Epilobium. | ONAGRARIEZ. 185 
SoutH Istanp : Nelson-—Hanmer Plains, Kirk! Canterbury—Krull, Haast. 
Otago—Mount Earnslaw and the Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne ! 1500- 
-3500 ft. December—February. 
A very imperfectly understood species, of which much more complete 
specimens are required before its exact position can be determined. 
97. E. glabellum, Forst. Prodr. n. 160.—Stems 6-14 in. high, 
usually numerous from a hard and woody base, decumbent below, 
‘strict and erect above, terete or obscurely tetragonous, often red 
or purple, glabrous with the exception of 2 or 4 pubescent lines 
decurrent from the petioles, simple or branched below, mempiey or 
densely leafy. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, 4—? in. long, 
ovate or ovate-oblong to narrow-oblong, obtuse, shortly petioled or 
almost sessile, perfectly glabrous, usually red or purple, often shin- 
ing, from almost membranous to coriaceous, remotely sinuate-den- 
ticulate. Flowers in the upper axils, few or many, erect, white or 
pink, 4-4in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 
shorter than the petals. Stigma rounded-clavate. Capsules 1-2 in. 
long, slender, erect, glabrous : peduncles short, seldom much ex- 
ceeding the leaves. Seeds papillose.—Hook. f. #. Nov. Zel. i. 59 ; 
Handb. N.Z. Fi. 19; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 304; Kirk, Students’ 
Fl. 174. E. erubescens, Haussk. l.c. 306, t. 23, f. 98; Kirk, l.c. 
175. 
Norte Isuanp: Rare and local north of the Kast Cape, common in moun- 
tain districts from thence southwards. Sour Istanp: Abundant throughout. 
Sea-level to over 5000 ft. December—February. 
One of the most variable and puzzling plants in New Zealand; excessively 
plentiful in hilly and mountainous districts in the South Island. I have re- 
united Professor Haussknecht’s #. erwbescens with it, finding it quite impossible 
to lay down a strict line of demarcation between the two plants. The true ZH. 
glabellwm is less rigid, with more membranous distantly placed leaves, and the 
capsules are longer and shortly stalked. HH. erwbescens has numerous rigid 
simple stems, the leaves are crowded and erect, the flowers more numerous, and 
the capsules shorter and almost sessile. But intermediate states are plentiful, 
and many of them might with equal propriety be placed under either head. 
28. EH. novee-zealandiz, Haussk. Monog. Hpilob. 305, t. 20, 
f, 86.—Stems 3-9in. high, decumbent or prostrate at the base, 
erect or ascending above, branched, usually pale-green, bifariously 
pubescent. Leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, 3-1 in. 
long, lanceolate or linear-oblong to oblong, obtuse or subacute, 
sessile or very shortly petiolate, rather thin, light-green, glabrous, 
obscurely and remotely denticulate. Flowers in the axils of the 
upper leaves, small, white, }-4+in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate- 
lanceolate, glabrous, shorter than the petals. Stigma shortly 
clavate. Capsules 3-14in. long, slender, glabrous; peduncles 
usually longer than the leaves when the fruit is mature. Seeds 
papillose.—Kirk, Students’ Fl. 175. HE. elegans, Petrie in Trans. 
N.Z. Inst. xxix. (1897) 425. 
Nortn Isuanp: Bay of Islands, Colenso! n. 103, Wilkes (Haussknecht). 
‘Sours Istanp: Apparently not uncommon throughout. 
