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EPILOBIUM EPIMEDIUM. 



etc., associated with the Loosestrife 

 and like plants, in any soil. Division 

 or seed. 



Epilobium rosmarinifolium (Rose- 

 mary French Willow). A graceful 

 plant growing in bushy tufts, 2 to 

 3 ft. or more in height. Flowers, in 

 summer; purplish -rose, about 1 in. 

 across, in a loose spike ; petals obovate ; 

 tube of calyx 4- sided. Leaves, 

 alternate or opposite, linear, of a 

 lively green, very closely set, often 

 crowded together at the joints of 

 the stem, not veined, narrowed for 

 a short distance at both ends, entire 

 or faintly wavy, denticulated, and ter- 

 minated by a pointed and deciduous 



callosity. Europe. Borders, and 



fringes of shrubberies, in ordinary 

 soil. A first-rate and easily grown 

 perennial, not at all sufficiently culti- 

 vated. Division, seed, or cuttings. 



Epimedium alpinum (Alpine Barren- 

 Wort). A dwarf evergreen herb, with 

 handsome foliage and slender creeping 

 rootstock, which scarcely penetrates 

 the ground; 6 to 9 in. high. Flowers, in 

 spring ; purplish, yellow on the inside, 

 in a loose terminal raceme, about 6 in. 

 long ; petals 4 ; stamens 4 ; sepals 

 red, 4 to 6. Leaves, bi-ternate; leaflets 

 heart- or lance-shaped, acuminated, 

 serrated. Woods and coppices in the 

 North of England, France, and 



Southern Europe. The rock-garden, 



borders, or fringes of beds of shrubs, 

 planted in peat soil. Division. 



Epimedium diphyllum (Two-leaved 

 K) Aceranthus diphyllus. Seldom 

 exceeds 3 or 4 in. in height. Flowers, 

 in April and May ; numerous, small, 

 white ; rootstock running a little. 

 This species is distinguished from all 

 the others by its dwarfness, and espe- 

 cially by the absence of the spur from 

 the corolla, and by the flower-stalks 

 branching only once, and bearing only 

 two lozenge-shaped leaflets, smaller, 



and narrower than those of the other 



species. Japan. The rock-garden, 



in sheltered nooks, and in tufts 

 towards the margins of beds or groups 

 of minute shrubs, in moist sandy 

 peat. Division. 



Epimedium Muschianuin. (Muschi's 

 K) A tufted erect and compact- 

 growing kind, 1 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 May ; few, of a dull white ; nectaries 

 longer than the petals ; style thread- 

 like, almost central; stigma some- 

 what lobed. Leaves, ternate. Japan. 



Not of much beauty or interest 



in the presence of the other kinds, 

 but worthy of a place where there is 

 much room, in peat borders for plants 

 of this kind. Division. 



Epimedium macranthum (Large- 

 flowered E.) E. grandiflorum. A 

 handsome species, 10 to 15 in. high. 

 Flowers, in late spring or early 

 summer, and occasionally in au- 

 tumn: large, white, drooping, nume- 

 rous, in panicles not branching much; 

 stamens yellow ; spurs straight, about 

 ^ in. long ; flower-stems with 1 to 3 

 leaves on each ; lobes at the base of 

 the leaflets rounded, while the mar- 

 gins are fringed with hairs. E. niveum, 

 is a var. of E. macranthum, from which 

 it differs in having much smaller 



leaves and flowers. Japan. Peat 



borders and the less exposed and less 

 important parts of the rock-garden. 

 Division. 



Epimedium pinnatum (Large Yellow 

 E.) So far as I have seen, the 

 strongest grower and the handsomest 

 species; 8 to 24 in. high. Flowers, 

 late in spring, or early in summer ; 

 large, bright golden yellow, in an 

 elongated cluster. Leaves, all radical, 

 stalked, tripinnate, with stalked, oval- 

 acute, toothed segments, pubescent 

 when young, leathery when mature ; 

 stem also pubescent, creeping. Persia. 



Borders, the rougher parts of the 



rock-garden, the fringes of shrubberies, 



