LYTHRUM 225 



Native. Paludal. Sides of streams and ponds, and wet meadows. P. 

 July-October. 



Generally distributed by all our streams and forming a great adorn- 

 ment of our river scenery ; * specially abundant by the Thames, where 

 a glow of rich purple meets the eye, even from a considerable distance, 

 wherever the Purple Loosestrife predominates '.' It is a prominent 

 feature in paintings of Thames scenery, and is well delineated in 

 Vicat Cole's jDicture of Iffley Mill, &c. 



First record. L. salicaria, Dr. Noehden, in Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 

 Kintbury, Mr. W. Heweti, in Herb. Brit. Mus. 1843. 



L. Salicaria is found in all the bordering counties. 



Zi. Hyssopifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. 447 (1753"). Grass Poly. 



Hyssojnfolia, C. B. Pin. 218. L. hyssopifoUiim, Sibth. PL Oxf. 149 (1794). 

 Top. Bot. 171. Syme, E. B. iv. 3. t. 492. Nyman, 251. Fl. Oxf. 123. 

 Colonist. Inundatal. Damp places. Very rare. A. June-September. 

 First record. L. hyssojji/olium, Mr. Gotobed, in the Botanist's Guide, 1805. 

 2. Ock. Cholsey, Henslow, 1825, Herh. Oxf. Cholsey, Stevens, Herb. 

 Brit. Mus. Wallingford. Oxford, Syme, E. B. I.e., refers prob- 

 ably to the same locality. 

 5. Loddon. Once found in a wet piece of ground near Windsor, 



Gotobed, I. c. [? Bucks]. 

 It has been recorded for Oxfordshii-e and Hampshire, but it has 

 not been recently seen in either county. 



EPILOBIACEAE, Vent, ex DC, Prod. iii. 35 (1828). 



EPILOBITJM, Linn. Gen. n. 426 (Chamaenerion, Tournefort, 



Inst. t. 157). 



E. ang-astifolium, Linn. Sp. PI. 347 (1753). Rose Bay, French Willow, 

 ^Flowering Withy,' a Wargrave name. 



Chamaenerion angustijolium, Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2, i. 271. Epilobium 

 Gesneri, Ammann (1685). Chamaenerion, Gerard, 386. 



Top. Bot. 160. Syme, E, B. iv. 7, t. 495. Nyman, 246. Fl. Oxf. 115. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods, bushy commons and heaths, and railway 



embankments. Locally common. P. June-September. 

 First record. E. angustifolium, Dr. Noehden, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Near Appleton, Miss Hoskins in Baxt. Phaen. Bot. 14, 3834. 



Wytham. 



2. Ock. Outside of a Copse beyond Childswell Farm (1823), 



Baxter in Walk. Fl. 1833. Bagley, Boswell. Didcot. 

 S. Pang. Langley Wood. Westbrook, W. M. Rogers. Streatley 

 woods, Tiifnail, increasing rapidly. Hawkridge Wood. Tile- 



1 Hall, Mrs. S. C, Book of the Thames. 



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