North and South Islands, Chatham Island: Abundant in marshes from the North Cape to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level to 1500 ft. November–February. Also in Australia and Tasmania.

A very distinct species, readily known by the large size, long acute leaves, and large white flowers.

North and South Islands, Chatham Islands: Abundant in swampy places from the North Cape to Foveaux Strait. Sea-level to 1500 ft. November–February.

A well-marked plant, easily recognised by the slender usually simple stems, distant pale-green and glabrous leaves, large white flowers, and smooth seeds.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Abundant throughout, ascending to 2000 ft. November–February. Also in Australia and Tasmania.

The distinctive characters of this species are the robust habit, usually reddish stems, broad obtuse leaves, and numerous small pinkish flowers; but some-varieties approach E. junceum very closely. Professor Haussknecht distinguishes two forms: a, simplex, with an unbranched few-flowered stem and small rather remote oblong leaves narrowed at the base; and b, major, which; has the stem stouter and branched, and the leaves larger, broader, and cordate at the base.

An exceedingly variable plant, the numerous forms of which may be grouped in the three following varieties:—

Var. cinereum, Haussk. l.c. 290.—Stems slender, often much branched, usually more or less covered with fine appressed greyish-white pubescence, rarely glabrate. Leaves small, often crowded, in. long, linear-lanceolate, entire or sparingly denticulate, acute or mucronate, finely ashy-pubescent or glabrate. Flowers small. Capsules 1½–3 in. long, slender, hoary-pubescent.—E. cinereum, A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 330; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 544. E. incanum, virgaturn, and confertum,' A. Cunn. l.c. nn. 545, 547, 549.

Var. hirtigerum, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 60.—Stems tall, strict, erect, simple or sparingly branched, usually villous with soft spreading hairs mixed with shorter ones. Leaves 1–2½ in. long, lanceolate, acute or obtuse, coarsely and irregularly denticulate, both surfaces clothed with soft spreading hairs. Capsules 2–3 in. long, hoary-pubescent or villous.- E. hirtigerum, A. Cunn. l.c. n. 546'; Haussk. l.c. 291.

Var. macropliyllum, Haussk. l.c. 290.—Stems tall, often 3 ft. high, strict, erect, simple or sparingly branched, glabrous and often reddish below, finely and sparsely pubescent above. Leaves large, 1–3 in. long, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rather thin and membranous, sinuate-denticulate, glabrous or the upper ones thinly puberulous. Capsules 2–3 in. long, hoary - pubescent.— E. erectum, Petrie in Trans. N.Z. Inst. xxxiv. (1902) 390.

North and South Islands: Abundant from the North Cape to Foveaux Strait, ascending to 3500 ft. October–February. A common Australian plant.

The extreme states of the above varieties have a very distinct appearance, and might have been treated as species were they not connected by numerous intermediate forms, which make it quite impossible to draw strict lines of demarcation between them.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Abundant from the North Cape southwards. Sea-level to nearly 4000 ft. October–January. Also in Australia, according to Professor Haussknecht.

Var. tasmanicum.— Pale-green, much more slender. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, on longer petioles, usually more distinctly denticulate.—E. tas-manicum, Haussk. l.c. 296, t. 20, f. 84; Kirk, Students' Fl. 171.

The slender creeping and rooting usually much-branched stems, oblong or obovate leaves narrowed into short petioles, the few small flowers, and the glabrous short-stalked capsules are the best marks of this species. Reduced forms of E. glabellum and its allies approach it very closely, but are much less-prostrate and more bard and woody at the base. Professor Haussknecht's. E. tasmanicum appears to me to be barely separable even as a variety.

South Island: Canterbury—Upper Waimakiriri, Kirk! T. F. C.; Oraigie-burn Mountains, Cockayne! Mount Cook District, T. F. C. Otago—Not un-common in the mountain-valleys of the interior, Petrie! 1000–3000 ft. December–February.

Professor Haussknecht has suggested that this 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 E. pictum has not yet been found in any locality in the North Island. Hooker referred E. haloragifolium to E. alsinoides, a plant not uncommon at the Bay of Islands, and it. appears to me that this reduction is much more likely to prove correct.

North Island: Dannevirke (Hawke's Bay) and head of the Wairarapa Valley, Colanso! Ruahine Mountains, A. Hamilton l South Island: Not uncommon in mountain districts from Nelson southwards. December–January.

A pretty little plant, easily distinguished by the narrow linear-oblong erect leaves, very long fruiting peduncles, and smooth seeds. Specimens collected by Mr. Petrie on Mount Hikurangi (East Cape district) have much broader ovate-oblong leaves, but the long fruiting peduncles and smooth seeds are those of E. tenuipes.

