ONAGRARIiE. V. Epilobium, 



681 



13 E, minu'tum (Lindl. mss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 207.) 21 E. brevifouum (D. Don, prod. fl. nep, p. 222.) leaves 



root annual ; stem erectish, terete, puberulous, branched ; leaves ovate, acute, serrated, pubescent on both surfaces, and lined on 



the upper surface ; flowers axillary, on short pedicels ; lobes of 

 calyx linear-lanceolate, shorter than the corolla. If. H. Na- 

 tive of Upper Nipaul. Stem branched. Flowers small, lilac. 

 Short-leaved Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, usually entire, full of pel- 

 lucid dots ; flowers drooping, minute ; stigma clavate ; capsules 

 short pedicels, circinately reflexed, smopthish. © . H. 



on 



Native of the north-west coast of America, at Fort Vancouver, 

 and near the Grand Rapids of the Columbia, and on moist 

 rocks near springs on tlie high mountains. Flowers minute, 

 pale red. 



Minute Willow-herb. 



14 E. OLIO a' 



Fl, June, July. Clt. 1826. PI. |- ft. 

 ;m (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 233.) plant 

 small ; stems very simple, bearing only 1 flower at the apex ; 

 leaves opposite, linear, quite entire. '2^. H. Native of Hud- 

 son's Bay, near Lake Mistissiny. Probably referrible to E. 

 alpmum. 



Few-flowered Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. 



15 E. RosEUM (Schreb. lips. 147.) stems erect, with 4 obso- 

 lete angles ; leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, smooth, ovate, 

 toothed, stalked; stigma clavate, undivided. 

 oi Europe, in waste 



Shrub ^ 



foot. 



1/ . H. Native 



In 



boggy ground and watery places. 

 England, in Lambeth Marsh ; at Moreton, near Ongar, Essex ; 

 and near Witham, Sussex. 



Smith, engl. bot. t. 693. 

 t^num y, Willd. spec. 2. p. 316. 

 Red Willow-herb. 



\Q 



Fl. July. 



Flowers pale red. 

 Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



E. AtPE'sTRE (Schmid. fl. bohem. cent. 4. p. 81.) leaves 

 opposite, or 3 in a whorl, glabrous, ovate, acuminated, denti- 

 culately serrated, stem-clasping, with the nerves sometimes hairy ; 

 stems obsoletely tetratjonal, 2-edcred : flowers almost sessile ; 

 "uit pedicel nearly the length of the capsule ; petals much longer 

 tnan the calyx ; stigma undivided. "2/ . H. Native of Europe, 

 on the Alps and the Pyrenees. E. roseum, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 

 442. but not of Schreb. nor Smith. Rchb. icon. bot. 2. t. 190. 

 Flowers pale red. E. trigonum, Schrank, bav. no. 594. E. 

 alpestre, Jacq. and Rchb. icon. bot. t. 200. 

 Alp Willow-herb. FL June, July. Clt. \820. PI. 1 foot. 



22 E. nu'tans (Schmidt, fl. bohem, no. 380. Schultes, oestr. 

 fl. 1. p. 595.) stem terete, branched, many-flowcrcd ; leaves 

 opposite, almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire ; 

 petals obcordate ; stigma quadrifid. %. H. Native of Bo- 

 hemia, in bogs at Isera. Rchb. icon, bot. 2. p. 87. t, 197. E. 

 hypericifolium, Tauch, hort, canal, fasc. 1. no. 7. This plant 

 comes very near to E. montaiunny from which it differs in the 

 leaves being remote and quite entire, in the flowers being smaller 

 and changeable in colour, at first white but afterwards changing 

 to a flesh colour. 



Noddiyig-^ovierod. Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



ZZ E. a'lgidum (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 29G.) leaves opposite 



and alternate, ovate, glandularly toothed ; calyx obtuse-angled; 



stigma undivided. If. H, Native of Caucasus. 'J'liis species 



differs from E. montanum in the undivided stigma, in the stem 



E. mpn- being angled, from the margins of the petioles being decurrent, 



in the leaves being firmer, and in the flowers being nearly twice 

 the size. Perhaps only a variety of E, origanifdlium. 



Far, ft, hmnile (Bieb. 1. c.) leaves toothed all round. 



Algid Willow-herb. PI. ^ to 1 foot. 



