220 BRITISH BOTANY. 



Leaves linear, not veined, abruptly tapering at both ends. 

 Flowers rose-coloured or white. Petals elliptic-oblong, without 

 claws. Style as long as the stamens. {Fide Mr. Babington, 

 p. 117, 4th edit.) 



Glen Tilt. Perennial ; August. 



In E. rosmarinifolium the leaves are quite entire ; in E. spi- 

 cafum they are slightly toothed; in this, the petals are more 

 pointed ; they are rounded at the apex in E. spicatum. 



Sect. II. Ltsimachiok. — Leaves opposite (the lower ones at least) ; petals 

 notched ; stamens and style erect (not declining). 



§. 1. Stigmas spreading, cruciate. 



E. hirsutum, L. IFooUy Willoiv-herb. — c.b. 837. l.c. 368. 

 A. 15. C. 60. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 52-47. 



Roots perennial, stoloniferous. Stems erect, round, not winged, 

 tapering, hairy, branched, leafy. Leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, toothed, soft and downy with some glandular hairs, 

 sessile and clasping. Calyx-limb lanceolate, half as long as the 

 petals, strongly mucronate. Petals deep rose-purple. Stigmas 

 dilated, spreading, elliptic-lanceolate. 



In water and wet places. Perennial ; July- September. 



E. paifviflorum, Schreb. — E. molle. Lam. Small-floivered 

 Willow-herb.— ^.B. 795. l.c. 869. A. 17. C. 75. Lat. 50-59°. 

 Alt. 0-200 yds. Tem. 52-47°. 



Stem as in E. hirsuium, only usually less elevated and with 

 fewer branches. Leaves lanceolate, narrower and more laxly 

 toothed than in the former. The stem and leaves are also softer 

 and clothed with shorter and denser pubescence. Calyx-limb 

 oblong, scarcely mucronate, downy, nearly as long as the petals. 

 Petals smaller and paler than in E. hirsutum. Buds obtuse. 

 Fruit erect, 5 or 6 times as long as the pedicels. Seeds obovate, 

 with a fine silky crown. 



With the former. Perennial ; July-September. 



E. montanum, L. Mountain Willow-herb. — e.b. 1177. l.c 

 370. A. 18. C. 82. Lat. 50-61°. Alt. 0-600 yds. Tem. 51-41°. 



Root horizontal, fibrous below and stolon-bearing above. Stem 

 erect, simple or branched, pubescent or glabrous, without pro- 

 minent lines, leafy. Leaves pubescent or glabrous, strongly 

 toothed, the lower ones cordate at ihe base and stalked (the pe- 

 tioles, though short, are present in both lower and upper leaves). 



