178 XXX. ONAGEAEIEAE. [Epilobium. 



branched^ terete^ erect or spreading, grey or whitish with close short pubes- 

 cence. Leaves opposite or the upper alternatCj 4in.— 4in. long, sessile or sub- 

 sessile, rigid, coriaceous, glabrous or puberulous near the base, narrow-oblong, 

 obtuse or shortly mucronate, coarsely toothed. Flowers small, erect in the 

 upper axils. Calyx-lobes narrow, ovate-lanceolate, minutely apiculate, pubescent, 

 nearly equalling the petals. Style short; stigma linear-clavate, minutely emar- 

 ginate. Capsule iin.— fin. long, sessile or subsessile, densely pubescent, curved, 

 sharply narrowed below the apex, grooved. Seeds minutely papillose. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Upper Waimakariri ; shingly beds of streams near Lakes 

 Tekapo and Pukaki, C7teese»ian .' Otago : Naseby, Black's, Peirie .' 1,000ft. to 2,500ft. Dec, Jan. 



Closely related to E. Hectori, bub distinguished by the woody habit, strongly-toothed leaves, 

 and curved sessile capsules, which are sharply narrowed towards the apes. 



29. E. microphyllum, A. Rich., FL 325, t. 36. Suffruticose. Stems 

 numerous, very strict, erect, wiry, much branched from the base, black, bifari- 

 oiisly pubescent. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, Jin.— Jin. long, 

 glabrous, orbicular-ovate or oblong, sessile or very shortly petioled, obtuse, 

 coriaceous, obscurely denticulate or rarely quite entire. Flowers usually few, 

 in the upper axils, erect, very small, white or pink. Calyx-lobes ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, puberulous, nearly equalling the corolla. Stigma clavate. Fruiting- 

 peduncle exceeding the leaves, very slender. Capsule about fin. long, deeply 

 grooved, purplish-black, pubescent, or minutely pilose between the angles. 

 Seeds smooth. — A. Cunn., Precurs. n. 537; Hook, f., Fl. N.Z. i. 59; 

 Handbk. 78. E. nummular if olium, var. y brevipes, Hook, f., Handbk. 77 ex 

 Haussk. 



NORTH Island : East Coast and Cape Palliser, Colenso. Orongorongo River, T. K. SOUTH 

 Island : common in shingly river-beds in mountain districts from Nelson to Southland. Sea-level 

 to 2,000ft. Deo. to Feb. 



30. E. gracilipes, T. Kirk in Trans. N.Z.I, xxvii. (1894) 351. Suffru- 



ticose. Stems numerous, decumbent, wiry, glabrous, reddish. Leaves distant, 



opposite, shortly petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, jin.— |in. long, 



obscurely denticulate, glabrous, purple beneath. Flowers 1—3, solitary in the 



upper axils, small, white. Calyx-lobes oblong, apiculate, glabrous, not equalling 



the corolla. Stigma clavate, obliqiie. Peduncles liin.- 2in. long, very slender. 



Capsule equalling the peduncle, narrowed at the base, glabrous. Seeds oblong, 



acute at base, minutely papillose. 



SOUTH Island : Canterbury : Broken Bivor basin, Enys and T. E. Craigieburn Mountains, 

 L. Cockayne I 2,000ft. to 4,000ft. Deo. to Eeb. 



Mr. Cockayne, to whom I am indebted for beautiful specimens, assures me that this elegant 

 species keeps its character under cultivation. Its closest ally is E. nummularifolium. 



31. E. crassum, Hook.f., Fl. N.Z. ii. 328. Perfectly glabrous. Stems 

 woody at the base, prostrate, creeping and emitting roots from the nodes, 

 2in.-5in. long, rather stout, red, densely foliaceous. Leaves opposite, crowded, 

 obovate, oblong-spathulate, rarely oblong, obtuse or rounded at the tips, 

 lin.-l^in. long including the petiole, coriaceous, shining, obscurely denticulate, 