North Island: Ruahine Range, Herb. Colenso! South Island: Common in mountain districts from Nelson southwards. Ascends to 3500 ft. December–February.

Often confounded with E. 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 E. alsinoides is always evenly covered with a grey pubescence.

Noeth and South Islands, Chatham Islands, Stewart Island, Antipodes Island: 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 branche, long peduncles, and evenly pubescent capsules are the best marks of this common plant.

North Island: Mount Hikurangi, East Cape, Petrie! Lee; Ruahine Range, Colenso, Petrie! Tararua Mountains, T. P. Arnold! South Island: Not uncommon in the mountains from Nelson southwards. 2000–4500 ft. December–February.

A well-marked plant, but at the same time a very variable one, especially in height, degree of branching, size of flowers and capsules, &c. Mr. Kirk's E. perplexum is merely a luxuriant form, and cannot be separated even as a variety, as the inspection of any large series of specimens will at once show.

North and South Islands: Abundant in lowland swamps from Tauranga and the Thames Valley southwards. Chatham Islands: Cox and Cockayne! November–February.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Abundant in moist places from the North Cape southwards. October–February.

Allied to E. linnaioides, but at once recognised 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.

North Island: Ruahine Mountains, Colenso; Tararua Range, Buchanan. South Island: Not uncommon in damp mountainous places, chiefly on the western side. Stewart Island, Auckland and Campbell Islands: Most abundant, descending to sea-level. Antipodes Island: Kirk. Macquarie Island: A. Hamilton. Ascends to 4500 ft. November–February.

Approaches very close to E. rotundifolium, but can usually be separated by the smaller size, prostrate habit, leaves all opposite and uniform, and by the flowers being further from the ends of the branches.

Var. pedunculare, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 57.—Stems shorter. Leaves smaller, more closely set, entire or nearly so; petioles shorter. Capsules glabrous; peduncles more slender.—E. pedunculare, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 536. E. cæspitosum, Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 301, t. 20, f. 85.

Var. nerterioides, Hook. f. l.c. —Shorter and usually more densely matted. Leaves smaller, thick and coriaceous; margins recurved. Capsules glabrous.— E. nerterioides, A. Cunn. Precur. n. 541. E. pedunculare var. aprica, Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 303.

Var. minimum, Kirk, Students' Fl. 174.—Very small. Stems ½–1 in. long. Leaves close-set, 1/10 in. diam., coriaceous; margins revolute. Capsule short and stout, ¼–⅓ in. long, exceeding the peduncle.

Var. angustum, Cheesem. —Stems 2–4 in. long, sparingly branched. Leaves remote, often deflexed, oblong to linear-oblong, entire or nearly so, hardly coriaceous. Capsules rather stout, ½–¾ in. long, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs; peduncles long. Perhaps a distinct species.

North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands: Abundant throughout, ascending to 3000 ft. Var. nerterioides also extends to the Auckland Islands and Macquarie Island. Var. minimum: Bluff Hill and Puysegur Point, Kirk! Var. angustum: Cass River, near Lake Tekapo (Canterbury), T. F. C.

An excessively variable plant. The varieties described above are simply prevalent forms, and pass into one another by insensible gradations.

South Island: Alps of Otago, altitude 4000–6000 ft., Hector and Buchanan!

Distinguished from all the forms of E. nummularifolium by the larger size, stouter habit, and purplish-black colour. I have only seen three indifferent specimens.

North Island: Ruahine Range, E. W.Andrews! Petrie! Rangipo Plain, Petrie! Tararua Mountains and Wainuiomata, Buchanan! South Island: Abundant 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.

South Island: Canterbury—Broken River, J. D. Enys! Kirk! Craigie-burn Mountains, Cockayne! Bealey, T. F. C. Westland—Kelly's Hill, Cockayne! 2000–4000 ft. December–February.

A handsome little plant, which approaches E. macropus on the one side and E. nummularifolium on the other.

South Island: Nelson—Wairau Mountains, Travers, T. F. C.; Mount Captain, Kirk! Mount Percival, T. F. C. Marlborough. — Upper Awatere, Monro, Sinclair! Otago—Kurow Mountains, Buchanan! Petrie! Alti-tudinal range 3000–6000 ft.

A remarkably distinct species, in its ordinary state quite unlike any other. Its nearest ally is E. brevipes, which is a much larger and more erect plant, with shorter elliptic leaves, smaller and more numerous flowers, and much shorter fruiting peduncles.

