4, arm tKewas Clam acki, STO4DOADr., 
€é. ppptrinarniinn Suwiys S : ast Y 1SG> 
3 oh Own eee es Cin» Ripe Scomagifene » 
Epilobium. | ONAGRACEAE. 314 
— Aart 4ncnre Peigira tT UG * 32. T 
Stems numerous, rigid, erect, black. Leaves crowded, linear- fire cl. e GC 3 
oblong, toothed or lobed, 4-2 in. ee Flowers small, } in. 
Capsules glabrous . 31. BE. melanocaulon. 
stems numerous, erect, 2-6 in., grey with fine pubescence. 
Leaves crowded, linear-oblong, “coarsely toothed. Capsule 
suddenly narrowed below the tip, finely pubescent .. 32, EH. rostratum, 
Stems numerous, rigid and wiry, purplish-black, 5-8 in. Leaves 
small, uniform, ovate-orbicular, entire, $-}in. Capsules 
q iT rn Ant taie * 
silvery-pubescent at the angles .. ie A .. 33. EH. microphylla. 
Stems numerous, short, 2—6 in. Leaves oblong-ovate, entire, 
4tin. Flowers smail, 4in. Capsule glabrous .. .. B4. BH. Krulleanwm. 
jtems numerous, erect, 6-l4in. Leaves oblong or linear- 
oblong, On ees often reddish, sinuate-denticulate. 4—? in. 
Flowers }—+ in. Capsules on short peduncies er .. 3d. E. glabellum. 
Stems few or many, erect, 5-7 in. high. Leaves #1 in., elliptic 
to broad-oblong, often reddish. Flowers 1-1 in,, reddish. 
Capsules on short peduncles... =F -- .. 36. EH. Matthewsr. 
Stems branched, erect, 3—9 in. Leaves narrower than in 
E. glabellum, pale-green. Flowers ¢in. Capsules on ' 
peduncles that slightly elongate fe "3 .. 37. E. novae-zelandiae. 
> | S tev * 
1. E. pallidiflorum Sol. ex A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n, 550.—Stems (»  } /. 
eafy, terete, 1-8ft. high, decumbent and rooting at the base and 
smitting numerous stolons, erect above, simple or branched, glabrous 
below, finely puberulous above. Leaves 1—4 in. long, opposite or the upper- 
nost alternate, often semiamplexicaul, sessile or nearly so, lanceolate or 
inear-lanceolate or linear-oblong, gradually tapering to an acute point, 
rregularly denticulate or almost entire, glabrous or the margins puberulous. 
Flowers usually numerous towards the ends of the branches, large, hand- 
some, 2in. diam., white or pale-rose. Calyx-lobes 4 as long as the corolla, 
anceolate, acute. Petals obcordate. Stigma oblong-clavate. Capsules 
2—4 in. long, finely and densely hoary -pubescent ; peduncles shorter than 
che leaves. Seeds minutely papillose—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 61 ; . 
Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 81; Benth. Fl. Austral. iii (1866) 305; Haussk. | | 
| 
Monog. Epilob. (1884) 292; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 169; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z, Fl. (1906) 169; Zl. N.Z. Fl. i (1914) t. 51. HH. macranthum 
Hook, Ic, Plant. (1840) t. 297 
NortH and SoutH Istanps, CHatHam I[SLANDS, Stewart [stanp: Abundant 
n marshes from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to 2500 ft. November- 
February. \ 
A very handsome and distinct species, readily known by the large size, long acute 
eaves, and large white flowers, It is said to be found in Australia and Tasmania; but : 
' have had no oppotrunity of comparing specimens. . 
2. E, chionanthum Haussk. in O5cstr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxix (1879) 
'49.—Stems slender, 1-3 ft. high, decumbent and stoloniferous at the base, 
iscending above, simple or rarely branched, terete, glabrous below, usually 
shinly puberulous above, Leaves all opposite except the floral ones, distant, 
i-1$ in, long, sessile or nearly so, ovate-oblong or oblong lanceolate, obtuse 
yr subacute, pale-green, minutely Genre ats; glabrous. Flowers in the 
ixils of the upper leaves, few (1-6) large, 4-}in. diam., white. Calyx- 
egments lanceolate, acute, puberulous. Petals obcordate, much longer 
han the calyx. Stigma capitate. Capsule 2-3 in. long, rather stout, 
miberulons ; pedicels about a as long at the leaves. Seeds smooth — 
Vonog. Epilob, (1884) 287, t. 22, fig. 92, a,b; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
68; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl, (1906) 173. 
