mo 



ONAGRARI^. V. Epilobium. 



> f 



again to eradicate. The young shoots are said to be eatable, Salisb. par. lond. t. 58, E. frigidum, Retz, fl. scand. ed. 2. 

 although a decoction of the plant stupifies. The pith, when no. 459. E. corymbbsum, Act. hafn. 10. p. 440. t. 8, f. 23. 

 dried, is boiled, and becoming sweet, is, by a proper process. The North American plant differs from the Siberian one only 

 made into ale, and this into vinegar, by the Kamtschatdales ; it in the less copious pubescence of its leaves. Flowers large, rose- 

 is also added to the cow-parsnet to enrich the spirit that is pre- coloured, or purple. 



pared from that plant. 



Var. /5, album ; flowers white. % . H. 



Var. y, latum (Ser. in'D. C. prod. 3. p. 40.) leaves broader. 

 1/ . H, E. angustifolium (3, Lin. spec. 494. E. spicatum /3, 



D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 420. 

 372. but not of Lin. 



Far. /3, venustum (Dougl. mss.) plant smaller in every part. 

 1^. H. North America. 

 Broad4eavedVi\\\o^NA\erh. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1779. PL 2 ft. 

 8 E. HU^MiLE (Willd. herb, ex Stev. in litt- D. C. prod. 3. 



E. latif olium, Schmidt, fl* bohem. no. p. 40.) leaves lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous, veiny ; branches 



opposite; corolla unequal. 7f. H. Native of Siberia. Per- 



Narrow'leaved Willow-herb or French Willow. Fl. Jul. Aug. haps a variety oi E. latifblium. 



Britain. PI. 3 to 6 feet. 



2 E. spicA^TUM (Lam. diet. 2. p. 378.) leaves lanceolate, en- 

 tire, scattered, glabrous ; flowers disposed in terminal spicate 

 racemes; flowers unequal. 1/. H. Native of North America, 

 in meadows and moist places ; United States, Canada, New- 

 foundland, north-west coast, &c. Root creeping. Flowers 



Humble Willow-herb, Fl. July, Aug. 



PI. I foot. 



jioot creepmg. 



about half the size of those of E. angustifolium^ but the habit 

 is almost the same. 



Sect. IL Lysima^chion (containing plants agreeing in habit 

 with the genus Lyswiachia). Tauch, hort. canal, fasc. 1. Ser. in 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 41. Flowers regular. Petals obcordate. 

 Genitals ascending, 

 nate. 



Lower leaves opposite, upper ones alter- 



9 E. ALPi KUM (Lin. spec. 495.) stems creeping at the base. 



f 



Spicate Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PL 2 to 3 ft. bifariously pubescent, few-flowered ; leaves nearly sessile, ellip- 



3 E. oPA^cuM (Lehm. ex Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 205.) stem tic-lanceolate, obtuse, mostly entire, glabrous 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, narrow, lanceolate, almost vided ; capsules sessile, glabrous. 1/ . H. 



stigma undi- 



qmte entire, opaque, veiny ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedun- 

 culate ; style reflexed, glabrous, shorter than the stamens. 1{L . H. 

 Native of North America, on the banks of the Columbia, par- 

 Flowers red 



ticularly about Fort Vancouver. 



Native of the alps 

 of Europe and the Pyrenees. In Scotland, by the sides of 

 alpine rivulets, on Ben Lomond, about two-thirds of the way up, 

 and on all the highland mountains ; of North America, in the 



petals entire or alpine rivulets of the Rocky Mountains. Smith, engl. hot. 2001. 



lalifolium^ 



Oj)aque Willow-herb. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 E. RosMARiNiFOLiUM (Haenkc, in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 50. but 



dif olium. Lam. diet. 2. p. 376. Plant small. Flowers very 

 small, bright red. 



Var. /3> pumilum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 410.) stem rather pu- 



not of Pursh) downy ; stem erect, branched towards the middle ; bescent at the base ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrated, 

 leaves linear, obsoletely denticulated, cinereous, veinless ; pedi- wrinkled, 

 eels connected with the bracteas, crowded near the tops of the 

 branches. 1/ . H. Native of Europe, in woods and on the 

 banks of rivers. Rchb. icon. hot. 4. t. 341. — Moris, hist. sect. 



3- t. 11. f. 2. Lob. icon. 343. f. 2. E. angustissimum. Curt. bot. 



E. angustifolium. Lam. diet. 2. p. 374. Stem 



An elegant plant with red flowers. 



