Mr. W. A. Leighton on Epilobium angustifolium. 403 



patuli. Capsula crassiuscula." From the Shropshire spe- 

 cimens noted in my e Flora ' of that county as having been seen 

 by me proving to be brachycarpum, and from my knowledge 

 of the situation of the other localities quoted in that work 

 rendering it probable that the plants growing therein are not 

 truly wild, but rather outcasts or escapes, I cannot refrain 

 from adding the E. angustifolium of Fl. Shropsh. as a syno- 

 nym of brachycarpum. 



For the present, however, the characters, &c. may stand as 

 follows : — 



E. angustifolium, Linn. 



Leaves linear- lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat attenuate at the 

 base, acute, entire, obsoletely calloso-denticulate ; peduncles 

 shorter than the germen ; sepals as long as, or slightly longer 

 than, the petals ; pistil as long as, or slightly longer than, the 

 stamens, segments at first erect, finally revolute ; capsule very 

 long (2J inches), linear, straight, erect, nearly parallel with the 

 stem, tetragonous, angles rounded and nearly obsolete. " Sp. 

 Plant. 493." Linn. Herb. a. Wimm. et Grab. Fl. Siles., vol. i. 

 p. 368. — " E. persicifolium, Pour.," Smith. Herb. — E. macro- 

 carpum, H. O. Stephens in Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. viii. p. 170. 

 Leighton, ib. p. 247. 

 Wyre Forest, Shropshire ! Mr. G. J or den. Cauldron Snout ! 

 Prof. Henslow. Leigh Wood, Somersetshire. Mr. G. K. Thwaites. 

 Sussex Forests. Wm. Borrer, Esq. Forfarshire. Dalnacardoch, 

 Perthshire. Loch Lubnaig, Perthshire. Aberdeenshire. By a rivulet 

 at foot of Cheviot. Singleton, Chichester ? Esher, Surrey. Shirley 

 near Southampton. Coola's Castle, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Wat- 

 son Herbarium. In meadows near Sheffield, and in several other 

 places in the north. Ray. On the Cheviot Hills. Mr. Winch. Tees- 

 dale. Rev. Mr. Harriman. South of Scotland, frequent. Hooker. 



E. brachycarpum, Leighton. 



Leaves linear, acuminate, more or less rounded at the base, mu- 



cronate, shallowly but distinctly calloso-denticulate ; peduncles 



about equal to the germen ; sepals shorter than the petals ; 



pistil ^rd longer than the stamens, segments circinato-revolute ; 



capsule short (about 1 inch), linear- oblong, subattenuate at both 



ends, slightly curved, subpatulous, distinctly tetragonous. — 



E. angustifolium (non Linn.). E. Bot. t. 1947. No. 2 and 3 



Smith. Herb. Bertoloni, Fl. Ital., vol. iv. p. 291. Stephens in 



Ann. Nat. Hist., vol. viii. p. 170 (excl. syn.). Leighton, ib. p. 



247. Leighton, Fl. Shropsh. p. 166. — {3. bracteatum, Wimm. 



et Grab. Fl. Siles., vol. i. p. 369. 



Near Bewdley ! Mr. G. Jorden. Trapp's Coppice, Buildwas, 



Shropshire ! Miss Moseley. Near Preston Boats, Shrewsbury! Rev. 



W. R. Crotch. Red Barn near Shrewsbury ! Fl. Shropsh. Between 



Capel Cerrig and Cernioge, North Wales ! Miss Moseley. Near Esher, 



Surrey, possibly originating from a garden ? Moffat Water ? Falcon 



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