Epilobium.] SXX. ONAGBAEIEAE. 175 



NOBTH Island: Bay of Islands, Colenso, n. 105, Herb. Kew. More frequent southwards; 

 Mount Egmont, Tararua Range, &o. SOUTH Island : Queen Charlotte Sound to Otago. Sea- 

 level to 4,000ft. Deo. to Feb. 



Some forms of E. enibeseens (Haussk.) approach this very closely, but are easily distinguished 

 by the rounded stigmas. This species is represented in Canningham's Herbarium by E. cinereum. 



19. E. Novae-Zelandiae, Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 305, t. 20, f. 86, a, b. 

 Stems shortly creepingj decumbent and branched from the base, emitting short 

 stolons, ascending, 3in.— 6in. high, bifariously pubescent. Leaves mostly 

 opposite, the upper alternate, linear-oblong or ovate-oblong, fin.— lin. long, 

 obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole, remotely denticulate, glabrous. Flowers 

 numerous, small, white, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves. Calyx-lobes 

 ovate-lauceolate, glabrous. Stigma capitate. Fruiting-peduucle longer or 

 shorter than the leaves. Capsule fin.— Hin. long, attenuated below, shortly 

 narrowed towards the apex. Seeds more or less papillose. — E. aggregata, T. 

 Kirk, MS. E. elegans, Petrie, MS. 



NORTH Island : Bay of Islands, CoZeJiso. No. 103, Herb. Kew, IFi27ccs. Herb. Benth., JJawss- 

 knecht. SOUTH Island : Nelson : Rotoiti ; Waiau-ua Valley ; Mount Captain Range, T. K. 

 Canterbury, SmcZair and Haasf. Brnken River basin and Upper Waimakarivi, T. K. Otago, Lyall. 

 Bweburn Creek and Naseby, Petrie ! 1,800ft. to 4,500ft. Nov. to Jan. 



20. E. KruUeanum, Haussk., Monog. Epilob. 305, t. xxiii./. 95. Stems 

 numerous, decumbent and woody at base, erect, strict, 2in.— 6iQ. high, wiry, 

 tetragonous, bifariously pubescent or glabrous. Leaves mostly opposite, ap- 

 proximate, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, narrowed into short petioles, entire or 

 denticulate, coriaceous. Flowers in the upper axils, erect. Calyx-lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, shorter than the corolla. Stigma claA;ate. Fruiting-peduncles 

 rarely exceeding the leaves. Capsule strict, fin.— Ijin. long. 



SOUTH Island : Nelson ; Amuri, Hanmer Plains, T. K. Canterbury, Krull, Haast (Hauss- 

 knecht), 1,800ft. to 3,000ft. Dec, Jan. 



Remarkable for its stout woody base, strict erect habit, and entire lower leaves. 



21. E. erubescens, Haussk. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxix. (1879) 150. 

 Root stout, woody. Stems numerous, simple, erect, crowded and woody at the 

 base, emitting short stolons, bi- or quadrifariously pubescent, otherwise perfectly 

 glabrous, purplish. Leaves opposite, dense, sessile or very shortly petioled, 

 coriaceous, strict, erect, ovate-oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, obscurely 

 obtusely denticulate or sinuate. Flowers in the upper axils, numerous, erect, 

 white or pink. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute or apiculate. Stigma small, 

 shortly clavate. Fruiting-peduncles shorter than the leaves. Cajjsule lin.— 

 liin. long, curved, glabrate or glabrous. Seeds densely papillose. — Monog. 

 Epilob. 306, t. xxiii. f. 98 a, b. 



NOBTH Island ; Hikurangi, East Cape, S. Dodgshun ! SOUTH Island : more frequent in 

 mountain districts. Nelson to Otago, but local. Frequent in Westland, T. K. 1,500ft. to 6,000ft. 

 Deo. to Feb. 



Perhaps too closely related to E. glabellum, from which it is distinguished at sight by the 

 numerous simple stems and crowded leaves, which, although often of a purplish hue when dry, never 

 assume the deep-red tint so characteristic of E. glabellum. 



Var. suberecta. Stems crowded, simple, decumbent at the base and woody ; stolons more 

 numerous. Leaves densely crowded, rather broader than in the type, often suhimbricate ; truncate, 

 apiculate, or retuse when young. Eimucaka Range, T. E. 



