364 Epilohiaceae. 



Innovatio aestivalis per stolones filiformes interno- 

 diis elong^atis ex axillis foliorura inferiorum provenientes 

 autumno apice rosulam carnosam conglobatam, squamo- 

 sam dein a matre solutam ferentes. Caulis teres pubeS' 

 cens, pilis crispulis adpressis, vel glaber, lineis nullis v. 

 obscnris. Folia opposita lanceolata, integerrima (Linne) 

 vel obsolete denticulata, sessilia v. brevissirae petiolata, 

 superiora alterna. Flores 1 — 3 lin., purpurei v. rosei, vir- 

 ginei pallidiores v. etiam albi. Stigniata iu clavam coalita. 

 Capsula junior albo-canescens. Semina niajora et lon- 

 giora, quam in ceteris speciebus, lineari-oblonga v. li- 

 neari-cuneata, versus basin acuminata, Vio — Vio '•"• ^^^~ 

 ga, laevigata v. subtilissime granulata, facie venlrali non 

 excavala. — Variat quoque foliis angustioribus, caule sim- 

 plici, foliis opacis pubescentibus vel lucidis glabris, caulc 

 pygraaeo, iloribus erectis etc. jMemorabilius est : 



p. /aj9^onjc?rm AVahlenbg. 1812! foliis anguste li- 

 nearibus obtusis, aveniis, integerrimis, internodio di- 

 stincte brevioribus, caule gracili simplicissimo. Optimum 

 in ins. extimis Newae fluv. (Borszczow!) 



In palustribus, uliginosis, ad scaturigines, in pratis 

 humidis, fossis, ubique copiose. Floret a medio Junii v. 

 serius usque ad med. Sept.; fruct. a fine Julii v. initio 

 Aug. O vel e turionibus ^ , in tertium annum vix per- 

 durat. 



Hist. spec. Ubique a Petropoli usque ad Twer, fl. 

 et fr. Aug. (Gmelin mss. 1733, n. 69 s. n. Chamaene- 

 rion Gerard); in locis udis palustribusque insulae Wa- 

 sili Ostrow! tl. et fr. Jun. et Jul. (Amman mss. 1735, n, 

 69 ex syn. Tabern. C. Bauh. et Tournef.); iu locis 

 humidis passim (Krasch. ed. Gort. 1761, p. 37); in ins. 

 Kronstadt (Georgi mss. 1795); in paludibus et locis hu- 

 midis passim (Sobol. Petrop. 1799, p. 88, n. 252; ed, 

 ross. I, 1801, p. 267, n. 264); in locis humidis frequens 

 (Weinm. Pawl. 1824, p. 186); ubique (Turcz! 1825, n. 

 247); ubique in sylvis et aliis locis paludosis, Jul. Aug. 

 (Weinm. Pelrop. 1837, p. 41, n. 272). 



