nag /-aria.] FLORA OF TASMANIA. 117 
The small size, procumbent habit, glabrous foliage ami capsules, creeping si.iu. crowded, lin.ar- 
coriaceous, usually opposite leaves, and slender peduncles of the ripe fruit, at once distinguish this pretty lit tit- 
species from its Tasmanian congeners. I have seen an ahundanee of specimens, hut from only two localities : whole 
plant about two inches long; haves \ inch long; peduncles of ripe fruit 1 inch, capsules shorter. — The comparative 
length of the peduncles and capsules are very variable characters in this genus, and much allowance must be made 
for the above description. 
b. Stems erect, or decumbent at the very base only. Peduncles of the fruit noi MM 
2. Epilobium pallidiflorum (Solander, MSS.) ; puberulum v. glabratam, caulibus e basi decum- 
bente strictis erectis foliosis teretibus, foliis oppositis sessilibus semiamplexicaulibus angnste limari- 
oblongis lanceolatisve eroso-serratis venis subparallelis, floribus in axillis superioribus subracemosis, pedun- 
culis ovariisque cinereo-pubescentibus, floribus amplis. — A. Luna. Prodr. FL X. Zeal, in Ann. Nat. Hist. 
iii. 34; FL N. Zeal. i. 61. E. macranthum, Nob. in Hook. Ic. PL t, 297. {Chum, 252.) 
Hab. Very common in ditches, marshes, etc., especially in the northern parts of the Colony, as at 
Formosa and Circular Head, Gunn. — (El. Dec. Jan.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. New Zealand. 
Avery handsome plant, readih distinguished hy its great size, opposite, narrow. semiamplexicaul leaves, with 
at the tips. Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute, 1-9 inches long, toothed, g«nerall\ glaONMM 
merous, nearly an inch across. Peduncles stout, and or uric* covered v\ith cinereous down. 
3. Epilobium Billardieriannm (Ser. in DC. Prodr. iii. 11); glabratuni, cattle has, bnviter de- 
cumbente dein stricto erecto simplici v. parce ramoso, foliis oppoeitu seeflHbttl wniamplexicaulilms linfe- 
rioribus interduin breve petiolatis) oblongis obtusis dentatis, pedieellis axillis superioribus folio plerumque 
brevioribus, capsulis elongatis pubescentibus glabratisve, floribus majusculis.— FL N. ZcaL i. I 
804, 805.) (Tab. XXI.) 
Hab. Common in alpine situations, as on the Hampshire Hills, Middlesex Plains, etc., Gunn.— (Fl. 
Feb.) (v. v.) 
Distrib. New Zealand. 
The largest-flowered Tasmanian species, except E. pallidifiorum ; best recognized by this character, combined 
with the opposite, sessile, oblong, toothed, blunt leaves, fas 8 inches to 2 feet high, strict, erect, or decumbent 
at the base, simple or sparingly branched, often red. Leaves *-f inch long, the uppermost only alternate. Pedun- 
cles of the fruit short. Flowers |-1 inch across, white or pink, dark outside.— Plate XXI. Fig. 1, upper part of 
ovary, calyx, and corolla; 2, a petal; 3, calyx-lobes, stamens, and style:— -all magnified. 
4. Epilobium tetragonum (Linn. Sp. PL 494) ; glabratum v. puberulum (rarius pubescens), caule 
erecto subsimplici tereti v. obscure tetragono, foliis oppositis sessilibus v. semiamplexicaulibus oblongis 
obtusis eroso-dentatis glabris, pedunculis plurimis axillis supremis folio brevioribus, capsulis elongatis 
pubescentibus, floribus P arvis.-Z?C Prodr. iii. 43; Engl. Bot. t, 1048; FL Ant. ii. 270; FL N. Zeal. 
i. 60. {Gunn, 406 of 1842, 805.) 
Hab. Common in moist, especially alpine, places throughout the Colony, Lawrence, Gunn.—(Y\. Dec. 
Distkib. South-eastern Australia, New Zealand, temperate South America, and throughout the north 
temperate and subarctic zones. 
The E. tetragonum, described above, has been the subject of much study. It is an extremely variable plant, 
like all its congeners. Its more prominent characters as a Tasmanian species are its strict,, robust, glabrous stems, 