Clt.. 1775. 



mag. t. 76. 

 woody at the base. 



Rosemary-leaved Willow-herb. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. 



' ^//«??e Willow-herb. Fl. June, July. Scotland. PL |-foot. 

 10 E. Hornema'nni (Rchb. icon. hot. p. 73. t. 180.) stems 

 creeping at the base, angular, few-flowered, nodding at the apex ; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, denticulated ; stigma clavate, un- 

 divided. If. . H. Native of Finland, in Alpine rivulets ; and 

 north-west coast of America. E. nutans. Horn. fl. dan. 

 1 387. but not of Schmidt. 



5 E. DopoNiE'i (All. pedem. 1016. Vill. dauph. 3. p. 507.) 

 stem almost glabrous, erect, branched at the apex ; leaves linear, 

 obsoletely denticulated, glabrous ; pedicels connected with the 

 bracteas, crowded near the tops of the branches. If. H. Na- 

 tive of Piedmont and Dauphiny. E. Halleri, Retz. E. ros- 

 marinifolium /3, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 421. E. rosmarinifolium /3, 



amer. p. 205. Flowers bright red. 



Hornemann's Willow-herb. Fl. June, Aug. 



n 



nutans, 

 E. alpinum )8, niitans Hook, fl. bor. 



Very like E* alptrium* 



Clt. ? PI. I ft. 



E, ORIGANIFOLTUM (Lam. diet. 2. p. 376. Rchb. icon. 

 bot. 2. t. 180.) stems creeping at the base, smoothish, nodding 

 at the apex, bluntly quadrangular ; leaves ovate, acutely denti- 

 culated, glabrous, on short petioles ; srigma undivided, clavate ; 

 capsule pedicellate, glabrous. 1/. H. Native of the alps of 

 alpinum, Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 40. — Rchb. icon. bot. 4. t. Europe and the Pyrenees, in rivulets and fountains ; on manjT 

 342. An elegant plant, much resembling the preceding, but of the highland mountains of Scotland, in alpine rivulets, com- 

 mon ; in rivulets on the sides of the Cheviot hills, as mentioned 

 by Ray ; in North America, in alpine woods, sides of rivulets, 

 Dodoneus's Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. PI. 1 ft. and shady elevated spots on the Rocky Mountains, and of the 



smoother, smaller, and the flowers are large, and of a more deep 

 rose colour. 



6 E. cRASsiFouuM (Lehm. in nov. act. bonn. 14.) stem island of Unalaschka. 



sufFruticose ; branches twiggy ; leaves alternate, thickish, linear. Smith, engl. bot. t, 2000. Flowers small, rose-coloured. 



E. alsinif olium, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 511 



A 



having the margins denticulated with blunt glands ; genitals de- 

 clinate. % . H. Native of Siberia. Leaves deep green. Petals 

 crenulated, rose-coloured. Stigma 4-cleft. 

 Thick'leaved Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



much more robust plant than E. alpinum. 



J. 



4 



Marjoram-leaved Willow-herb. 

 foot. 



to I 



Fl. June, Aug. Scotland. PI. 



7 E. 



LATIFOLIUM (Lin. 



leaves 



12 E. GLANDtL6suM (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 14. Hook, fl. bor. 



spec. 494.) stems erectish, firm, amer. p. 206.) stem simple, creeping at the base, angular, gla- 



ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, almost quite brous ; leaves sessile, ovate -lanceolate, rather decurrent, acute, 



stigma clavate ; cap- 



H. Native 



branched ; 



entire, stiff*, veinless, glaucous ; flowers axillary, pedicellate ; glandularly denticulated ; flowers erect 



style nearly erect, glabrous, shorter than the stamens ; bracteas 

 free from the pedicels. 1/ . H. Native of Greenland, Siberia ; 

 North America, on the banks of rivers on the Rocky Mountains, 

 between lat. 52^ and 56% to the shores and islands of the 

 Arctic sea, Labrador, and Behring's Straits. Fl. dan. U 5G5. 



sule sessile, with the angles slightly pubescent. If 

 of North America, at Cumberland House Fort, on the Saskat- 

 chawana. Petals white. An intermediate plant between E* on* 

 ganif olium and E. tctragbnum. 



Glandular Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



erose. An intermediate plant between E. angtistif olium and ^. Lightf. fl. scot. p. 199. t. 10. f. 1. Fl. dan. 322. E. anagalH- i 



