360 OCTANDRIA. M0N0GYN1A. Epilobium. 



middle ones sitting, upper ones sometimes on very short leaf, 

 stalks* Bloss. much smaller than in either of the preceding 

 species ; flesh coloured. Filaments the longest hardly longer 

 than the calyx. 



Woolly or Wood Wlllovuherh. E. hirsutum. @ Linn. E. hir- 

 sutism. Huds. E. vilhsum. Curt, Fl. oxon. and Bot. arr. ed. ii. 

 E. parviflorum. Schreb. Gmelin. and Bot, arr. ed. i. Watery 

 places and sides of ditches and rivulets. P. July, Aug. 



jnonta'num. E. Leaves opposite., egg-shaped, toothed ; the upper ones 



alternate: stem cylindrical. 



^ Curt. 195-FL dan. $22-Knlph. l\-Walc ,-C lus . ii. 51. 2- 



'« Dod. 85. \-Loh. obs. 185. b-Ger. etn. 479. 11-Pari. 



548.3-Pet. 53. 1. 



Stem cylindrical, upright, reddish, very soft, somewhat 

 downy. Leaves smooth, finely toothed, very soft, especially un- 

 derneath, with a down just perceptible. Linn. Leaves spear- 

 egg-shaped. Petals pale purple, veined with deeper purple lines ; 

 sometimes white. 



Var. 2. Leaves 3 and 4,at a joint. 



Smooth-leaved Willovoherb. Woods, hedge rows, shady 



lanes, and moist meadows, in a gravelly soil, and sometimes on 

 walls in courts. ^ P. July. 



tetrago'num. E. Leaves spear-shaped, finely toothed, the lowermost op- 

 posite: stem 4-cornercd: (summit entire. Curt*) 



Fl. dan. 102Q-Kmph. U-Curt. 131. 



Stem upright. Leaves smooth; sometimes all strap-spear- 



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shaped. Woodward. Bloss. purplish red 



Square-stalked Willovuherb. Marshes, and sides of rivulets 

 and ditches. [Near Bungay, Suffolk ; and Alconbury, Hunting- 



donshire. Mr. Woodward.] 



j 







palus'tre. E. Leaves opposite, spear-shaped, very entire : petals 



notched at the end : stem upright. 



/ 



Diets, h. s.-E. hot. 346~Ger. 386. 4-Pet. 53. 4. 



Stem cylindrical, downy, or smooth. Relhak. Upper- 

 leaves alternate, varying extremely in breadth. Short leafy 

 branches rise from the bosom of the leaves. Woodward. Leaves 

 sitting smooth. Petals notched at the end, reddish purple, with 

 deeper purple streaks. Anthers, at the time of shedding their 

 pollen, adhere firmly to the summits, so as hardly to be separated 



without violence, but before and after that time they do not 

 touch it 



Marsh WUhviherh. Marshes, bogs, and sides of lakes. 



* P,July. 





