156 ONAGRARIEjE. [Epilobium. 



1. E. angustifo'lium, L. ; stem tall simple, leaves lanceolate. Rose- 

 bay or French Willow. 



Banks and copses from Shetland to Devon and Kent ; ascends to 2,700 ft. in 

 the Highlands ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July-Aug. — Glabrous, inflo- 

 rescence pubescent. Stem 2-4 ft., erect, terete. Leaves 3-6 in., petioled, 

 alternate, obscurely toothed, glaucous beneath. Racemes elongate. Floxoers 

 1 in. diam., bracteate, dark rose-purple, honeyed, proterandrous. Petals 

 obovate-spathulate, 2 lower smaller. Style bent down, stigmas 4, erect then 

 revolute. Capsule 2-4 in. Seeds obovoid. — Distrib. Temp, and Arctic 

 Europe, N. and W. Asia to the Himalaya, and America. 



E. brachycar'pum, Leight., with stem 4-6 ft., buds very oblique, capsules 

 1-lg in., is the cultivated form, sometimes found as an escape. 



Section 2. Lysima'ch.ion. Flowers regular, corolla campanulate or 

 funnel-shaped. Calyx-lobes connate at the base. Stamens erect. 



* Stem terete. Stigma 4t-cleft, lobes erect or revolute. 



2. E. hirsu'tum, L. ; glandular-pubescent and hirsute, leaves opposite 

 oblong-lanceolate ^-amplexicaul serrulate, buds erect. Codlins-and-cream. 



Sides of ditches and rivers, from Sutherland southd. ; ascends to 1,200 ft. in 

 Derby ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. July- Aug. — Odorous. Stolons sub- 

 terranean, thick, fleshy, scaly, leafless. Stems 3-5 ft., terete with raised 

 lines from the leaf-bases. Leaves 3-5 in., teeth incurved. Floxoers very 

 many, |-| in. diam., rose-purple, homogamous. Petals broad, notched. 

 Filaments bearded at the base. Stigma-lobes revolute. Capsule 2-3 in.— 

 Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Himalaya; introd. in N. 

 America. 



3. E. parviflo'rum, Schreb. ; villous pubescent or glabrate, leaves 

 mostly alternate sessile lanceolate obscurely toothed, buds erect. 



Ditches and river-banks, from Boss and the Hebrides southd. ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands ; fl. July- Aug. — Stolons autumnal, with subsessile rosulate 

 leaves. Stem 1-3 ft., terete, branched above. Leaves 1-2 in., linear or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base. Floxoers ^ in. diam., many, rose- 

 purple, honeyed, homogamous. Stigma-lobes short, not revolute. Capsule 

 l|-2 in., nearly glabrous or pubescent. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, 

 Himalaya. 



E. rivula're, Wahl., is an almost glabrous variety ; and E. interme'dium, Merat, 

 has most or all the leaves alternate. 



4. E. montanum, L. ; stem glabrous or pubescent, leaves mostly 

 opposite glabrous oblong-ovate acute toothed, buds drooping. 



Shady banks, walls and cottage roofs, from Shetland southd. ; ascends to near 

 1,700 ft. in the Lake district; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. June-July. — 

 Stolons autumnal, subterranean and fleshy, or subaerial with suberect 

 rosulate leaves. Stem 6-24 in., erect, slender. Leaves 1-3 in., sometimes 

 petioled, or whorled in threes. Flowers J-J in. diam., pale purple, homo- 

 gamous. Stigma-lobes short, not revolute. (Japsxde 2-3h in., finely pubescent. 

 —Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. and \V. Asia, Himalaya. 



