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Root horizontal, with strong branching fibres. Stem erect 

 or ascending, glabrous or slightly puberulent, with 2-4 promi- 

 nent lines, leafy. Leaves glabrous or only slightly pubescent 

 below, oblong, pointed at both ends, toothed ; teeth unequal, 

 opposite (usually) and petiolate ; petioles decurrent. Flowers 

 pale rose-colour, small ; petals cleft, nearly twice as long as the 

 sepals. Fruit pubescent, on short stalks. Seeds oblong or 

 obovate, with a sessile plume. 



Usually in moist places. In Hyde Park, near Bayswater, 

 1852. North Wales. A weed in the author's garden at Chel- 

 sea. Perennial j July- September. 



E. alsinifolium, Vill. Ckickweed-leaved IFillotv-herb. — e.b. 

 2000. L.c. 374*. A. 8. C. 1.5. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 200-1000 

 yds. Tem. 45-37°. 



Roots widely creeping. Stems several, 6-12 inches high, 

 simple, angular, with 2 elevated hairy lines, leafy, reclining at 

 the base. Leaves ovate-pointed, with a few minute teeth on the 

 margin, nearly sessile, glabrous. Petals notched, rose-coloured, 

 veiny. Fruit downy. 



North of England and Scotland, in mountainous districts. 

 Perennial ; July. 



E. anagallidifolium, Lam. Annal. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, vol. xvii. — 

 Flowering stems from a long rooting base. Sepals oblong, blunt. 

 It grows on higher mountains than those on which E. alpinum 

 grows. — Perennial ; July. 



Note. — The barren stems of this plant are described as sestival 

 (of summer growth?), leafy, not rosulate (without the rosette- 

 like tuft of root-leaves formed the previous season) . 



E. alpinum, L. Alpine Willoiv-herb. — e.b. 2001. l.c 374. 

 A. 5. C. 12. Lat. 53-59°. Alt. 400-1300 yds. Tem. 41-34°. 

 Roots creeping. Stem erect or flexuous, a few inches high, 

 round, with alternate hairy lines, leafy. Leaves attenuated be- 

 low, elliptical -lanceolate, toothed, on very short petioles. Flowers 

 few, 1-3, bright red, drooping in bud. Calyx-segments ovate, 

 half as long as the cleft petals. 



Alpine rivulets in Scotland. Perennial ; July. 



CEnothera, Linn. — Annual, biennial, or perennial plants, with 



scattered leaves, and large, solitary, axillary flowers, arranged in 



terminal, leafy clusters. Calyx-limb reflexed, longer than the 



ovary ; each division terminating in a round, tapering beak. 



