170 XXX. ONAGEAEIEAE. [Epilobium. 



Var. striota. Stem simple, erect. Leaves narrow. Flowers small, purple. 

 NOETH and SOUTH Islands : in watery places, from tlie North Gape to Ruapuke Island, 

 Foveaux Strait. Deo. to Feb. Also in Australia. 

 The largest New Zealand species. 



4.. E. Billardieriamim, Ser. in DC, Prod. iii. 41. stems decumbent 

 and woody at the base, giving ofE numerous autumnal stolons, erect, 6in.— 30in. 

 high, simple or branched^ red, bifariously pubescent. Leaves lin.— 2in. long, 

 alternate and opposite, sessile or rarely subsessile, ovate-oblong or linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, narrowed to the base or sometimes rounded, diminishing in size upwards, 

 closely unevenly denticulate. Flowers numerous, reddish, small, crowded in 

 the axils of the upper leaves, erect. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, apiculate. 

 Stigma shortly clavate. Fruiting peduncle usually exceeding the leaves. Cap- 

 sule pubescent or pilose. Seeds minutely papillose. — Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 

 293. E. tetragonum-, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 60 ; Handbk. 80 ; Benth., Fl. Austr. 

 iii. 305. E. ruhricaide, Banks and Sol. MSS. ! 



Var. simplex. Stems simple, often numerous. Leaves narrow-linear-oblong. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands : from the North Gape to Stewart Island ; CHATHAM 

 Islands. Ascends to 2,000ft. Deo. to Feb. Also in Australia. 



The robust habit, red stems, and numerous rosy flowers serve to distinguish this species at 

 sight. It is remarkable that it does not seem to have been observed by the Cunninghams. 



5. E. pubens, A. Rich., Fl. 329, t. 36, /. 1. Stems shortly decum- 

 bent and woody at base, developing small winter rosettes, ascending, 6in.— 24in. 

 high, much-branched above, slender, pubescent or puberulous. Leaves usually 

 alternate, membranous, pubescent above and below ; petioles very slender, ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, denticulate or distantly toothed. Flowers numerous in the axils 

 o£ the upper leaves, small, white or pink, erect. Peduncles pubescent, always 

 shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Stigma 

 clavate. Capsule lin.-2in. long, pubescent. Seeds papillose. — A. Cunn., 

 Precurs. n. 543; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 61; Handbk. 80; Haussk., Monog. 

 Epilob. 295. E. petiolatum, A. Cunn. in Herb. n. 137. 



Var. minor. Leaves smaller, oblong-obtuse. — Haussk. I.e. 



NOETH and SOUTH Islands : from the North Cape to Stewart Island ; CHATHAM Islands. 

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



6. E. perplexum, n. s. Stems slightly decumbent and woody at the 

 base, emitting one or two stolons, ascending, 9in.-18in. high, rigid, terete, 

 bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite, distant, broadly ovate, obtuse or rarely 

 acute, abruptly narrowed into the very short petiole, remotely toothed, glabrous 

 or pubescent beneath. Flowers few, white, nodding in bud, gin.— iin. in 

 diametei', solitary in the axils of the upper leaves or terminating short branch- 

 lets. Peduncles and calyx-tube pubescent or puberulous. Calyx-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute or subacute. Style thickened upwards ; stigma broadly oblong, 

 emarginate. Fruiting peduncles equalling or shortly exceeding the leaves. 

 Capsule 2in. long, pubescent. Seeds scarcely papillose. 



NOETH Island ; Bast Cape, J. B. Lee ! Euahine Eange, Petrie ! Tararua Eange, T. P. 

 Arnold. SOUTH Island : Canterbury, Coc/cayree / Kelly's Creek, Westlaud, 2,500ft., Peirie / 



