OCTAND. MONOG. 11/ 



Hab. Among tocks in woodv phiccs, not uncommon, cspcthiUy in the 

 (Joryton woods and rocks to the E. of the Kirk of Shots, near Ha- 

 milton, Dr. Parsons. Near Loch Lutnaig, 20 m. W. of Sterling, 

 by the road fi*om Tyndrum, Dr. Stuart. Habbie's How, Pentland 

 hills. In Collington and Abercorn woods, Mangh. Banks of the 

 Clyde at Barncluith, Hopk. Fall of Fyers and woods bvLochness, 

 Mr. Murray, &c. Ft. July. % ■ 



Stents 4 — 5 feet high. Very handsome. Pollen blue, 



-** piowers regular. Stam. erect. Petals deeply yiotched. 



2. E. hirsuhim. {great hairy //^^7^///-//e'rZ'), leaves semianiplexi- 

 caul ovato-lanceolate dentate-serrate hairv, stem very much 

 branched hairv> root creeping, stigma 4 -cleft. Light/, p. 197. 

 E.B.t. S38.' 



Hab. Sides of ditches, rivers, and lakes. Near Daldowie, Glasg., Dr. 



Brown. About Edinb., Kinross-shire, and Perthshire, Mr. Arnott. 



Fl. .July. 11 . 

 Almost equal in size to the last. Root perennial, creeping. Floiveis 



corymbose, large. 



3. E. parvijiorum {small-Jlowered hoary IPllloiv-herb), leaves 

 sessile lanceolate slightly toothed douiiy on both sides, stem 

 nearly simple very downy, root fibrous, stigma 4-cleft. E. B. 

 /.705. 



Hab. Marshes and banks of lochs and rivers, frequent, Hopk. Fl. 

 July. %. 



The much smaller size of this, in all its {)arts, scarcely more than 1 

 or 1-i foot in height, besides the above characters, serves to distin- 

 guish it from the preceding, with which it has been confounded. 



4. E. palustre {nurroiv-leaved Marsh l^ViLiow-herb), leaves nar- 

 row lanceolate sessile nearly entire and as well as the rounded 

 erect stem subglabrous, stigma undivided. Ltghtf.p. 199. 

 E.B.t.Mi^. * 



Hab. Bogs and the sides of lakes. Fl. July. "2/ . 



Stem about a foot high. Flowers small. 



a. E. telragonum [square-stalked /^?7/o«^-//erZ'), leaves lanceo- 

 late sessile glabrous denticulate, stem with 4 angles nearly gla- 

 brous, stigma undivided. Lightf. p, 108. E. B. t. 1948. 



Hab. Sides of ditches and watery places, common. H.July. %. 



(i. E. rnojitavum {broad smooth-leaved Willow-herb), leaves 

 ovate-acute shortly petiolate glabrous all toothed, stem round 

 pubescent as well as the fruit, stigma 4-cleft. Lightf. p. 198 

 E.B.t.\\77. 



Hab. Stony places under hedges, &:c. Fl. Julv. 1/ . 



Six inches to a foot high. Much like this is the E.roseum, which has 

 not yet been detected in Scotland ; but that has an entire stigma. 



7. E. atsinifolium {Chick iveed- leaned /Villoiv-herb), leaves 

 ovato-acuminate rather obtuse sessile glabrous lowermost ones, 

 entire the rest very slightly toothed, stem round glabrous a.s. 

 well as the fruit, fctigma entire. E. B. I. 20C)0. 