24 E. coLORATUM (Muhl. in Willd, enum. 411.) stems 

 terete, pubescent; leaves lanceolate, serrulated, stalked, oppo- 

 site, superior ones alternate, glabrous. % . H. Native of Penn- 

 sylvania. This plant differs from E. roseum in the stems being 

 branched at the apex, in the leaves being nearly sessile and 

 narrower, and in the flowers being smaller, ex Link. enum. 1. 



p. 379. 



Co/owreJ Willow-herb. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



25 E. Dahu RicuM (Fisch. in Horn. hort. hafn. suppl, 4 J-. and 



17 E. BiLLARDiERiA^NUM (Scr. mss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 41.) Link. enum. 1. p. 379.) stem erect, very simple ; leaves usually 

 stem straight, terete, leafy, pubescent ; leaves ovate, obtuse, toothed, pubescent, opposite and alternate, nearly sessile ; petals 

 regularly serrulated, short, sessile, stem-clasping ; pedicels short. obcordate; fruit pilose. ©. H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers 

 ^» H. Native of New Holland. very minute. Calyx reddish. 



La Billardier's Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. Dahurian Willow-herb. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. Ph^ tol ft. 



18 E. sTRi'cTUM (Muhl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 233.) stem 26 E. germa'scens (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 193.) smoothish ; 

 straight ; leaves quite entire, veiny ; flowers axillary ; capsules 

 slender, clothed with hoary villi. — Native of Pennsylvania. 



iS'^rat^ Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 their axils ; petals rather longer than the calyx ; stigma clavate. 



to 2 ket. If. H. Native of Caucasus, on the margins of rivulets, near 



stem rather angular, branched ; leaves stalked, opposite, or al- 

 ternate, ovate-oblong, repandly denticulated, bearing bulbs in 



19 



E. monta'num (Lin. spec. 494.) stem leafy, terete, gla- Kaischaur, at the height of 2400 feet above the level of the gea. 



hrous ; lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, irregularly toothed, all stalked ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 disposed in a terminal, leafy, corymbose cluster ; stigma of 4 

 deep segments. %. H. Native of Europe, in groves. In 

 ^J'itain, in dry, shady, hilly, and stony places ; on old walls or 

 cottage roofs, frequent. Smith, engl. bot. 1177. Curt, lond. 3. 

 J; 24. Fl, dan, 922. Rchb. icon. bot. 189. E. lanceolatum, 

 Seb. et Maun fl. rom. p. 138. t. 1. f. 2. Chamaenerion mon- 

 t^num, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 453. E. virgatum,Lam. Flowers 

 pale purple. 



fdr. ft, origanotdes (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 41.) leaves very 

 Ji»nute, hardly denticulated, nearly all opposite; stem weak, 



Mountain Willow-herb. 



20 E. 



Brit. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



t. 379. 



Mexica'num (Moc. 



Fl. July. 



et Sesse, fl. mex. 



icon. 



ined. 



C. 



41.) glabrous, herbaceous, erect 



— - ^. prod. 3. p 

 leaves oblong, sessile, somewhat denticulated, lower ones oppo- 

 site, upper ones alternate, i;. H. Native of Mexico. Habit 

 *^f £. rnonlanum. 

 Mexican Willow-herb. 



PL 1 foot. 



VOL. ir. 



bearing 



the leaves. 



Budding Willow-herb. PI. I foot. 



27 E. de'ksum (Rafin. prec. dec. 42. and in Desv. journ. bot. 

 1814.2. p. 271.) plant pubescent; leaves scattered, approxi- 

 mate, sessile, linear-lanceolate, bluntish, nerved ; flowers pani* 

 cled, pedunculate; bracteas oblong. —Native of North America. 



i)£?7/5£?- flowered Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot? 



28 E.dekticula'tim (Ruiz, ct Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 78. t. 314.) 

 stems suffruticose ; leaves somewhat lanceolate, denticulated ; 

 lower ones opposite ; petals equal, bifid. 7/ . G. Native of 

 Peru and Chili. E. jfinceum, Forst. ex Spre: g. syst. 2. p. 233. 

 Petals rose-coloured. 



Z)en/icu/a/t(/-leaved Willow-herb. PI. | to 1 foot. 



29 E. leptopht'llum (Rafin. prec. dec. 41. and Desv. journ. 

 bot. 1811. p. 271.) stem branched, rather scabrous; leaves 

 alternate, nearly sessile, linear, narrow, entire, glabrous, 1- 

 nerved, acute, tapering to the base ; flowers axillary, w>litary, 

 pedunculate. %. II. Native of North America, especially in 

 Pennsylvania and Maryland, in humid woods. 



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