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THE GENUS EPILOBIUM. 



[part I. 



seen in British gardens. The generic mark of 

 distinction consists in four of the stamens in 

 these species being shorter than the other four ; 

 whereas in the true (Enotheras all the eight 

 stamens are of equal length. As M. Spach's 

 other genera have not been adopted by any 

 British botanist, it is not worth while troubling 

 my readers with the distinctions between them. 

 The flowers of the yellow GEnotheras only open 

 in the evening, or in cloudy weather ; but 

 those of the purple kinds, or Godetias, remain 

 open all day. The leaves in both kinds are 

 alternate. 



THE GENUS EPILOBIUM. 



This genus is 

 plant often seen 

 in shrubberies, 

 called the French 

 Willow - Herb — 

 (Epilobium an- 

 gustifolium) , and 

 the English weed 

 called Codlings- 

 and - Cream {E. 

 hirsiitum). In this 

 genus, the tubular 

 part of the calyx 

 which incloses the 



well linown, by the showy 



Fig. 34.— Epilobivm roseum. 



ovary, is quadrangular, as 



