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rounded or oblong, erose-dentate, rarely oblong-ovate and nearly entire; upper alternate. Flowers axillary and 
almost sessile in the upper leaves; peduncles soon elongating to 1-2 inches, and, as are the capsules, smooth or pu- 
bescent. Flowers small, 2-3 lines broad, pale pink; petals cloven.— Very similar to Æ. linneoides, but quite distinct : 
when the petioles are longer and branches pubescent, it approaches Æ. pubens. Small specimens, with almost entire 
leaves, resemble Æ. alsinoides. 
5. Epilobium alsinoides, A. Cunn.; caule suberecto v. repente apicibus ascendentibus divaricatim 
ramoso tereti pubescente, foliis uniformibus subconfertis rarius sparsis plerisque oppositis parvis 2—4 lin. 
longis glaberrimis subcarnosis breve petiolatis oblongis v. ovato-oblongis ovatisve obtusis sinuato-dentatis, 
pedunculis terminalibus v. axillis supremis fructiferis modice clongatis capsulisque pubescentibus, floribus 
parvis. E. alsinoides, E. thymifolium, et E. atriplicifolium, A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Throughout the Islands, abundant, Cunningham, ete. 
Very similar to E. nummularifolium, but differs in the terminal or subterminal inflorescence, and usually much 
shorter peduncles. Stems often creeping and branched, with ascending branches, slender, rounded, smooth or 
pubescent (2-6 inches). Leaves (2-4 lines) oblong or oblong-ovate, blunt, on short petioles, rather coriaceous, 
quite smooth, obtusely toothed or sinuate, usually crowded on the stem. Peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves, 
pubescent, 1 inch long in fruit. Capsules pubescent.—A very variable plant; one of the smallest in its common 
state, but often 8 inches long, with ascending or suberect stems. Large states, with broad and more sharply toothed 
leaves, pass into Æ. rotundifolium. 
6. Epilobium microphyllum, A. Rich.; parvulum, caule tereti (atro) simplici v. e basi ramosissimo 
simpliciter v. bifariam pubescente v. glabrato, foliis uniformibus parvis (2-3 lin.) coriaceis oppositis breve 
petiolatis oblongis rotundatisve, floribus paucis axillis superioribus, pedunculis capsula glabra v. pubescente 
brevioribus, floribus parvis. 4. Rich. Flor. p.325. 4.36. A. Cunn. Prodr. 
Has. Northern and Middle Islands; not uncommon. Cook's Straits, D’Urville. East coast, etc., 
Colenso. Nelson, Bidwill. y 
A rigid, generally erect, wiry species, with stout, generally black stems, and comparatively small leaves. Stems 
glabrous or pubescent, often bifariously hairy, 4-6 inches high, rarely creeping, often very much branched. Leaves 
almost all opposite, very small, 2—3 lines, coriaceous, on short petioles, ovate-oblong or rounded, blunt, obscurely 
sinuate. Flowers few, on short peduncles, axillary in the upper leaves; fructiferous peduncles 3 inch long. Capsules 
smooth or pubescent, 1 inch long; valves dark-brown.—Creeping specimens are very similar to the varieties brevipes 
and nerteroides of E. nummularifolium. 
7. Epilobium ¢enwipes, Hook. fil.; pusillum, caulibus brevibus e basi decumbente radicante ascen- 
dentibus bifariam pubescentibus, foliis confertis sessilibus oppositis anguste lineari-oblongis (3 lin.) obtusis 
obtuse dentatis coriaceis glaberrimis subnitidis, pedunculis axillis supremis terminalibusve puberulis, fructi- 
feris elongatis gracilibus strictis capsula breviuscula glabrata longioribus, floribus parvis. 
Has. Northern Island. Barren places, head of Wairarapa Valley, Colenso. 
Differs from Æ. confertifolium (Fl. Antarct. vol. i. p. 10; Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 685) of Lord Auckland’s Group, 
chiefly in the much smaller and very narrow leaves. Stems rooting and branching at the base, short, 2—4 inches 
long, ascending, leafy, rather stout, with opposite lines of hairs. Leaves sessile, rather crowded, 3 lines long, linear- 
oblong, remotely toothed, blunt, coriaceous, quite smooth, shining. Peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves only, 
pubescent; the fructiferous 1-2 inches long, very slender, strict, erect. Capsules shorter than the peduncles, 
pubescent or smooth.—This pretty little plant is also found on the Tasmanian mountains. 
$ e. Stem, leaves, ete., as in $ b., but peduncles of fruit shorter than the leaves nearest them. 
8. Epilobium géabellum, Forst.; caule tereti simplici v. parce ramoso e basi breve radicante erecto 
