Epilobium.] XXX. OXAGBABIEAE. 169 



base, soboliferous in the early autumn. Leaves distant, sessile or subsessile, 

 gradually diminishing in size upwards, ovate-oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the 

 base, minutely denticulate, glabrous. Flowers 1—6, nearly lin. in diameter, 

 solitary in the axils of distant braets. Pedicels puberulous. Calyx-segments 

 acute or subacute, puberulous. Petals obcordate. Stigma capitate. Capsule 

 pubescent or puberulous. Seeds smooth. — ^Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 287, t. 22, 

 f. 92 a, B. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : in swamps, from Spirits Bay to Southland. Sea-level to 

 1,500ft. Nov. to Feb. 



A very distinct species, characterised by its soboliferous habit, pale-green glabrous leaves, large 

 flowers, and smooth seeds. I have never seen two fully-expanded flowers on the same stem. 

 Originally discovered by Dr. Sinclair. 



'2. E. junceum, Soland. in G. Forst., Prod. n. 516. Stems erect or 

 ascending, stout or slender, decumbent and woody at the base, 1ft.— 2ft. high. 

 Leaves sessile, pubescent, tomentose, coriaceous, alternate or opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, narrowed at the base, truncate at the apex or 

 acute ; margins denticulate or sinuate-toothed. Flowers usually numerous, 

 terminal or subterminal, purple. Peduncles usually shorter than the leaves. 

 Calyx-lobes acute. Stigma clavate. Fruiting peduncles longer or shorter than 

 the leaves. Capsule glabrate, pubescent or pilose. Testa minutely papillose. — 

 A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 551 ; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 60; Handbk. 80; Benth., Fl. 

 Austr. iii. 304; Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 289. 



Var. clnereum. Stems decumbent and woody at base, often excessively branched. Leaves 

 crowded, narrow-linear, entire, denticulate or toothed, acute, often muoronate, grey with appressed 

 pubescence. Flowers small. Capsule very slender, ljin.-2in. long, pubescent. Flowering peduncles 

 slender, exceeding the leaves. Seeds oblong-ovoid, papillose.— Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 289. E. 

 cinereum, A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 320; A. Gunn., Precurs. u. 544. E. virgatum and E. confertium, 

 A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 547 and 549. 



Var. hirtigerum. Stems strict, erect, pubescent or tomentose. Leaves uniform, mostly 

 alternate, usually appressed to the stem, dense, linear, sparingly denticulate or sinuate-toothed, 

 obtuse or mucronulate. Flowers erect in the uppermost axils. Stigma very small, Capsule strict, 

 villous. Seeds densely papillose. — E. hirtigerum, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 546 ; Haussk., Monog. 

 Epilob. 291. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the Three Kings Islands and the North Cape to South- 

 land. Sea-level to 3,000ft. Nov. to Feb. Also in Australia. 



An extremely variable plant, of which it would be easy to make numerous varieties, scarcely 

 any of which could be separated by hard-and-fast lines. 



3. E. pallidiflorum, Soland. ex A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 550. Stems 

 slightly decumbent and woody at the base, emitting numerous slender stolons, 

 ultimately erect, 1ft.— 3ft. high, simple oi* branched. Leaves opposite or the 

 uppermost alternate, sessile or subsessile, lin.— Sin. long, glabrous, often semi- 

 amplexicaul, linear or lanceolate-oblong, acute, remotely toothed or. entire. 

 Flowers large, nodding in bud, white, fin. in diameter, forming an elongated 

 leafy raceme. Peduncles always shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes long, 

 acute, half the length of the corolla, pubescent. Stigma shortly clavate. 

 Capsule 2in.— 3in. long, hoary. Seeds minutely papillose. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. 

 i. 61 ; Handbk. 81 ; Benth., Fl. Austr. iii. 305; Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 292, 

 E. macranthum, Hook., Ic. PI. t. 297. 

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