Epilobium. | ONAGRACEAE. 607 
13. E. alsinoides A. Cunn. Precwr. (1839) n. 540.— Stems 4—J0 in. 
long, pale-green, slender, branched, decumbent or creeping and rooting 
at the base, erect or ascending above, terete, pubescent or more rarely 
glabrous. Leaves all opposite or the uppermost alone alternate, very 
shortly petioled, #-+in. long, orbicular or orbicular-ovate or oblong- 
ovate. obtuse, rounded at the base, glabrous, entire or remotely denticulate. 
Flowers few in the upper axils, small, erect, 5 in. diam. Calyx-lobes ovate- 
lanceolate, acute, almost equalling the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules 
311 in. long, uniformly clothed with pale-grey pubescence ; peduncles 
elongating much as the fruit ripens, 1-2 in. long or more. Seeds papilose.— 
Raoul Choix (1846) 49; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. 1 (1853) 59 ; Handb. N.Z. 
Fl. (1864) 79; Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 298, t. 23, f. 97. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 172; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 177. EH. thy- 
mifolium R. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 5389; Haussk. l.c. 297. 
Norra anp Sours Istanps, CuarHam IsLaAnps, Stewart IsLtanp, ANTIPODES 
Isnanpd: Abundant throughout, ascending to 2500 ft. November—February. 
The small size and slender often prostrate habit, uniform roundish pale-green leaves, 
small flowers collected near the ends of the branches, long peduncles, and evenly 
pubescent capsules are the best marks of this common plant. 
14. E. Cockaynianum Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xli (1909) 140.— 
Stems tufted, slender, somewhat flaccid, 5-10in. long, usually decum- 
bent and rooting at the base, erect or ascending above, pale-green or 
reddish towards the base, terete or obscurely tetragonous above, usually 
bifariously pubescent but frequently uniformly pubescent above. Leaves 
opposite or the uppermost alternate, broadly ovate or ovate-oblong, 
shortly petiolate or almost sessile, $-4 in. long, obtuse at the tip, rounded 
at the base, glabrous, minutely but sparsely denticulate. Flowers few in 
the axils of the uppermost leaves, small, $in. diam. Calyx-segments 
lanceolate, acute. Petals white or white tinged with rose. Capsules 1-2 in. 
long, brownish-red, glabrous or nearly so; peduncles when mature as long 
or longer than the capsules, reddish, faintly puberulous. Seeds glabrous. 
Norra Isytanp: Tararua Mountains, Mount Holdsworth, Petrie! W. Townson ; 
Mount Hector, Petrie! B. C. Aston ! Altitudinal range 3000-5000 ft. December-— 
February. 
Very close to H. alsinoides, but differing in the less prostrate and more glabrous 
stems, more truly ovate and more distinctly denticulate leaves, and in the almost 
glabrous capsules and smooth seeds. 
15. E. echloraefolium Haussk. v2 O6cstr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxix (1879) 
149.—Stems 6-18in. high, stout or slender, usually much branched at 
the base but sometimes almost simple, decumbent or arcuate below, 
ascending or erect above, terete, glabrous except two pubescent lines 
decurrent from the margins of the petioles. Leaves opposite, remote, 
4—# in. long, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or rarely subacute, 
rounded or slightly cordate at the base, glabrous or nearly so, remotely 
denticulate or sinuate-toothed ; petioles short, broad, pubescent. Flowers 
in the axils of the uppermost leaves, rather large, white or rose, 4 in. diam. 
Calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, much shorter than the petals; stigma 
oblong-capitate. Capsules 1-2in. long, sparsely pubescent; peduncles 
longer than the leaves. Seeds papillose.—Monog. Epilob. (1884) 299, t. 19, 
f. 81; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 172; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 
178; fll. N.Z. Fl. 1 (1914) 54. E. perplexum 7. Kirk l.c. 170. 
