144 NOTES ON EPILOBIA. 



E. MONTANUM L., f. minov. Common in W. Surrey. In shade 

 the leaves are broader, bright green, rather flaccid ; in sunny spots 

 the flowers are smaller, more deeply coloured, and the general tint 

 is grey-green. About 6 or 8 inches high. 



E. LANCEOLATUM Scb. & Maur., f. parvida. Bank near St. Heliers, 

 Jersey (Mr. Eeeves). At first sight looking like a small state of E. 

 roseum. 



E. ADNATUM Griseb. {E. tetragonum auct.). From two stations, 

 near Eye, E. Suffolk ; not recorded for v. c. 25 in ' Top. Bot.' Mon. 

 p. 99 : ** Whether Linne really knew our plant, is doubtful " ... 

 p. 108: *'It is more reasonable to assume that Linne did not 

 know, or rather did not distinguish, E. adnatum, whereas our 

 E, Lamyi was very w^ell known to him .... A comparison of the 

 material accessible in Linne' s works gives the following result : — 



** (1). In Hort. Cliffort. E. adnatum, Lamyi, obscurum and roseum 

 (assuming that he knew them all), are combined as small-flowered 

 forms of his E. foliis lanceolatis serratis, viz., under I ChamcBnerion 

 villosum minus parvo fiore Tournef . 



'* (2). In Spec, plant, ed. 1, Linne founded his E. tetragonum on 

 Sauvage's phrase [' E. foliis lanceolato-linearihus deniiculatis, imis 

 oppositis '] . 



'• (3). Of Linne's quotations, ^ Lysimachia siliquosa glabra minor 

 C. Bauh. Pin.,' applies equally to E. roseum with the other three 

 species, whereas that from Eay, Hist. 861, can apply only to those 

 three. The ' Lysimachia minor Tabern^mont.' certainly represents 

 E. roseum. 



** (4). The addition, ^ summitas adhuc tenella nutans,' is found 

 first in the 2nd edition of the Spec. Plant. 



" (5). Our E. roseum lies in his herbarium, with the above 

 addition. Hence it is clearly evident that Linne combined all four 

 species under Sauvages' phrase, while he borrowed the addition in 

 ed. 2 with special reference to E. roseum. 



*' The occurrence of E. Lamyi in his herbarium, in place of E. 

 parvijiorum, sufficiently proves that herbarium- specimens are not 

 always decisive. 



"That under these circumstances an application of the Linnean 

 name E. tetragonum to any of the species is quite out of the 

 question, needs no further argument." 



E. OBSCURUM Schreb., lioth (E. virgatum Lam., Fr.). In my 

 neighbourhood this plant varies immensely, according to situation. 

 It seems equally at home in all soils, whether wet or dry. 



f. annua.^^- Witley, Surrey, in light loamy garden-ground, and 

 in wealden copses. 



f. stnctifolia. Sandy field, Parkstone, Dorset (Mr. Reeves). 

 *• Occasionally confounded with E. Lamyi, owing to the absence of 

 stolons at the flowering-season " (Mon. p. 115). 



f. minor. Sandy ground, in fir-plantations, near Tilford, 

 Surrey. An annual (?) plant of light, dry soils. 



* This term is used in the Monograph for a seedling plant, in its first 

 flowering-season. 



