EPILOBIUM 227 



Var. villosissima[um], Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 240 (1837). A hand- 

 some form, in which the pods are thickly' covered with long patent 

 hairs, and the whole plant is more hairy (probably /. trichocarpa, 

 Haussk.), is not unfrequent, as on Boar's Hill, about Childswell Farm, 

 near Kennington, &c. Specimens were sent by the author to the Bot. 

 Exch. Club in 1892. 



X E. HiESUTo-MONTANUM = E. purpiireiim.Fi'ies, Nov. Fl. Sv. iii. 185 (1842). 

 See Focke, Pflanz.-Mischl. 158(1881). Has been found near Siinningwell. 



X E. HiRSUTo-PARviFLORUM, Wimm. in Verh. Schles. Ges. (1848) 125. 

 Occurs near Radley, &c. 



E. hirsutum is found in all the bordering counties. 



£. parviflorum, Schreb, §pic. Fl. Lips. 146 (1771). 



E. hirsutum var. h., Linn. Sp. PI. 348 (1753). E. villosum, Curt. Fl. 



Lond. ii. t. 22 (1777). E. hirsutum, Huds. Fl. Angl. 161. 

 Top. Bot. 161. Syme, E. B. iv. 11, t. 498. Nyman, 247. Fl. Oxf. 116. 

 Native. Paludal. Ditches, meadows, brook-sides, boggy and wet 



places, but not so dependent on water as the preceding species. 



Common and generally distributed in the low-lying portions of 



the districts, also in hogs in hilly country. P. June- September. 

 First record. Blewbury, Mr. J. Lousley in EusselVs Cat. 1839, and by 



Mr. G. G. Mill in Phyt. 986, 1843. 

 E. parvijiorum is rather variable. A very hairy form (/. tomentosa, 

 Haussk.) is found at Cothill and near Kintbury. In drier situations 

 the leaves become narrower and more hairy (/. aprica, Haussk.) ; this 

 I have seen at Mortimer, near Bradfield and Hermitage. In very wet 

 shady situations the plant varies with much larger and more glabrous 

 leaves (/. umhrosa, Haussk.). Near Kennington a very broad-leaved 

 form occurred with glabrescent slightly cordate and very broad leaves 

 (f. cordata, Haussk., ? E. cordatum, Biv.). This Epilobium hybridizes 

 freely with, other species. 



X E. PARviFLOKO-KOSEUM, F. Scliultz, Gruudz. Phytost. (1863) 143. 

 E. persicinum, Reichb. Fl. Germ. Exc. 635 (1830). 



Near Silchester. Between Mortimer and Strathfieldsaye. Stone 

 work of river-bank between Oxford and Ifiley with both parents, only 

 two plants. 



E. parviflorum occurs in all the counties bordering upon Berkshire. 



E. xuontanuiu, Linn. Sp. PI. 348 (1753). Smooth-leaved Willow Herb. 



Top. Bot. 161. Syme, E. B. iv. 12, t. 499. Nyman, 248. Fl. Oxf. 118. 



Native. Sylvestral. Damp woods, hedges, thickets, ditches, and as 

 a garden weed, &c. Common. It occurs in every district and is 

 often to be found on pollard willows. Next to E. hirsutum this 

 is the commonest species of Epilobium. P. May-September. 



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



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