Epilobimn.] XXX. OXAGEAEIEAE. 173 



upper alternate, rather fleshy^ shortly petiolate, orbicular or orbicular-oblong, 



often purple beneath, glabrous or puberulous, unequally toothed ; teeth short, 



acute. Flowers in the upper axils. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, subacute or 



apiculate, glabrous or puberulous, shorter than the corolla. Stigma narrow- 



clavate. Fruiting-peduncle equalling or exceeding the capsule, very slender. 



Capsule glabrate or pubescent. Seeds densely papillose. — DC, Prod. iii. 13; 



A. Rich., Fl. N.Z. 326; A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 538; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 58; 



Handbk. 78 ; Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 300. E. flaccidimi, Banks and Sol. 



MSS. 



NOBTH and SOUTH Islands: from the North Cape to STEWART Island; CHATHAM 

 Islands. Oct. to Feb. 



In the winter state the stem is invariably creeping, and rooting at the nodes. Early in 

 October the apex is prolonged into an erect or subereot stem, and the old creeping stem perishes. 

 When growing in swamps it is invariably creeping, and resembles E. Unnaeoides, all the leaves being 

 opposite ; but the flowers are developed from the upper axils, as in the type. 



14. E. insulare, Haussk., Monog. 300. Stems slender, weak, prostrate 

 or suberect, pubescent or puberulous, simple or sparingly branched, emitting 

 stolons from the base. Leaves opposite, distant, shortly petioled, broadly ovate 

 or oblong-ovate, obtuse or rounded at the tips, entire or remotely sinuate- 

 toothed or denticulate, glabrous or glabrate. Flowers few, in the upper axils, 

 small, erect, white. Calyx-lobes oblong, apiculate, one-third shorter than the 

 corolla. Stigma clavate. Fruiting-peduncle lin.— iin. long, slender. Capsule 

 lin.— 2in. long, pubescent or glabrate. Seeds smooth. — E.distans, Petrie, MSS. 



NORTH Island: East Cape, Colenso, n. 386, Herb. Kew ( Hausskuecht) . SOUTH Island: 

 Waimea River, Nelson, Monro, n. Y6. New Brighton, Canterbury, Petrie ! Lumsden to Dunedin, 

 Kaitangata, and Catlin's River, &c., Otago, Petrie ! In lowland boggy situations. 



15. E. Unnaeoides, Hook. /., Fl. Antarc. i. 10, t. 6. Herbaceous, 

 slender, prostrate, creeping, simple or branched, 2in.— Gin. long, perfectly 

 glabrous. Leaves all opposite, flaccid and membranous, orbicular, denticulate 

 or erose-denticulate. Flowers numerous or few, solitary in the middle or upper 

 axils, small, erect, white or pink. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, apiculate, nearly 

 equalling the corolla. Stigma clavate, rounded. Fruiting-peduncles, &c., 

 2in.— 4in. long. Capsule fin.— 2in. long, glabrous. Seeds papillose. — Fl. N.Z. 

 i. 58; Handbk. 58; Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 301. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : Ruahine Range, &o., Golenso. Tararua Range, Buchanan. 

 More frequent in the Southern Alps. STEWART Island, AUCKLAND and CAMPBELL Islands, 

 ANTIPODES Island, T. K. MACQUARIE Island, A. Hamilton! Sea-level to 4,000rt. Nov. 

 to Feb. 



This can only be distinguished from E. rotundifolium by its invariably prostrate habit, 

 smaller size, uniform leaves, less numerous flowers, and more densely papillose seeds. Intermediate 

 forms are common on Stewart Island. 



16. E. nummularifolium, R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 535. 

 Stems csespitose, slender, prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes, filiform, 

 3in.— 7in. long, sparingly l)ranched, ascending at the tips, pubescent or puberu- 

 lous. Leaves opposite, in distant pairs, suborbicular, rounded at the apex, very 

 shortly petioled or nearly sessile, rather fleshy or almost membranous, minutely 



