Epilobium. | ONAGRACEAE. 617 
intermediate states are plentiful, and many of them might with equal propriety be placed 
under either head. Forster’s original description of his #. glabellum is very short and 
yague. It reads as follows: “‘foliis oblongis dentatis obtusis: imis oppositis, caule 
teretiusculo erecto,” and might be applied to half a dozen species at least. As there 
has always been some uncertainty as to whether Forster's plant has been rightly 
identified, and as his original specimens are all outside the Dominion, and beyond my 
search, I applied to Dr. Rendle, of the British Museum, for assistance in the matter. 
He has been kind enough to forward me two photographs of Forster's type, which 
satisfactorily prove its identity with the plant described above. 
36. E. Matthewsii Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. lui (1921) 369.— 
«Stems few or several from a hard base, rarely branched and then only from 
the base, erect or at first decumbent, rather stout, purplish, slightly 
bifariously pubescent, otherwise glabrous, leafy throughout, lowermost 
leaves larger and broader. Leaves in opposite subconnate pairs, elliptic, 
1-2 in. Jong, }in. broad, subacute, reddish-green, rather thin, narrowed into 
short broad petioles, entire or slightly repand, glabrous; velns prominent 
on both surfaces and running out obliquely from the midrib. Flowers as 
many as 7 in the axils of the higher leaves, crowded near the tops of the 
stems; peduncles as long as their subtending leaves, reddish, glabrous. 
Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the pink corolla. Capsule 
3-1 in. long, rather stout, glabrous, reddish ; seeds papillose.”—E. arcuatum 
Petrie l.c. xlv (1918) 266 (not of Levielle). Pe Aah 
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SourtH Istanp: Otago—Clinton Valley, Cockayne! Petrie! Mackinnon’s Pass, 
A. J. Matthews. 3000-5000 ft. January—February. 
I have seen only very few specimens of this, and have consequently reproduced 
Mr. Petrie’s description. It appears to differ from HE. glabellum in the stouter habit 
and broader leaves. 
37. E. novae-zealandiae Haussk. Monog. Epilob. (1884) 305, t. 20, f. 86. 
—Stems 3-9 in. high, decumbent or prostrate at the base, erect or ascend- 
ing above, branched, usually pale-green, bifariously pubescent. Leaves 
opposite or the uppermost alternate, 4-lin. long, lanceolate or linear- 
oblong to oblong, obtuse or subacute, sessile or very shortly petiolate, 
rather thin, light-green, glabrous, obscurely and remotely denticulate. 
Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves, small, white, 4-4 in. diam. Calyx- 
lobes ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, shorter than the petals. Stigma shortly 
clavate. Capsules #-l4in. long, slender, glabrous; peduncles usually 
longer than the leaves when the fruit is mature. Seeds papillose.—T. Kirk 
Students’ Fl. (1899) 175; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. (1906) 185. HH. elegans 
Petrie on Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxix (1897) 425. 
Norra Isntanp: Bay of Islands, Colenso, No. 103! Wilkes (Haussknecht). 
Soutu Istanp: Apparently not uncommon. Stewart Is~tanp: Cockayne. 
This requires further investigation with much more complete material than I 
possess. Haussknecht states that it is very similar to HZ. glabellum, but can be at once 
distinguished by the paler colour of the stems and leaves, by the numerous opposite 
branches, which are thickly placed on the stem from the base upwards, by the sessile 
or not distinctly petiolate leaves, and by the longer stalks to the capsules. Its position 
with regard to Petrie’s H. elegans also demands fuller inquiry. 
2. FUCHSIA Linn, 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate or opposite or whorled. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or clustered, rarely in racemes or panicles, usually pen- 
dulous, often handsome. Calyx-tube ovoid, produced above the ovary 
