium.] ONAGRARIEZ. 181 
bifariously pubescent. Leaves all opposite, somewhat remote, 
+-2in. long, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, shortly 
petioled, obscurely denticulate or almost entire, perfectly glabrous. 
Flowers few, axillary, near or remote from the ends of the branches, 
large, white, +4in. diam. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 
much shorter than the petals. Stigma shortly clavate, emarginate. 
Capsules 1-2 in. long, erect, glabrous; peduncles elongating much 
as the fruit ripens, 2-4in. long. Seeds minutely reticulate.— 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 58; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 78; Haussk. Monog. 
Epilob. 309, t. 22, f. 93a; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 179. 
NorrH Istanp: Ruahine Range, H. W. Andrews! Petrie! Rangipo Plain, 
Petrie! Tararua Mountains and Wainuiomata, Buchanan! SoutH IsLanp: 
Abundant in mountain districts throughout. Altitudinal range 1500-4500 ft. 
December—March. 
The slender glabrous habit, distant ovate leaves, large flowers, and long 
fruiting peduncles separate this from all its allies. 
18. EB. gracilipes, Kirk in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii. (1895) 351. 
—Stems numerous from a woody base, 3-6in. high, decumbent 
below, erect or ascending above, wiry, reddish, bifariously pubes- 
cent. Leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, remote, +-2 in. 
long, ovate, subacute or obtuse, shortly petiolate, coriaceous, red- 
dish below, obscurely and remotely denticulate. Flowers 1-3, soli- 
tary in the upper axils, small, white, }in. diam. Calyx-lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the petals. Stigma obliquely 
clavate. Capsules 14-2in. long, slender, glabrous; peduncles 
elongating much as the fruit ripens, often over 2in. long. Seeds 
minutely papillose.—Students’ Fl. 178. 
SourH Istanp: Canterbury—Broken River, J. D. Hnys! Kirk!  Craigie- 
burn Mountains, Cockayne! Bealey, T.#.C. Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Cock- 
-ayne ! 2000-4000 ft. December—February. 
A handsome little plant, which approaches #. macropus on the one side and 
E, nummularifolium on the other. 
19. E. crassum, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 11. 328.—Stout, fleshy, 
perfectly glabrous, smooth and polished. Stems woody at the 
base, prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes, 2-6 in. long; 
branches short, densely leafy, ascending at the tips. Leaves 
opposite, crowded, thick and fleshy, 3-14 in. long, obovate-oblong 
or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, gradually narrowed into a long 
and broad sheathing petiole, obscurely and remotely denticulate. 
Flowers few, in the axils of the upper leaves, rather large, 4 in. 
diam. or more, white or rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, much 
shorter than the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules stout, erect, 
rigid, perfectly glabrous, 14-2 in. long; peduncles longer than the 
leaves when fully mature. Seeds minutely papillose. — Handb. 
N.Z. Fl. 78; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 309, t. 22, f. 93a; Barbey, 
Gen. Epilob. t. 18, f. 1; Kirk, Students’ Fl. 178. 
