~ Epilobium.] LIX. ONAGRARIEE (OLIVER). 487 
1. E. hirsutum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 42. Stem erect, 2-5 ft., terete, 
uniformly hirsute or pilose-pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with forward teeth, pubescent 
or pilose, sessile, amplexicaul, 14-5 in. long. Flowers sessile or 
peduncle very short, 3-2 in. in expansion. Stigma 4-cleft, with linear 
or oblong at length revolute lobes; Capsule 2-3 in.—E£, foliosum, 
Hochst. in Herb, Schimp. Abyss. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! Roth! and others. 
Mozamb. Distr. Ugogo (6° 44’ S. lat.), Speke and Grant ! ; 
Also at the Cape (Z. villosum, Thunb.). Widely spread in the Eastern hemisphere. 
2. E. cordifolium, 4. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 274, t.50. Stem erect, 
obtusely tetragonous or 4-suleate when dry, with longitudinal decur- 
rent puberulous lines below, uniformly puberulous above. Leaves 
mostly opposite, sessile or subsessile, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate 
from a cordate base, acute, approximately callous-denticulate, thinly 
pe poue on the nerves and margin, 14-24 in. long. Flowers rather 
arge from the upper axils on erect long pubescent peduncles. Ovary 
elongate narrow, hoary, Calyx-lobes linear acute, shorter than the 
obcordate petals. (Stigma apparently bipartite, with retuse or emar- 
ginate lobes.) Fruit with peduncles 4-44 in. long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit, Plowden! 
3. EB. Schimperianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 272. Stem decum- 
bent subterete sometimes leafless and transversely scarred below; ex- 
tremities puberulous. Leaves rather crowded upwards, opposite, sessile 
or subsessile, elliptic-ovate, subacute, base obtuse, callous-denticulate, 
finely puberulous on the nerves beneath, 3-1 in. lony. Flowers axil- 
ary, subsessile, about } in. in expansion. “ Calyx-lobes lanceolate ; 
petals oblong-obcordate, bilobed.”” Capsule slender puberulous, with 
peduncle 1-14 in, long. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit, Schimper! : 
The stigma appears lobate, but our specimens do not show it well. The species ap- 
Pears nearly allied to some Himalayan Epilobia. 
4. E. stereophyllum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 152. Stem 1-24 ft., 
often decumbent and rooting towards the base, subterete or obtusely 
tetragonous, glabrous or glabrescent at least below excepting usually 
decurrent puberulous lines from the leaves. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
Ower opposite, subsessile or petioles very short, the upper sessile and 
alternate, more or less obtuse, base of upper leaves rounded or even 
Subcordate, minutely denticulate, glabrous or puberulous on margin and 
hervation beneath ; 1-2in. long. Flowers rather large from the vk ted 
axils, peduncles 4-2 in., like the ovary puberulous. Calyx-lobes 
oblong-lanceolate acute, } in. Petals acutely 2-lobed. Stigma entire 
(or very shortly lobulate). Capsule 14-2 in.—Z. fissipetalum, Steud. ; 
A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 273. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Riippell, Schimper! 
