WILD FLOWERS. 



WILLOW-HERB, CODLINS AND CREAM, 

 APPLE-PIE-PLANT, ROSE-BAY. 



Epilobium. 



Welsh, Helyg lys. French, Laurier de St. Antoine. German, 

 Weiderich. Italian and Spanish, Epilobio. Russian, 

 Kiprei. 



LINN^EAN. NATURAL. 



Octandria. Onaararia. 



Monogynia. Epilobium. 



THE willow-herbs are indiscriminately called " cod- 

 lins and cream/' and " rose-bay," but properly 

 speaking, these names are confined to two indivi- 

 dual plants ; the rose-bay of old people being the 

 E. angustifolium, the Helyg lys hardd, or " beauti- 

 ful willow-plant " of the Welsh, which has its long 

 clusters of rose-coloured, or white, flowers delicately 

 relieved by the colour of its blue pollen. 



The " codlins and cream/' which takes its name 

 from the nature of the fragrance sent forth on 

 rubbing the top shoots, is the great hairy willow- 

 herb (E. hirsutuni), the Helyg lys per, or " sweet 

 willow-herb," of Wales, which is so remarkable from 

 its magnificent growth, and the rich colour of its 

 blossoms. These plants are well known in our 

 gardens, to which they give a great beauty ; and 

 they both furnish that soft downy substance which, 



