GSO 



ONAGRARI.E. V. EPILOBIUM. 



again to eradicate. The young shoots are said to be eatable, 

 although a decoction of the plant stupifies. The pith, when 

 dried, is boiled, and becoming sweet, is, by a proper process, 

 made into ale, and this into vinegar, by the Kamtschatdales ; it 

 is also added to the cow-parsnet to enrich the spirit that is pre- 

 pared from that plant. 



Far. ft, album; flowers white. Tf.. H. 



J'ar. y, latuin (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 40.) leaves broader. 

 11 . H. E. angustif olium ft, Lin. spec. 494. E. spicatum ft, 

 U. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 420. E. latifolium, Schmidt, fl. bohem. no. 

 372. but not of Lin. 



Narrow-leaved Willow-herb or French Willow. Fl. Jul. Aug. 

 Britain. PI. 3 to 6 feet. 



2 E. SPICA'TUM (Lain. diet. 2. p. 378.) leaves lanceolate, en- 

 tire, scattered, glabrous ; flowers disposed in terminal spicate 

 racemes; flowers unequal. l/.H. Native of North America, 

 in meadows and moist places ; United States, Canada, New- 

 foundland, north-west coast, &c. Root creeping. Flowers 

 about half the size of those of E. angustif olium, but the habit 

 is almost the same. 



Spicate Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



3 E. OPA'CUM (Lehm. ex Hook, fl. bor. amer. p. 205.) stem 

 erect, pubescent ; leaves nearly sessile, narrow, lanceolate, almost 

 quite entire, opaque, veiny ; flowers axillary, solitary, pedun- 

 culate ; style reflexed, glabrous, shorter than the stamens. 1 . H. 

 Native of North America, on the banks of the Columbia, par- 

 ticularly about Fort Vancouver. Flowers red ; petals entire or 

 erose. An intermediate plant between E. angustif olium and E. 

 latifolium. 



Opaque Willow-herb. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



4 E. ROSMARINIFOLIUM (Haenke, in Jacq. coll. 2. p. 50. but 

 not of Pursh) downy ; stem erect, branched towards the middle ; 

 leaves linear, obsoletely denticulated, cinereous, veinless ; pedi- 

 cels connected with the bracteas, crowded near the tops of the 

 branches. I/ . H. Native of Europe, in woods and on the 

 banks of rivers. Rchb. icon. bot. 4. t. 341. Moris, hist. sect. 

 3. t. 11. f. 2. Lob. icon. 343. f. 2. E. angustissimum, Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 76. E. angustifolium, Lam. diet. 2. p. 374. Stem 

 woody at the base. An elegant plant with red flowers. 



Rosemary-leaved Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1775. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



5 E. DODON^I (All. pedem. 1016. Vill. dauph. 3. p. 507.) 

 stem almost glabrous, erect, branched at the apex ; leaves linear, 

 obsoletely denticulated, glabrous ; pedicels connected with the 

 bracteas, crowded near the tops of the branches. 2. H. Na- 

 tive of Piedmont and Dauphiny. E. Halleri, Retz. E. ros- 

 marinifolium ft, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 421. E. rosmarinif olium ft, 

 alpinum, Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 40. Rchb. icon. bot. 4. t. 

 342. An elegant plant, much resembling the preceding, but 

 smoother, smaller, and the flowers are large, and of a more deep 

 rose colour. 



Dodoneus's Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1700. PI. 1 ft. 



6 E. ^RASSIFOLIUM (Lehm. in nov. act. bonn. 14.) stem 

 suffruticose ; branches twiggy ; leaves alternate, thickish, linear, 

 having the margins denticulated with blunt glands ; genitals de- 

 clinate. I/ . H. Native of Siberia. Leaves deep green. Petals 

 crenulated, rose-coloured. Stigma 4-cleft. 



Thkk-leavfd Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



7 E. LATIFOLIUM (Lin. spec. 494.) stems erectish, firm, 

 branched ; leaves ovate- lanceolate, acuminated, almost quite 

 entire, stiff, veinless, glaucous ; flowers axillary, pedicellate ; 

 style nearly erect, glabrous, shorter than the stamens ; bracteas 

 free from the pedicels. If. . H. Native of Greenland, Siberia; 

 North America, on the banks of rivers on the Rocky Mountains, 

 between lat. 52 and 56, to the shores and islands of the 

 Arctic sea, Labrador, and Behring's Straits. Fl. dan. t. 565. 



