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dish, nerveless, petioles slender red. Flowers numerous towards the ends of 
the branches, nearly ■§■ in. across, on very short peduncles that do not elongate 
after flowering. Capsules slender, glabrous, about 1 in. long. 
Middle Island : Macrae’s Run, alt. 4000 ft., Munro ; Kaikora mountains, M' Donald. 
A remarkable species, of which I have fine specimens, but from Dr. Munro only, by whose 
shepherd it was collected : it may be a luxuriant form of E. crassum. 
8. E. alsinoides, A. Cunn. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 59. Very slender, branched, 
prostrate, pubescent, small-leaved; branches green or reddish, 2-8 in. long. 
Leaves all opposite, in scattered or crowded ■ pairs, A- i in. long, oblong-orbi- 
cular or ovate- or linear-oblong, obtuse, obscurely toothed, sessile or shortly 
petioled. Flowers few, very small, towards the very ends of the branches, 
on short peduncles which lengthen much after flowering. Capsule very slen- 
der, pubescent. — E. thymifolium and atriplicifolium, A. Cunn. 
Abundant in lowland marshes and wet ground throughout the islands, Ban/cs and Colander, 
etc. The very slender habit, less coriaceous leaves, and pubescence distinguish this at once 
from E. conf ertifolium , the terminal inflorescence from E. nummularifolium, the small ses- 
sile leaves from E. rotundifolium, and the habit and pale stems from E. microphyllum. 
9. E, microphyllum, A. Rich. Flor. 325. t. 36 ; — FI. N. Z. i. 59. 
Rigid, strict, erect, wiry, generally much branched at the base ; branches stout, 
simple, black, 4-6 in. long, glabrous or bifariously pubescent. Leaves all 
opposite, very uniform, small, V-i in. long, sessile or very shortly petioled, 
ovate oblong or orbicular, obtuse, obscurely toothed, coriaceous. Flowers 
few, towards the ends of the branches, very small, on short peduncles which 
elongate but little in fruit. Capsules glabrous or pubescent, 1 in. long. 
Northern and Middle Islands : not uncommon in moist places, Banks and Solander, etc. 
10. E. rotundifolium, Forst. ; — FI. N. Z. i. 58. Erect or decumbent; 
stems weak, terete, 6-12 in. high, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves uniform 
throughout the plant, all opposite or more often the upper alternate, ^— | in., 
shortly petioled, orbicular or oblong, unequally toothed, rarely ovate or oblong 
and entire, glabrous or pubemlous. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost 
leaves, small, pink, } in. diam. ; peduncles very short, in fruit long and 
slender. Capsule glabrous or pubescent, 1 \ in. long, very slender. 
Abundant in moist places throughout the islands, Banks and Solander, etc. Very distinct 
in its usual form ; distinguished from E. alsinoides by its greater size, from E. Hnnceoides, 
by the more or less erect habit, subterminal inflorescence, and smaller flowers. 
11. E. glabellum, Forst. ,—Fl. N. Z. i. 59. Stem erect or decumbent 
at the base, often much-branched below, terete, 6-12 in. high, glabrous or 
bifariously pubescent. Leaves in rather scattered pairs, sessile or shortly pe- 
tioled, | in. long, oblong ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, obtusely 
sinuate-toothed, rather coriaceous, sometimes shining. Flowers in the axils 
of the upper leaves, variable in size, pink, E — | in. diam. ; peduncles very 
short, when fruiting rarely longer than the leaves. Capsules 1-1 1 in. long, 
slender, glabrous or puberulous. 
Abundant in upland districts in the Northern Island and throughout the Middle 
Island, Banks and Solander, etc. Abundant in temperate South America and Tasmania, where 
it becomes very large and the leaves very membranous. Nearly allied to E. Billardieria- 
