^AtRA, OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNiA. 391 



Nutt. Gefu I. p. 249. /w J 5. p. 319. Lam. Ill 

 t. CCLXXXI. Nat. Ord. Onagrari^ Juss. Ger^ 

 mens 1 — 4-seeded ; seeds all, except one, abortive. 



G. biennis L. : leave? lanceolate, dentate ; spikes crowd- 

 ed ; fruit roundish, subquadrangular, pubescent. Willd. 

 Spec. II. p. 311. Bot. Mas. 389. Mich, FL I. p. 226. 

 P ursk Fl. \.p.'260. E U i o tt Sk, I.^. U6. Pluk. 

 .imalth. t, 248. f, 2. 



Stem a foot and a half or 2 feet high, erect, hairy, terete, gene- 

 rally of a purplish colour. Leavts alternate, sessile, pale 

 green, and minutely pubescent, acute at each extremity, re- 

 motely and repandly dentate. Flowers numerous, sessile, in 

 terminal spikes. Calyx coloured, deciduous ; segments linear, 

 reflexed, longer than the tube. Corolla dark rose-coloured ; 

 fieials inserted into the tube of the calyx near the summit, 

 ascending towards the upper side, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 

 shorter than the corolla ; Jilamcnts inserted into the tube of 

 the calyx ; anthers linear-oblong, 2-celled, opening longitudi- 

 nally. Style longer than the stamens ; stigma 4-lobed. J^'ut 

 obtusely quadrangular, rarely perfecting more than one seed. 



Hab. On the banks of rivers. Not uncommon on the Hudson, 

 as low down as the Highlands. In Pennsylvania. Muh- 

 lenberg. August. 



269, EPILOBIUM» L. 



Calyx 4-cleft, tubulous. Corolla 4-petaIIed. Cap- 

 mile oblong, inferior. Seeds comose. Gen. pi. 639. 

 Nu 1 1. Gen. I. p. 249. Ju s s. p. 319. Lam. 111. 

 t. 278. Nat. Ord. On a g r a r i j: /?/ 5 .s. Willoxv-herb. 



1. E. spicalum Lam.: leaves scattered, lanceolate, 

 veined, smooth ; flowers subspicate ; stamens dechned. Lam. 

 Enc. II. p. 373. P ers. Syn. I. p. 409. jSf u 1 1. Gen. I. p, 

 250. E. angustifolium L. Willd. Spec. II. p. 313. 

 Smith FL Brit. I. p. 409. Eng. Bot. t. 1947. M i c h. 

 FL I. p. 223. Pursh FL I. p. 259. B ig. Bost. p. 90. 



Root perennial. Stem 3 — 5 feet high, terete, smooth, branched, 

 and purplish above. Lea-ves lanceolate or narrow-lanceolate, 

 irregularly alternate, subglaucous beneatli, nearly sessile, 

 acute ; margin remotely denticulate. Flowers large, in ter- 

 minal spiked racemes, pedicillate. Calyx coloured, decidu- 

 ous ; segments linear. Corolla bright purple, irregular; /le- 

 taU obovate, emarginate. Stamens bent down ; ^/ilamcncs ca- 

 pillary ; anthers oblong; pollen blue. Germcn linear, pur- 

 plish-hoary ; style about as long as the stamens ; stigma 4-lobcd. 