Salisb. par. lond. t. 58. E. frigidum, Retz, fl. scand. ed. 2. 

 no. 459. E. corymbbsum, Act. hafn. 10. p. 440. t. 8. f. 23. 

 The North American plant differs from the Siberian one only 

 in the less copious pubescence of its leaves. Flowers large, rose- 

 coloured, or purple. 



Var. ft, ceniistum (Dougl. mss.) plant smaller in every part. 

 1 . H. North America. 



Broad-leaved Willow-herb. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1779. PI. 2 ft. 



8 E. HI/MILE (Willd. herb, ex Stev. in litt. D. C. prod. 3. 

 p. 40.) leaves lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous, veiny ; branches 

 opposite; corolla unequal. !{.. H. Native of Siberia. Per- 

 haps a variety of E. latifolium. 



Humble Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. PI. | foot. 



SECT. II. LYSIMA'CHION (containing plants agreeing in habit 

 with the genus Lysimachia). Tauch, hort. canal, fasc. 1. Ser. in 

 D. C. prod. 3. p. 41. Flowers regular. Petals obcordate. 

 Genitals ascending. Lower leaves opposite, upper ones alter- 

 nate. 



9 E. ALPI'NUM (Lin. spec. 495.) stems creeping at the base, 

 bifariously pubescent, few-flowered; leaves nearly sessile, ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, obtuse, mostly entire, glabrous ; stigma undi- 

 vided ; capsules sessile, glabrous. If. . H. Native of the alps 

 of Europe and the Pyrenees. In Scotland, by the sides of 

 alpine rivulets, on Ben Lomond, about two-thirds of the way up, 

 and on all the highland mountains ; of North America, in the 

 alpine rivulets of the Rocky Mountains. Smith, engl. bot. 2001. 

 Lightf. fl. scot. p. 199. t. 10. f. 1, Fl. dan. 322. E. anagalli- 

 dif olium, Lam. diet. 2. p. 376. Plant small. Flowers very 

 small, bright red. 



Var. ft, pumilum (Pers. ench. 2. p. 410.) stem rather pu- 

 bescent at the base ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acutely serrated, 

 wrinkled. 



Alpine Willow-herb. Fl. June, July. Scotland. PI. -^ foot. 



10 E. HORNEMA'NNI (Hchb. icon. bot. p. 73. t. 180.) stems 

 creeping at the base, angular, few-flowered, nodding at the apex ; 

 leaves oblong or lanceolatg, denticulated ; stigma clavate, un- 

 divided. If. . H. Native of Finland, in alpine rivulets; and 

 north-west coast of America. E. nutans, Horn. fl. dan. 

 1387. but not of Schmidt. E. alpinum ft, nutans Hook, fl. bor. 

 amer. p. 205. Flowers bright red. Very like E. alplrium. 



Hornemanns Willow-herb. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? PI. J ft. 



11 E. ORIGANIFOLIUM (Lam. diet. 2. p. 376. Rchb. icon, 

 bot. 2. t. 180.) stems creeping at the base, smoothish, nodding 

 at the apex, bluntly quadrangular ; leaves ovate, acutely denti- 

 culated, glabrous, on short petioles ; stigma undivided, clavate ; 

 capsule pedicellate, glabrous. I/ . H. Native of the alps of 

 Europe and the Pyrenees, in rivulets and fountains ; on many 

 of the highland mountains of Scotland, in alpine rivulets, com- 

 mon ; in rivulets on the sides of the Cheviot hills, as mentioned 

 by Ray ; in North America, in alpine woods, sides of rivulets, 

 and shady elevated spots on the Rocky Mountains, and of the 

 island of Unalaschka. E. alsinif olium, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 511. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 2000. Flowers small, rose-coloured. A 

 much more robust plant than E. alpinum. 



Marjoram-leaved Willow-herb. Fl. June, Aug. Scotland. PI. 

 1 to | foot. 



12 E. GLANDULOSUM (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 14. Hook, fl. bor. 

 amer. p. 206.) stem simple, creeping at the base, angular, gla- 

 brous ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, rather decurrent, acute, 

 glandularly denticulated ; flowers erect ; stigma clavate ; cap- 

 sule sessile, with the angles slightly pubescent. 1. H. Native 

 of North America, at Cumberland House Fort, on the Saskat- 

 chawana. Petals white. An intermediate plant between E. ori- 

 ganif olium and E. tetragonum. 



Glandular Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



