48 FLOWERS OF THE WOODS AND COPSES 
between the valves and along the centre, the seeds being attached to 
the axis. They are very small, oblong, brown, with a tuft of long, 
white, silky hairs at the upper end, which serve as a parachute. 
Rosebay is a rock-loving plant, growing on barren stony hillsides, 
or it may be a sand-loving plant, growing on a sand soil, such as the 
sandy beds of the Lias or Keuper Marl. 
The fungus which infests the Rosebay is called J/elampsora 
pustulata. 
The Rosebay is galled by Hormomyia fasciata, Laverna decorella. 
The beetles Cercus bipustulatus, Haltica lythri, H, cleracea, H1. pusilla; 
the Hymenopterous insect Zezthredo colon; the Lepidoptera, The 
Mouse, Amphipyra tragopogonts, Small Phoenix Moth, Crdarza sila- 
ceata, Laverna substrigillata; the Homoptera Crdadula dahlbomiz, 
Aphalara nebulosa; and the Heteropterous insect Dicyphus Epilobit 
feed on the Rosebay in one way or another. 
LEpilobtum, Gesner, is from the Greek efz, on, Zodos, a pod, because 
the flower apparently grows upon a lobe, and the second Latin name 
refers to the narrow leaves. 
This plant is known by the name of Rosebay, Bay-willow, Blood 
Vine, Blooming Sally, Cat’s Eyes, Persian Willow, Tame Withy, 
Blooming, French, and Rosebay Willow, Bay Willow Herb. 
Rosebay was called Tame Withy because it was frequently grown 
in gardens, and because of its willow-like leaves. 
This handsome plant is called Rosebay because the leaves are like 
laurel and the flowers purple like a rose. It was named Blood Vine 
because the whole plant has a red appearance. In Ireland, “ Sally” 
in the name Blooming Sally is a corruption for the Latin Sada. 
The Rosebay finds a place in the garden, the established plant 
differing from the wild one. It used to be employed to adulterate tea, 
and was boiled also as a vegetable, the young shoots being eaten as 
asparagus. They are fermented to make beer in Kamschatka, and 
made especially intoxicating with a toadstool, Agaricus muscarius, the 
Fly Agaric. The down has been mixed with cotton and fur to make 
stockings and other clothing. 
EssENTIAL SPECIFIC CHARACTERS :— 
118. Epzlobium angustifolium, L.—Stem tall, erect, terete, leaves 
scattered, lanceolate, acute, alternate, flowers rose-pink, in a raceme, 
irregular, stamens and style bending ultimately. 
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