the smaller flowers, which are never altogether yellow; and from E. Cheesemanii by the almost sessile flowers, shorter and narrower corolla, and especially by the numerous ovules.
6. E. Cheesemanii, Wettst. in Osterr. Bot. Zeit. (1900) 381, f. 1–5.—A slender annual herb 1½–2½ in. high, much branched from the base; branches spreading or ascending, minutely pubescent. Leaves small, sessile, shorter than the internodes, ⅙–⅓ in. long, ovate or obovate-cuneate, obtuse, more or less clothed with short crisp glandular pubescence, margins with 2–4 obtuse teeth on each side. Flowers axillary towards the tips of the branches, rather remote, large for the size of the plant, ⅓–½ in. long; peduncles long, slender, ⅓–¾ in. long. Calyx campanulate, shortly 4-lobed; lobes obtuse, sparsely glandular-pubescent. Corolla broadly funnelshaped; tube much longer than the calyx; upper lip short, 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed; lobes obtuse. Ovary pubescent, with 2 superposed ovules in each cell. Capsule obovate, compressed, slightly longer than the calyx.
South Island: Nelson—Mount Arthur Plateau and Mount Owen, T.F.C.; Mount Mantell and Brunner Range, W. Townson! 3500–5000 ft. December–February.
This has much of the appearance of E. zealandica, but can be distinguished by the longer peduncles, fruiting-calyx not conspicuously enlarged, longer and narrower corolla, and by the ovary having only 2 ovules in each cell.
7. E. Dyeri, Wettst. Monog. Euphr. 267, f. 6, 7.—A minute delicate annual herb ½–1½ in. high, branched from the base; branches weak, spreading, not rooting. Leaves in opposite pairs, 110–16 in. long, broadly obovate in outline or broader than long, deeply 5-lobed or more rarely 3-lobed; lobes flat, erect, acute, minutely setulose on the margins. Flowers axillary, solitary, ¼ in. long; peduncles usually short but sometimes equalling the leaves. Calyx campanulate, 4-lobed half-way down; lobes flat, acute, minutely setulose. Corolla-tube longer than the calyx, sometimes ⅔ as long again, curved below; limb with the upper lip short, broad, concave, shortly 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Anthers cohering. Ovary pubescent; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous. Capsule obovate-oblong, compressed, shorter than the calyx.
South Island: Otago—Mount Kyeburn, Mount Buster, Petrie! summit of Maungatua, B. C. Aston! Stewart Island: Near Port Pegasus, Kirk! 500–4500 ft.
8. E. repens, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 200.—A minute very slender creeping and rooting glabrous or puberulous herb; branches prostrate, almost filiform, 1–4 in. long, rooting at the nodes. Leaves minute, in rather remote pairs, sessile, 112–110 long, cuneate, deeply 3-lobed; lobes flat, acute, erect. Flowers axillary and solitary, erect, large for the size of the plant, ⅓–½ in.
