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322 NOTES ON SOME PLANTS OF OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND
rower, generally only
-g^ in. broad, sometimes as long as in the Sad-
dlehill forms (which are 1 j in.) ; sinuate ; toothing seldom very
sharply marked ; few leaves (and only young ones) entire or nearly so.
2. E. pubens, A. Rich. Among " scrub " on roadsides, Caveraham,
Dunediu, 20-25 in. high ; December, in flower, W. L. L. Stem much
branched. All parts of plant puberulent. Puberulence best marked
on the young branchlets and leaves, and on the midribs, veins, and
margins of the mature leaves ; least distinct on the lower woody parts
of the stem, which are sometimes almost glabrous. Central leaves
much the largest, about 1 \ in. long, and \ in. broad, but variable in
size ; upper and lower ones smaller. Margin generally irregxdarly
sinuate-serrate ; sometimes entire, or entire only in lower half or third.
Leaf-petioles seldom exceed \ in. long ; sometimes they are ^ in.
Flower small, about \\ in. in diameter, whitish.
In specimens from Tarndale, Nelson, in my herbarium (collected by
Dr. Sinclair), the plant is shorter and less ramose. There is less pu-
berulence of all its parts ; less serrature of leaf ; shorter capsules.
Leaves occasionally opposite, and broader in proportion to their length
than in the Caversham plant.
3. E. macropus. Hook. Ranges about Finegand, Lower Clutha
December, in flower, W. L. L. Branches generally 5-6 in, high, deep
red ; puberulent throughout, the puberulence best marked, as usual
(where it exists), on the younger branchlets. Leaves membranous,
ovate, and uniform in size ; seldom exceed ^ in, long, and \ in. broad.
Upper and lower smaller than intermediate ones. Margin irregularly
and very slightly notched, or almost entire ; sometimes entire, espe-
cially in lower leaves. Leaf-petioles very short, so that young, and
especially upper, leaves appear subsessile. Flower peduncle neither
slender nor long (generally under \ in. in length).
In Tanidale specimens in my herbarium, the plant scarcely differs
from the Otago form. There is, however, less puberulence of branches
and a longer flower-peduncle (here sometimes \ in. long).
4. E. alsinoides, A. Cunn. Uplands about Stoneyhill ; December,
in flower, W. L. L. Subprocumbent. Branches flexuose, leafy, gene-
rally under 6-8 in. long ; puberulent (puberulence being best marked
in young branchlets, on their tips). Leaves broadly ovate, entire; a
few upper ones with the indistinct, sinuate toothing of those o^ junceiim,
puhetn, and macropus ; glabrous on both surfaces ; largest about ^ in.
long and ^ in. broad. Calyx and capsule whitc-tomentose.
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