90 Class VIII. Order I. 



OCTANDRIA. 



MONOGYNM. 



112. EPILOBIUM. 

 EVILOUIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. L. Spiked Willow herb. 



Leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate, entire, 

 veiny ; flowers unequal. Ait. 



Sun. EPILOBIUM SPICA-TUM. Peru. Muhl. 



A tall plant bearing a profusion of blue flowers. Stem 

 round, erect, with alternate branches near the top. Leaves nar- 

 row, lanceolate, smooth, glaucous underneath, nearly sessile. 

 Racemes terminal, leallcss. Flowers on footstalks ; petals four, 

 irregular, standing on the long, whitish, or glaucous germ. 

 When the pods are opening the plant appears covered with the 

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

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



KPILOBILM COLORATUM. Muhl. Coloured IFilloiv 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. 



113. (ENOTHERA. 



(ENOTHERA EIENXIS. L. Tree primrose. 



Leaves ovate. lanceolate, flat ; stem a little rug- 



