322 NOTES ON SOME PLANTS OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND. 
rower, generally only 4 in. broad, sometimes as long as in the Sad- 
dlehill forms (which are 14 in.); sinuate; toothing seldom very 
sharply marked; few leaves (and only young ones) entire or nearly so. 
. pubens, A. Rich. Among “ scrub” on roadsides, Caversham, 
Dunedin, 20-25 in. high; December, in flower, W. L. L. Stem much 
branched. All parts of plant puberulent. Puberulence best marked 
on the young branchlets and leaves, and on the midribs, veins, and 
margins of the mature leaves; least distinct on the lower woody parts 
of the stem, which are sometimes almost glabrous. Central leaves 
much the largest, about 14 in. long, and 3 in. broad, but variable in 
size; upper and lower ones smaller. Margin generally irregularly 
sinuate-serrate ; sometimes entire, or entire only in lower half or third. 
Leaf-petioles seldom exceed } in. long; sometimes they are j in. 
Flower small, about 11 in. in diameter, whitish. 
In specimens from Tarndale, Nelson, in my herbarium (collected by 
Dr. Sinclair), the plant is shorter and less ramose. There is less pu- 
berulence of all its parts; less serrature of leaf; shorter capsules. 
Leaves occasionally opposite, and broader in proportion to their length 
than in the Caversham plant. 
3. E. macropus, Hook. Ranges about Finegand, Lower Clutha; 
December, in flower, W. L. L. Branches generally 5—6 in. high, deep 
red; puberulent throughout, the puberulence best marked, as usual 
(where it exists), on the younger branchlets. Leaves membranous, 
ovate, and uniform in size; seldom exceed 4 in. long, and 4 in. broad. 
Upper and lower smaller than intermediate ones. Margin irregularly 
and very slightly notched, or almost entire; sometimes entire, espe- 
cially in lower leaves.  Leaf-petioles very sit; so that youn 
especially upper, leaves appear subsessile. Flower peduncle neither 
slender nor long (generally under 3 in. in length). 
n Tarndale specimens in my leben. the plant scarcely differs 
from the Otago form. There is, however, less puberulence of branches 
and a longer flower-peduncle (here sometimes 4 in. long). 
4. E. alsinoides, A. Cunn. Uplands about Stoneyhill; December, 
in flower, W. L.L. Subprocumbent. Branches flexuose, leafy, gene- 
raly under 6—8 in. long ; puberulent (puberulence being best marked 
in young branchlets, on their tips). Leaves broadly ovate, entire; a 
few upper ones with the indistinct, sinuate toothing of those of junceum, 
pubens, and macropus; glabrous on both surfaces; largest about 4 in. 
long and $ in. broad. Calyx and capsule white-tomentose. 
