44 THE FLORA OF HALIFAX. 



1832-39. Canal banks, Skircoat. — Herb. King &> Gibson. 



1867. Banks of canal near Copley. — J. Walker. 



Common along and near the banks of the canal and river : 

 Elland, Copley, near Bird Cage in Skircoat, Sowerby 

 Bridge, Luddenden Foot, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, 

 and probably to Todmorden. 



Epilobium parviflorum, Schreb. — 103. Willow-herb. 

 Native. British type P. July- August. 



1775. In marshy places along the borders of Warley 



Clough, near the Shear Mill dam and just by the head of 

 the Gigg Mill dam, (as E. hirsutum). — /. Bolton. 

 No recent record, though it doubtless occurs in wet places 

 in some of the cloughs, but has been mistaken for E. 

 montanum. Leyland's herbarium contains a specimen from 

 the Lancashire boundary. 



Epilobium montanum, L.— 112. Willow-herb. 

 Native. British type. P. June-September. 



1844. Luddenden Brook. — S.K. 1867. Shibden. — /. W. 



Very common on damp shady walls and banks, especially 



in the wooded cloughs. 



Epilobium roseum, Schreb. — 46. Willow-herb. 

 Native. English type. P. July-August. 



Rare, no record before 1895 : on the canal banks from 

 Halifax to Salterhebble and Elland, and as a garden weed 

 near Shaw Hill. 



Epilobium obscurum, Schreb. — 97. Willow-herb. 



Native. British type. P. July-August. 

 1840. Lane House, Luddenden, (as E. tetragonum) — Herb. 



S.K. 

 Infrequent, in ditches and damp ground : Shaw Syke, by 



the canal from Copley to Elland, Elland Park Wood, 



Wheatley, Rishworth, &c. 



Epilobium palustre, L. — no. Willow-herb. 

 Native. British type. P. July-September. 



1834. Ogden Clough. — Herb. Leyland. 



1840. Old Cut, Norland ; Castle Carr. — Herb. S.K. 



1888. Todmorden. — Lees' Flora. 