South Island: Marlborough — Upper Awatere, Monro, Kirk! Taylor's. Pass, Spencer; Mount Fyffe, Cockayne! Kaikoura Mountains, McDonald. Nelson—Hanmer Plains, H. J. Matthews! Gorge of the Conway, Cockayne! Canterbury— Mount Torlesse, Enys and Kirk! Cockayne! Altitudinal range-1000–3500 ft. December–February.

South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau and adjacent mountains, altitude 3000–5000 ft., T. F. C. Gibbs! Raglan Mountains and Wairau Gorge, T. F. C. Otago—Arrowtown, Petrie!

The shining leaves and large rose-coloured flowers, which are produced in great abundance, make this a very charming plant. The flowers are larger than those of any other New Zealand species except E. pallidiflorum.

South Island: Nelson — Clarence and Waiau Valleys, Travers! Mount Captain, Kirk! Lake Tennyson, T. F. C. Canterbury—Mount Torlesse, Petrie! T. F. C.; Craigieburn Mountains, Cockayne! Arthur's Pass and Upper Wai-makariri, T. F. C.; Whitcombe's Pass, [unclear: Huaast!] Otago—Lake District, Hector and Buchanan. 2000–4500 ft. January–February.

Apparently confined to dry shingle slopes. A well-marked plant, not easily •confounded with any other. The large white flowers are almost hidden by the 1 aves, and the ripe capsules hardly protrude beyond them.

Var. polyclonum. —Stems much more slender, branched. Leaves distant, spreading, not so deeply toothed. Flowers rather smaller.—E. polyclonum, Haussk. Monog. Epilob. 308, t. 20, f. 87a; Kirk, Students' Fl. 177.

North Island: Ruahine Range and mountains near Lake Taupo, Colenso! South Island: Abundant throughout in mountain [unclear: district.] Var. polyclonum: Alpine localities in Canterbury and Otago, Travers! Buchanan! Petrie!

The typical form is one of the most easily recognised species of the genus, from the prominent characters of the numerous rigid simple purplish-black stems and small uniform deeply-toothed leaves.

South Island: Canterbury—Shingly beds ot streams, apparently not uncommon. Upper Waimakariri; Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, T. F. C. Otago—Naseby, Black's, Petrie! 1000–3000 ft. December–February.

This comes nearest to E. melanocaulon, from which it is distinguished by-its smaller size, paler colour, uniform pubescence, and especially by the short curved capsules, which are abruptly narrowed towards the tip.

North Island: East Coast and Cape Palliser, Colenso! near Waiapu,. Petrie! Lake Waikaremoana, Elsdon Best (Tukituki River, Petrie! Orongoro-ngo River, Kirk. South Island: Abundant in shingly river-beds in mountain districts. Sea-level to 3000 ft. Papa-koura. December–February.

A well-known plant, easily recognised by the strict and wiry habit, purplish-black stems, small uniform leaves, small flowers, and dark-purplish capsules with silvery-pubescent angles.

South Island: Nelson—Hanmer Plains, Kirk! Canterbury—Krull, Haast. Otago—Mount Barnslaw and the Humboldt Mountains, Cockayne! 1500–3500 ft. December–February.

A very imperfectly understood species, of which much more complete specimens are required before its exact position can be determined.

North Island: Rare and local north of the East Cape, common in mountain districts from thence southwards. South Island: Abundant throughout. Sea-level to over 5000 ft. December–February.

One of the most variable and puzzling plants in New Zealand; excessively plentiful in hilly and mountainous districts in the South Island. I have reunited Professor Haussknecht's E. erubescens with it, finding it quite impossible to lay down a strict line of demarcation between the two plants. The true E. -glabellum is less rigid, with more membranous distantly placed leaves, and the capsules are longer and shortly stalked. E. erubescens has numerous rigid simple stems, the leaves are crowded and erect, the flowers more numerous, and the capsules shorter and almost sessile. But intermediate states are plentiful, and many of them might with equal propriety be placed under either head.

North Island: Bay of Islands, Colenso! n. 103, Wilkes (Haussknecht). South Island: Apparently not uncommon throughout.

This requires further investigation with more complete material. Some of the forms included in it by Haussknecht hardly differ from E. glabellum. except in the more branching habit, paler colour, and longer-stalked capsules, and would probably be better placed under that species. Others (E. elegans, Petrie) have the stems simple or branched at the base alone, with much, narrower leaves, larger flowers, and the peduncles elongate considerably in fruit.