Class VIII. Order I. 147 



Syn. EPILOBIUM SPICATUM. Pcrs. Muld. 



A tall plant bearing a profusion of blue flowers. Stem round, 

 erect, with alternate branches near the top. Leaves narrow, 

 lanceolate, smooth, glaucous underneath, nearly sessile. Racemes 

 terminal, leafless. Flowers on footstalks, irregular ; calyx linear, 

 acute ; petals light bluish purple, obovate, unguiculate, standing 

 on the long, glaucous or whitish germ. Stamens unequal, four 

 long and four short, with oblong anthers. Style at lirst club 

 shaped, but at length separating into four revolute branches. 

 When the pods are opening, the plant appears covered with the 

 downs of the seeds. In woods and low grounds. A large quan- 

 tity grows near Brighton new road. June, July. Perennial. 



EPILOBIUM LINEARE. Muhl. Linear Willow Herb. 



Stem terete, pubescent, branching at top ; leaves 

 linear, entire, revolute at the margin. 



Stem round, a little, downy, branching. Leaves scattered, 

 linear, entire, revolute at the edge. Flowers axillary, on short 

 stalks. Germs downy, square, green. Calyx leaves oblong, 

 acute. Petals inversely heart shaped, white with a reddish 

 tinge. Stigma capitate. Moist woods. August. Perennial. 



EPILOBIUM COLORATUM. Muhl. Coloured IViliow Herb. 



Leaves lanceolate, serrulate, petioled, opposite, 

 the upper ones alternate ; stem round, pubescent. 



A more branching plant than the foregoing. Stem erect, 

 round, with opposite pubescent branches. Leaves lanceolate, 

 glabrous, their veins often of a red colour, on short petioles, the 

 bases of which unite round the stem in an elevated line. Flow- 

 ers axillary, purple, regular, with very long, linear germs. 

 Meadows and swamps. July, August. Perennial. 



EPILOBIUM ALPINUM. L. Alpine, Epilobium. 



Stem simple, roundish, one or two flowered ; 

 leaves opposite, elliptical, entire ; flowers sessile. 



Leaves rather more ovate than in the European plant. On 

 the White mountains of New-Hampshire. July. 





