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13 E. MINU'TUM (Lindl. tnss. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 207.) 

 root annual ; stem erectish, terete, puberulous, branched ; leaves 

 alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, usually entire, full of pel- 

 lucid dots ; flowers drooping, minute ; stigma elavate ; capsules 

 on short pedicels, circinately reflexed, smoothish. H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, at Fort Vancouver, 

 and near the Grand Rapids of the Columbia, and on moist 

 rocks near springs on the high mountains. Flowers minute, 

 pale red. 



Minute Willow-herb. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 cS2C. PI. i ft. 



14 E. OLIGA'NTHUM (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 233.) plant 

 small ; stems very simple, bearing only 1 flower at the apex ; 

 leaves opposite, linear, quite entire. 1. H. Native of Hud- 

 son's Bay, near Lake Mistissiny. Probably referrible to E. 

 alptnum. 



Fen'-Jlowered Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Shrub | foot. 



15 E. ROSEUM (Schreb. lips. 147.) stems erect, with 4 obso- 

 lete angles ; leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, smooth, ovate, 

 toothed, stalked; stigma elavate, undivided. 2/.H. Native 

 of Europe, in waste boggy ground and watery places. In 

 England, in Lambeth Marsh ; at Moreton, near Ongar, Essex ; 

 and near Witham, Sussex. Smith, engl. bot. t. 6!)3. E. mon- 

 tanum y, Willd. spec. 2. p. 316. Flowers pale red. 



Red Willow-herb. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



16 E. ALPE'STRE (Schmid. fl. bohem. cent. 4. p. 81.) leaves 

 opposite, or 3 in a whorl, glabrous, ovate, acuminated, denti- 

 culately serrated, stem-clasping, with the nerves sometimes hairy ; 

 stems obsoletely tetragonal, 2-edged : flowers almost sessile ; 

 fruit pedicel nearly the length of the capsule ; petals much longer 

 than the calyx ; stigma undivided, "if.. H. Native of Europe, 

 on the Alps and the Pyrenees. E. roseum, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 

 442. but not of Schreb. nor Smith. Rchb. icon. bot. 2. t. 190. 

 Flowers pale red. E. trigonum, Schrank, bav. no. 594. E. 

 alpestre, Jacq. and Rchb. icon. bot. t. 200. 



Alp Willow-herb. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



17 E. BILLARDIERIA'NUM (Ser. mss. ex D. C. prod. 3. p. 41.) 

 stem straight, terete, leafy, pubescent ; leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 regularly serrulated, short, sessile, stem-clasping ; pedicels short. 

 I/ . H. Native of New Holland. 



La Billardler's Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



18 E. STRI'CTUM (Muhl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 233.) stem 

 straight ; leaves quite entire, veiny ; flowers axillary ; capsules 

 slender, clothed with hoary villi. Native of Pennsylvania. 



Straight Willow-herb. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



19 E. MONTA'NUM (Lin. spec. 494.) stem leafy, terete, gla- 

 brous ; lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, irregularly toothed, all stalked ; flowers on short pedicels, 

 disposed in a terminal, leafy, corymbose cluster ; stigma of 4 

 deep segments. 1. H. Native of Europe, in groves. In 

 Britain, in dry, shady, hilly, and stony places ; on old walls or 

 cottage roofs, frequent. Smith, engl. bot. 1177. Curt. lond. 3. 

 t. 24. Fl. dan. 922. Rchb. icon. bot. 189. E. lanceolatum, 

 Seb. et Maur. fl. rom. p. 138. t. 1. f. 2. Chamcenerion mon- 

 tanum, Scop. earn. ed. 2. no. 453. E. virgatum, Lam. Flowers 

 pale purple. 



Far. ft, origanoldes (Ser. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 41.) leaves very 

 minute, hardly denticulated, nearly all opposite ; stem weak, 

 dwarf. 



Mountain Willow-herb. Fl. July. Brit. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



20 E. MEXICA'NUM (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 

 t. 379. D. C. prod. 3. p. 41.) glabrous, herbaceous, erect ; 

 leaves oblong, sessile, somewhat denticulated, lower ones oppo- 

 site, upper ones alternate. l. H. Native of Mexico. Habit 

 of E. montanum. 



