



OCTANDRTA. MONOGYNIA. Epilobium. 



Leaves edged with a few small teeth, thinly set. Blossoms 

 rose coloured, or white. Petals entire. The Stamens, the An- 

 thers, and the Pistils, have regular and successive motions dur- 

 ing the impregnation of the Germen. 



350 



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Wood 

 Maize 

 Wood 



Meadows 



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Satterthwaite and Brow-edge in Furness Fells. Mr. Jackson 

 Near Berkhamstead, Herts, plentifully. Mr. Woodward — Near 

 the canal bridge at Oldbury, Staffordshire.] P. June. Au; 



(2) Stamens upright ; Blossoms regular ; petals cloven. 



E. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, hairy, half embracing the hirsu turn. 



stem : stem very much branched and hairy. 



PL dan. 326-Curt. 117-E. hot. 838-FucAs. 491-J. B. ii. 

 905. 3-Lonic. i. 135. 2-Ger. 386. 3-Ger. em. 4?6. 6- 

 Pet. 52. 11-//. ox. iii. 11.3. 



Stem cylindrical. Leaves opposite or alternate, with soft 

 hairs on both sides ; serratures hooked, blunt. Branches and 

 fruit-stalks from the bosom of the leaves. Calyx leaves smooth, 

 united at the base by means of a glandular receptacle. Petals 

 twice as long as the calyx, inversely heart-shaped, of a fine rose- 

 colour : claws white with white scores spreading upwards. Fila- 

 ments white, the longest much longer than the calyx. Flowers 

 sometimes wholly white. 



Large flowered Willovoherb. Great Hairy Willov)herh. Cod- 

 lings and Cream. Moist hedges, ditches, and banks of brooks, 







rivers, and lakes. 



July 



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E. Leaves spear-shaped, pubescent, nearly sitting: stem parviflo'rum* 



hairy, unbranched. 



Curt. 125-.E. hot. 795-Fl. dan. 347-//. ox. iii. 11. A-Pet. 



52. 12. 



Stem cylindrical, sometimes branched towards the top. 

 Leaves mostly opposite, lower ones rather embracing the stem, 



+ Goats are extremely fond of it. Cows and sheep eat it. Horses 

 nnd swine refuse it. —The Phalana Porcellus and Spin* Elpenor y are found 

 upon it. The suckers of the root are eatable. An Infusion of the plant 

 has an intoxicating property, and the Kamtschatcadales brew a son of ale 

 from the pith, and irom the ale make alegar. The down of the seeds 

 also mixed with cotton or fur has been manufactured into stockings and 

 other articles of cloathing. 



+ The top shoots have a delicate fragrance resembling scalded cod- 

 Kngs, whence one of its names, but so transitory, that, before they have 

 been gathered 5 minutes, it is no longer perceptible. Horses, sheep, and 

 goats cat it. "Cows are not fond of it. ■Swine refuse it. 



