EpUobium..] XXX. onagbaeieae. 171 



This plant approaches E. chloraefolium, but is more robust, never branched at the base, and 

 the capsules are longer ; it also differs in the emarginate stigma. Jlr. Petrie refers it to E. Gun- 

 nianuvi, Haussk. (E. Billardierianmn, Hook, f., El. Tasm. i. t. 21) ; but that species has oblong- 

 lanceolate leaves, larger purple flowers, shorter peduncles, and distinctly papillose seeds : there is no 

 evidence that ic has been found in New Zealand. 



7. E. COnfertifolimn, Hook, f., Fl. Antarc. i. 10. Stems prostrate, 

 rooting at the nodes, ascending at the tips, sparingly branched ; branches 

 lin. — tin. long. Leaves opposite, often imbricating, iin.— |in. long, rather 

 fleshy, glabrous or glabrate, linear-oblong, oblong, or obovate-oblong, obtuse, 

 shining, entire or with few minute teeth, sessile or narrowed at the base into a 

 short broad sheathing petiole. Flowers few, in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 small, red. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute. Petals shortly exceeding the sepals. 

 Stigma shortly clavate, scarcely emarginate. Fruiting peduncles equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves. Capsule iin.— jin. long, strict, glabrous. Seeds papil- 

 lose. — Hook., Ic. PI. t. 685; Hook, f., Handbk. 78; Benth., Fl. Austr. iii. 301; 

 Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 296. 



SOUTH Island : in alpine districts, from Nelson to Southland. 1,000ft. to 5,500ft. AUCK- 

 LAND and CAMPBELL Islands, Hook, f.! ANTIPODES Island, T.E.! Sea-level to 2,000ft. 

 Jan., Feb. Also in Tasmania. 



8. E. Tasmanicum, Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 296, t. 20, /. 84. Stems 

 prostrate, rooting at the nodes, ascending at the tips, lin.— 4in. high. Leaves 

 opposite, shortly petioled, spreading, about Jin. long, pale, oblong-ovate, almost 

 entire or remotely toothed, obtuse, glabrous, rather fleshy. Flowers in the 

 upper axils, few, erect, white or red. Calyx-lobes lanceolate. Fruiting 

 peduncles about as long as the leaves, erect. Capsule (immature), Jin. -lin. 

 long, glabrous. Seeds not seen. 



SOUTH Island : Rotoiti, Nelson. Jlountains above Lake Harris, Otago, 3,000ft. to 4,000ft., 

 T. K. Jan., Feb. Also in Tasmania. 



Distinguished from E. confertifolium by the pale colour, slender spreading habit, by the 

 distant leaves with obvious petioles, which are never sheathing or imbricate, and by the longer 

 stigma. The capsules on my specimens are immature. 



9. E. tenuipes, Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 59. Stems short, lin.-3in. long, 

 prostrate, emitting short stolons, ascending at the tips, slender. Leaves mostly 

 alternate, ascending, narrow-linear-oblong, the lower obtuse, the upper acute, 

 narrowed at the base, remotely denticulate or entire, glabrous. Flowers white, 

 erect, small, terminal and solitary, or rarely 2—3 in the upper axils. Flowering 

 peduncles much shorter than the leaves. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, shortly acumi- 

 nate, glabrous. Stigma clavate. Fruiting peduncles 2in.— Sin. long, very 

 slender. Capsule very slender, lin. long. Seeds glabrous. — Fl. Tasm. i. 116; 

 Haussk., IMonog. Epilob. 297, t. xx. f. 83. E. confertifolium, /3 tenuipes, 

 Hook, f., Handbk. 297. 



NORTH Island : on boggy ground in alpine situations ; local. Ruahine Mountains, A. 

 Hamilton! Head of Wairarapa Valley, Colenso (Handbk.). SOUTH Island: Nelson Mountains, 

 Travers. Broken River basin, Canterbury, T. K. 2,000ft.-5,500ft. Dec. Also in Tasmania. 



Distinguished from E. confertifolium by the narrow-linear erect subimbricate reddish leaves, 

 elongated solitary fruiting-peduncles, acuminate sepals, and smooth seeds. Its flowering season is 

 remarkably brief. 



