Epilobvum. | ONAGRACEAE. 609 
18. E. rotundifolium Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) n. 161.—Stems 5-15 1n. long, 
weak, creeping and rooting at the base, usually erect or ascending above but 
sometimes altogether prostrate, terete, pubescent or glabrous. pela 
opposite, the uppermost alternate, thin and membranous, distant, 4-4 1M. 
long, orbicular or orbicular-ovate, obtuse, rounded at the base, petiolate, 
closely and sharply unequally toothed, glabrous or slightly puberulous, 
often reddish beneath. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves, 
4-tin. diam., pale-rose or white. Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, aut, 
shorter than the petals. Stigma narrow-clavate. Capsules about ly in. 
long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent ; peduncles much elongated. . Seeds 
papillose—A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. (1832) 326; Raoul Choix (1846) 49 ; 
Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 58; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 79; Haussk. 
Monog. Epilob. (4847 299; TL. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 172; Cheesem. 
Man. N.Z. F1,A1906) 179; Ill. N.Z. Fl. ii (1914) t. 52. 
NortTH AND users, Srewart IsLanpD, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Moist shaded 
localities from the North Cape to Stewart Island, abundant. Sea-level to 3500 ft. 
October—February. 
Allied to EH. linnaeoides, but at once recognized by the more erect habit, by the 
uppermost leaves being always alternate, and by the terminal inflorescence. From 
E. insulare it is separated -by the larger rounder sharply toothed petiolate leaves and 
papillose seeds. 
19. E. linnaeoides Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. i (1844) 10, t. 6—Stems 
herbaceous, slender, 2-8 in. long, creeping and rooting at the nodes, usually 
widely and irregularly branched, perfectly glabrous or with 2 faint 
pubescent lines towards the tips of the branches. Leaves opposite, ¢-$ 1n. 
diam., orbicular, petioled, flaccid and membranous, closely and sharply 
denticulate. Flowers in the axils of leaves remote from the ends of the 
branches, white or rose, 4-4+in. diam. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, shorter 
than the deeply cleft petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules 1-2 in. long, 
perfectly glabrous; peduncles usually much elongated, 2-4in. Seeds 
densely papillose—Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 58; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 77; 
Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 301; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 179 ; 
Subantaret. Is. of N.Z. 1 (1909) 406; Fl. Macquarie Is. (1919) 25. 
Nortu IstanD: Damp shaded mountainous places. Mount Egmont, Cockayne ; 
Mount Ruapehu, Cockayne, T. F. C.; Ruahine Mountains, Colenso ; Tararua Moun- 
tains, Buchanan, Petrie. SovutH Istanp: Not uncommon in damp mountainous 
places, chiefly on the western side. STEWART Is~tanp, AUCKLAND AND CAMPBELL 
IsLaNDSs, ANTIPODES ISLAND, Macquariz Istanp; Not uncommon throughout. Sea- 
level to 4500 ft. November—February. 
Approaches very close to H. rotundifolium, but can usually be separated by the 
smaller size, prostrate habit, leaves all opposite and uniform, and by the flowers being 
farther from the ends of the branches. Hooker’s plate in the “ Flora Antarctica ” is 
excellent. 
20. E. nummularifolium Rk. Cunn. ex A. Cunn. Precur. (1839) n. 535. 
—A small densely tufted herbaceous plant, spreading flat over the surface 
of the ground. Stems slender, elongated, creeping and rooting at the 
nodes, 3-8in. long, rarely more, sometimes ascending towards the tips, 
dull-green or reddish, obscurely tetragonous, faintly bifariously pubescent 
but otherwise glabrous, sparingly branched; branchlets short, rooting. 
Leaves appressed to the ground, opposite, remote, petiolate, orbicular, 
subcordate or truncate at the base, rounded at the apex, variable in size, 
g-3 in. long including the petiole, fleshy, glabrous, dull-green above, paler 
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