Mexican Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



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21 E. BREVIFOLIUM (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 222.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, serrated, pubescent on both surfaces, and lined on 

 the upper surface ; flowers axillary, on short pedicels ; lobes of 

 calyx linear-lanceolate, shorter than the corolla. 7{..H. Na- 

 tive of Upper Nipaul. Stem branched. Flowers small, lilac. 



Short-leaved Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



22 E. NU'TANS (Schmidt, fl. bohem. no. 380. Schultes, costr. 

 fl. 1. p. 595.) stem terete, branched, many-flowered ; leaves 

 opposite, almost sessile, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire ; 

 petals obcordate ; stigma quadrifid. %. H. Native of Bo- 

 hemia, in bogs at Isera. Rchb. icon. bot. 2. p. 87. t. 197. E. 

 hypericif olium, Tauch, hort. canal, fasc. 1. no. 7. This plant 

 comes very near to E. montanum, from which it differs in the 

 leaves being remote and quite entire, in the flowers being smaller 

 and changeable in colour, at first white but afterwards changing 

 to a flesh colour. 



Nodding-fiowered Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



23 E. A'LGIDUM (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 296.) leaves opposite 

 and alternate, ovate, glandularly toothed ; calyx obtuse-angled ; 

 stigma undivided. Tf.. H. Native of Caucasus. This species 

 differs from E. montanum in the undivided stigma, in the stem 

 being angled, from the margins of the petioles being decurrent, 

 in the leaves being firmer, and in the flowers being nearly twice 

 the size. Perhaps only a variety of E. origanlf olium. 



Var. ft, liumile (Bieb. 1. c.) leaves toothed all round. 

 Algid Willow-herb. PI. | to 1 foot. 



24 E. COLORA'TUM (Muhl. in Willd. enum. 411.) stems 

 terete, pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, serrulated, stalked, oppo- 

 site, superior ones alternate, glabrous. If. . H. Native of Penn- 

 sylvania. This plant differs from E. roseum in the stems being 

 branched at the apex, in the leaves being nearly sessile and 

 narrower, and in the flowers being smaller, ex Link. enum. 1. 

 p. 379. 



Coloured Willow-herb. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1805. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



25 E. DAHURICUM (Fisch. in Horn. hort. hafn. suppl. 44. and 

 Link. enum. 1. p. 379.) stem erect, very simple ; leaves usually 

 toothed, pubescent, opposite and alternate, nearly sessile ; petals 

 obcordate ; fruit pilose. O- H. Native of Dahuria. Flowers 

 very minute. Calyx reddish. 



Dahwian Willow-herb. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. PI. ^ to 1 ft. 



26 E. GERMA'SCENS (Meyer, verz. pfl. p. 193.) smoothish ; 

 stem rather angular, branched ; leaves stalked, opposite, or al- 

 ternate, ovate-oblong, repandly denticulated, bearing bulbs in 

 their axils ; petals rather longer than the calyx ; stigma elavate. 

 y.. H. Native of Caucasus, on the margins of rivulets, near 

 Kaischaur, at the height of 2400 feet above the level of the sea. 

 This is a singular species, from its bearing bulbs in the axils of 

 the leaves. 



Budding Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot. 



27 E. DE'NSUM (Rafin. prec. dec. 42. and in Desv. journ. bot. 

 1814.2. p. 271.) plant pubescent; leaves scattered, approxi- 

 mate, sessile, linear-lanceolate, bluntish, nerved ; flowers pani- 

 cled, pedunculate ; bracteas oblong. Native of North America. 



Z)e?we-flowered Willow-herb. PI. 1 foot ? 



28 E. DENTICUIA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 3. p. 78. t. 314.) 

 stems suffruticose ; leaves somewhat lanceolate, denticulated ; 

 lower ones opposite ; petals equal, bifid. ~lj. . G. Native of 

 Peru and Chili. E. junceum, Forst. ex Sprerg. syst. 2. p. 233. 

 Petals rose-coloured. 



Denticulated-leaved Willow-herb. PI. | to 1 foot. 



29 E. LEPTOPHY'LLUM (Rafin. prec. dec. 41. and Desv. journ. 

 bot. 1814. p. 271.) stem branched, rather scabrous; leaves 

 alternate, nearly sessile, linear, narrow, entire, glabrous, 1- 

 nerved, acute, tapering to the base ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 pedunculate. I/. H. Native of North America, especially in 

 Pennsylvania and Maryland, in humid woods. 



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