Eptlobium.] lix. onagrarie^e: (oliver). 487 



1. E. hirsutum, Linn. ; DC. Prod. iii. 42. Stem erect, 2-5 ft., terete, 

 uniformly hirsute or pilose-pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, serrulate with forward teeth, pubescent 

 or pilose, sessile, amplexicaul, 1J-5 in. long*. Flowers sessile or 

 peduncle very short, J-f in. in expansion. Stigma 4-cleft, with linear 

 or oblong* at length revolute lobes. Capsule 2—3 in. — E. foliosum, 

 Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Roth ! and others. 



Mozamb. Distr. Ugogo (6° 44' S. lat.), Speke and Grant ! 



Also at the Cape (E. villosum, Thunb.). Widely spread in the Eastern hemisphere. 



2. E. cordifolium, A. Rich. Ft. Abyss, i. 274, t. 50. Stem erect, 

 obtusely tetragonous or 4-sulcate when dry, with longitudinal decur- 

 rent puberulous lines below, uniformly puberulous above. Leaves 

 mostly opposite, sessile or subsessile, ovate-oblong to ovate-lanceolate 

 from a cordate base, acute, approximately callous-denticulate, thinly 



{>uberulous on the nerves and margin, 1|-2J in. long. Flowers rather 

 arge from the upper axils on erect long pubescent peduncles. Ovary 

 elongate narrow, hoary. Calyx-lobes linear acute, shorter than the 

 obcordate petals. (Stigma apparently bipartite, with retuse or emar- 

 ginate lobes.) Fruit with peduncles 4-4J in. long. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit, Plowden I 



3. E. Schimperianum, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 272. Stem decum- 

 bent subterete sometimes leafless and transversely scarred below ; ex- 

 tremities puberulous. Leaves rather crowded upwards, opposite, sessile 

 or subsessile, elliptic-ovate, subacute, base obtuse, callous-denticulate, 

 finely puberulous on the nerves beneath, f-1 in. long. Flowers axil- 

 lary, subsessile, about J in. in expansion. " Calyx -lobes lanceolate ; 

 petals oblong-obcordate, bilobed." Capsule slender puberulous, with 

 peduncle 1-1J in. long. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Petit, Schimper! 



The stigma appears lobate, but our specimens do not show it well. The species ap- 

 pears nearly allied to some Himalayan Epilobia. 



4. E. stereophyllum, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 152. Stem 1-2 \ ft., 

 often decumbent and rooting towards the base, subterete or obtusely 

 tetragonous, glabrous or giabrescent at least below excepting usually 

 decurrent puberulous lines from the leaves. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 lower opposite, subsessile or petioles very short, the upper sessile and 

 alternate, more or less obtuse, base of upper leaves rounded or even 

 subcordate, minutely denticulate, glabrous or puberulous on margin and 

 nervation beneath ; 1-2 in. long. Flowers rather large from the upper 

 axils, peduncles |~2-|-,in., like the ovary puberulous. Calyx-lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate acute, J in. Petals acutely 2-lobed. Stigma entire 

 (or very shortly lobulate). Capsule 1J-2 in. — E. fissipetalum, Steud. ; 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 273. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, RiivpeU, Schimper! 



