612 ONAGRACEAE. [Epilobvum. 
24. E. macropus Hook. Ic. Plant. (1852) t. 812.—Stems numerous, 
slender, branched from the base, 3-9 in. long, decumbent or creeping and 
rooting below, ascending at the tips, purplish, more or less bifariously 
pubescent. Leaves all opposite, somewhat remote, ¢-g in. long, ovate or 
ovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, shortly petioled, obscurely denticulate 
or almost entire, perfectly glabrous. Flowers few, axillary, near or remote 
from the ends of the branches, large, white, }4in. diam. Calyx-lobes 
lanceolate, acute, glabrous, much shorter than the petals. Stigma shortly 
clavate, emarginate. Capsules 1-2in. long, erect, glabrous; peduncles 
elongating much as the fruit ripens, 2-4 in. long. Seeds minutely reticu- 
late-—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 58; Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 78; 
Haussk. Monog. E'pilob. (1884) t. 22, f. 934; JT. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 
179; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 180. 
Norru Istanp: Not uncommon in running water on the volcanic plateau between 
Tongariro and Ruapehu, Petrie, Cockayne, T. F. C.; BRuahine Mounatins, Z. W. 
Andrews ! Petrie! B. C. Aston! Tararua Mountains and Wainuiomata, Buchanan. 
SoutH Istanp: Abundant in watery places in mountain districts throughout. 
Altitudinal range 1500-4500 ft. December—March. 
The slender glabrous habit, distant ovate leaves, large flowers, and long fruiting- 
peduncles separate this from all its allies. 
25. E. gracilipes 7. Kirk on Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxvii (1895) 351.—Stems 
numerous from a woody base, 3-6in. high, decumbent below, erect or 
ascending above, wiry, reddish, bifariously pubescent. Leaves opposite or 
the uppermost alternate, remote, +-2 in. long, ovate, subacute or obtuse, 
shortly petiolate, coriaceous, reddish below, obscurely and remotely denti- 
culate. Flowers 1-3, solitary in the upper axils, small, white, 4in. diam. 
Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the petals. Stigma 
obliquely clavate. Capsules 14-2in. long, slender, glabrous; peduncles 
elongating much as the fruit ripens, often over 2in. long. Seeds minutely 
papillose.—Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 181. 
SouTH Istanp: Nelson—Cobb Valley, north-west Nelson, F. G. Gibbs! Canter- 
bury—Bealey, 7. F. C.; Craigieburn Mountains, Cockayne / Broken River basin, 
J. D. Enys! T. Kirk! Westland—Kelly’s Hill, Cockayne / 
A handsome little plant, which approaches H. macropus on the one side and 
LE. nummularifolium on the other. 
26. E. erassum Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. ii (1855) 328.—Stout, fleshy, 
perfectly glabrous, smooth and polished. Stems woody at the base, 
prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes, 2-6in. long; branches short, 
densely leafy, ascending at the tips. Leaves opposite, crowded, thick and 
fleshy, ?-1} in. long, obovate-oblong or obovate-spathulate, obtuse, gradu- 
ally narrowed into a long and broad sheathing petiole, obscurely and 
remotely denticulate. Flowers few, in the axils of the upper leaves, rather 
large, 4in. diam. or more, white or rose. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, much 
shorter than the petals. Stigma clavate. Capsules stout, erect, rigid, 
perfectly glabrous, 14-2 in. long; peduncles longer than the leaves when 
fully mature. Seeds minutely papillose.— Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 78: 
Haussk. Monog. E'pilob. (1884) 309, t. 22, f. 93a; Barbey Gen. Eilob. (1885) 
t. 18, f. 1; T. Kirk Students’ Fl. (1899) 178; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 
(1906) 181. 
