BY L. RODWAY, GOVERNMENT BOTANIST. 43, 



usually, but not always rather thick, o'btuse ; J^ to i inch 

 long, generally glabrous, bordered by distant serrations, 

 which are usually small, sometimes bolder, at others 

 obsolete. Flowers in the upper axils, few, exceeding the 

 leaves. Calyx 2 to 4 lines. Petals, 4 to 6 lines, purplish 

 to white. Capsule, i to 2 inches on a relatively short 

 stalk. 



Common, but principally at a high altitude. 



E. confertifolium, Hook., f. Fl. Antarc. i. 10. Pros- 

 trate or ascending at the tip ; i to 4 inches long; slightly, 

 generally bifariously, pubescent. Leaves narrow, oblong, 

 mostly opposite and secund ; giabrous, shining, thick ; 

 ^ to I inch long ; upper ones sessile or shortly stalked ; 

 the petioles of the lower ones often ^ inch long, mar- 

 gined with few distant serrations. Flowers few, exceed- 

 ing the leaves on a short pubescent stalk, tfee ovary 

 dark, glabrous. Calyx, i to 2 lines. Petals not much 

 exceeding the sepals ; pink, rarely white. Capsule, i to 

 15^2 inches long, the stalk seldom as long as the leaves. 



Common on mountain plateaux. 



E. Tasmanicum, Haussk., Mono. Epilob. Prostrate, 

 rooting at the nodes, all parts glabrous. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, opposite, stalked ; J4 to ^ inch long-, shin- 

 ing; margin entire or with obsolete serrations. Flower 

 usually solitary, exceeding the leaves, shortly stalked. 

 Calyx, i^ lines long. Petals about as long as the sepals, 

 usually white. Capsule about i inch long, on a slender 

 stalk, often exceeding 2 inches. Seeds papillose. 



Franklin River, Picton River, Mount Humboldt. 



