173 XXX. ONAGBARIEAE. [Epilobium- 



10. E. Hectori, Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 298, t. xiv. /. 83a. Stems 

 very slender, 3in.— 6in. tigh, decumbent and mucli branched from the base, 

 ascending. Leaves usually pubescent, mostly opposite, spreading, sessile or 

 very shortly petioled, shortly oblong or linear-oblong, about iin.— Jin. long, 

 obtuse, entire or remotely denticulate, usually glabrous. Flowers numerous, in 

 the upper axils, small, white. Peduncles Nery slender, exceeding the leaves. 

 Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the corolla, pubescent or pilose. 

 Stigma clavate. Capsule iin. — lin. long, purplish, obscurely tetragonous, 

 abruptly contracted just below the apex, pubescent, pilose or rarely glabrous. 

 Seeds smooth. — E. atriplicifoliwn, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 542? 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : from the Bay of Islands to Southland. Probably common, 

 although apparently local, but often confused with E. alsinoides. Sea-level to 2,800ft. or more. 

 Deo. to Feb. 



Mr. Petrie sends a variety with larger flowers, the corolla fully one-third longer than the 

 calyx. 



11. E. alsinoides, A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 540. Stems very slender, 

 decumbent at the base, ascending or erect, 5in.— lOin. long, glabrous or pubes- 

 cent. Leaves usually opposite, very shortly petioled, iin.— iin. long, suborbicu- 

 lar or orbicular-ovate, obtuse, quite entire or remotely denticulate, glabrous. 

 Flowers few, in the upper axils, small, erect. Peduncles slender. Calyx ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, equalling the corolla. Stigma broadly clavate. Fruiting- 

 peduncles long and slender. Capsule lin.— liin. long, puberulous or pubescent. 

 Seeds papillose. — Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 59; Handbk. 78; Haussk., Monog. 

 Epilob. 299, t. xxiii. f. 97. E. thymifolium, R. Cunn. in A. Cunn. Precurs. n. 

 539; Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 297. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands: Mangonui to Southland; STEWART Island; CHATHAM 

 Islands; ANTIPODES Island: r. X. Sea-level to 2,000ft. Nov. to Feb. 



Professor Hausskneoht considers Cunningham's E. thymifolium a distinct species. An exami- 

 nation of one of the original specimens, for which I am indebted to Sir Joseph Hooker, does not 

 enable me to confirm this view. 



12. E. chloraefolium, Haussk. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitsch. xxix. (1879) 

 118. Stems 9in.— 15in. high, slender, usually much branched below, decumbent 

 at the base and emitting suberect stolons. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, 

 ascending, glabrate or glabrous, ovate truncate or rounded, or slightly cordate 

 at the base, obtuse, obscurely remotely denticulate. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceo- 

 late, glabrous, shorter than the petals. Stigma broadly oblong, rounded at the 

 apex. Peduncles exceeding the leaves. Capsule about \\m. long, pubescent. 

 Seeds minutely papillose. — jNlonog. Epilob. 299, t. xix. f. 81a. E. caespitosum, 

 T. Kirk, MSS'. 



SOUTH Island : mountains of Nelson, Sinctoir.' Spencer Mountains, T. A'. Mount Torlesse, 

 Saast ! Broken River basin, T. K. Upper Waimakariri, Cockayne ! Ghecseman ! Kelly's Hill, 

 Westland, Cockayne! Otago, Hector and Buchanan. 2,500ft. to 4,500ft. 



13. E. rotundifolium, G. Forst., Prod. ii. 161. Stems decumbent at 

 the base, emitting one or moi'e stolons, ascending, erect oi prostrate, herbaceous, 

 3in.— loin, high, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves mostly in opposite pairs or the 



