ONAGRARIEZH:. [Epilobium. 
the upper alternate, crowded, 4-4in. long, linear-oblong, obtuse or 
apiculate, coarsely toothed, rigid and coriaceous, glabrous or pu- 
bescent near the base, sessile or very shortly petiolate. Flowers 
rather numerous in the upper axils, small, erect, tin. diam. 
Calyx -lobes ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, almost equalling the 
petals. Stigma narrow-clavate. Capsules 3—3in. long, sessile or 
very shortly peduncled, stout, curved, suddenly narrowed below 
the tip, grooved, finely and closely pubescent. Seeds minutely 
papillose.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 177. 
SoutH Isranp: Canterbury—Shingly beds of streams, apparently not 
uncommon. Upper Waimakariri; Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, T. Ff. C 
Otago—Naseby, Black’s, Petrie ! 1000-3000 ft. December—February. 
This comes nearest to H. melanocaulon, from which it is distinguished by 
its smaller size, paler colour, uniform pubescence, and especially by the short 
curved capsules, which are abruptly narrowed towards the tip. 
25. BE. microphyllum, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 325, t. 36. — 
Stems very numerous from a hard and woody base, much branched 
below, 3-8 in. high, shortly decumbent at the base, erect strict and 
wiry above, dark purplish-black, bifariously pubescent. Leaves 
small, opposite or the upper ones alternate, 4-+in. long, oklong 
or ovate-oblong or ovate-orbicular, obtuse, sessile or very shortly 
petioled, obscurely denticulate or quite entire, glabrous, coria- 
ceous. Flowers few towards the tips of the branches, small, 
white or pink, $in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
almost equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules 4—$in. 
long, strict, erect, purplish-black with 4 silvery pubescent lines on 
the angles; peduncles very short, hardly exceeding the leaves. 
Seeds smooth.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 537; Raoul, Choix, 49; Hook. 
f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 59; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 79; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 
392, +t. 18, f. 79; Kork, Students’ Fl. 178. 
NortH Istanp: East Coast and Cape Palliser, Colenso! near Waiapu, 
Petrie! ake Waikaremoana, Elsdon Best! Tukituki River, Petrie ! Orongoro- 
ngo River, Kirk. Sourn Istanp : Abundant in shingly river-beds in mountain 
districts. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Papa-koura. December—February. 
A well-known plant, easily recognised by the strict and wiry habit, purplish- 
black stems, small uniform leaves, small flowers, and dark-purplish capsules. 
with silvery-pubescent angles. 
26. BE. Krulleanum, Hauwssk. Monog. Epilob. 305, t. 23, f. 95.— 
Stems numerous from a hard and woody base, 2-6in. high, 
decumbent below, erect above, strict and wiry, densely leafy, 
bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite or the uppermost alter- 
nate, +4 in. long, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, shortly petioled, 
coriaceous, often purplish, entire or very obscurely denticulate. 
Flowers few in the upper axils, small, erect, tin. diam. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. Stigma 
clavate. Capsule strict, erect, glabrous, 3-14 in. long; peduncles. 
usually shorter than the leaves. Seeds papillose.—Kirk, Students’ 
Fl. 175: 
