606 . ONAGRACEAE. [Epilobium. 
This is a distinct species, easily separable by the slender sparingly branched stems, 
narrow-oblong leaves, which are often peculiarly blotched or variegated with grey, 
long slender capsules, which are finely and evenly pubescent, and by the smooth 
seeds. 
Professor Haussknecht has suggested that it may be identical with Cunningham’s 
E. haloragifolium (Precur. n. 552), an obscure plant gathered near the Waikare River, 
Bay of Islands, and this view has been adopted by Kirk in the ‘Students’ Flora.’ 
But Cunningham’s original description is so short and incomplete that it might stand 
for several species, and H. pictum has not yet been found in any locality in the North 
Island. Hooker referred E. haloragifolium to HK. aisinoides, a plant not uncommon 
at the Bay of Islands, and it appears to me that this reduction is much more likely to 
prove correct. 
11. E. tenuipes Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 59.—Stems short, slender, 
I-4in. long, decumbent and rooting at the base, ascending at the tips, 
bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite or alternate, crowded, rigid, erecto- . 
patent, 4-3 in. long, narrow linear-oblong, lower ones obtuse, upper acute, 
narrowed at the base, glabrous, remotely denticulate or almost entire. . 
Flowers few, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves or terminal, small, 
white, Zin. diam. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate. Capsules slender, 
¢-lin. long, glabrous or puberulous; peduncles much elongated, very 
slender, 2-3 in. long, finely pubescent. Seeds smooth.—Haussk. Monog. 
Epilob. (1884) 297; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 171; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 177. R. nanum Col. in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvi (1894) 
315. 
Nort Istanp: Dannevirke (Hawke’s Bay) and head of the Wairarapa Valley, 
Colenso! Kaimanawa and Ruahine Mountains, B. C. Aston / Mount Hector, Petrie. 
Soutu Istanp: Damp situations in mountain districts from Nelson southwards, not 
uncommon. 500-3500 ft. January—March. 
A pretty little plant, easily distinguished by the narrow linear-oblong erect leaves, 
very Jong fruiting-peduncles, and smooth seeds. Specimens collected by Mr. Petrie 
on Mount Hikurangi (Hast Cape district) have much broader ovate-oblong leaves, but 
the long i aes and smooth seeds are those of LH. tenwipes. 
12. E. Heetori Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 298, t. 19, £. 82.—Stems 
slender, branched below, 2-6in. high, decumbent and rooting at the base 
and then erect or ascending, pale-green or reddish, terete, uniformly 
clothed with short crisp hairs or bifariously pubescent. Leaves small, 
opposite, uppermost alternate, crowded or distant, }-4in. long, oblong or 
linear-oblong, obtuse, entire or remotely denticulate, usually glabrous. 
Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, small, erect, 4-Lin. diam., 
white. Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the petals. Stigma 
clavate. Capsules 3-lin. long, purplish-red, obscurely tetragonous, usually 
_pubescent on the angles, rarely glabrous; peduncles much longer than 
the leaves. Seeds smooth.—Z. Kirk Students’ Fl, (1899) 172; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 177. 
NortH Istanp: Ruahine Mountains, locality not stated, Colenso/ river-flats, 
B. C. Aston ; Tararua Mountains, Mount Hector, Peirie/ Soura Istanp: Nelson— 
Mount Arthur Plateau, 7. F. C.; Hanmer, 7. Kirk. Canterbury—Waiau Valley, 
Hector ; locality not stated, Haast. Otago—Apparently not uncommon in mountain- 
valleys in the central and western portion of the district, Petrie/ Haast River and 
Makaroro, Poppelwell ; Takitimu Mountains, Crosby Smith. 
Often confounded with H. alsinoides, from which it is separated by the much 
more erect habit, narrower leaves, purplish-red capsules with hairy lines, and smooth 
seeds. The capsule of 2. alsinoides is always evenly covered with a grey pubescence. 
