212 OCTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Epilobium. 



212. EPILOBIUM. Willow-herb. 



Linn. G. PI. 188. Juss. 3 1 9. Fl. Br. 409. Lam. t. 278. Gartn. 



t.3\. 

 Chamaenerion. Tourn. t. 157. 



Nat. Old. See w. 211. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, in 4 deep, oblong, pointed, coloured, 

 deciduous segments. Pet. 4, dilated upwards, more or 

 less cloven, spreading, inserted between the divisions of 

 the calyx. Filam. awl-shaped, fronv the throat of the 

 calyx ; four alternate ones shorter. Anth. attached by 

 the back, oval, compressed, obtuse. Germ, inferior, cy- 

 lindrical, slightly quadrangular, very long. Style thread- 

 shaped. Stigma thick, obtuse, either undivided, or usually 

 in 4 deep, recurved segments. Caps, very long, qua- 

 drangular, furrowed, with 4 cells and 4 linear valves, with 

 central partitions. Seeds numerous, small, oblong, each 

 with a feathery crown. Itccept. very long, linear, quadran- 

 gular, pliant, coloured, its angles meeting the central 

 partition of each valve. 



Herbs with simple, generally toothed, leaves. Fl. purple, in 

 terminal, leafy clusters or spikes, without scent. Seed- 

 doxai silkj^ 



* Floivers irrcgrdar. 



1. E. angu^tifoUum. Rose-bay Willow-herb. Per- 

 sian, or French Willow. 



Leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate, veiny, smooth. Petals 

 unequal. Stamens declining. 



E. angustifolium. Linn. Sp. PL 493. Willd. v. 2. 313. Fl.Br.409. 



Engl. Bot. V. 28. t. 1947. Curt. Lond. fasc. 2. t. 24. Hook. 



Scot. 1 16. JVinch Guide v. 1 . 36. FL Dan. t. 289. 

 E. n. 1000, HalL Hist. v. 1. 426. 

 Lysimachia speciosa, quibusdam Onagra dicta, siliquosa. Bauh. 



Hist. V. 2. 906./. Raii Syn. 3\0. 

 L. Chamaenerion dicta latifolia. Bauh. Pin. 245. 

 Chameenerion. Ger. Em.477.f. 

 Onagra. Dalech. Hist. 865. f. 



In meadows and moist shady places, chiefly in the north of En- 

 gland. 



In meadows near Sheffield, and in several other places in the 

 North, plentifully. Ray. Near Alton, Hants, DHL Curt. At 

 Grays, near Henley, Oxfordshire. Rev. Mr. Lightfoot. On the 

 Cheviot hills. Mr. Winch. Teesdale. Rev, Mr. Harriman. In 



