238 SUMMER FLOWERS. 



rooting at the base, seldom more than 2-3 inches high, often 

 tufted ; leaves obovate or oblong, tapering into a stalk ; flowers 

 minute, sessile in the axils of nearly all the leaves. Ditches, 

 and moist watery places. Fl. July, August. 



(100) Epilobium. WILLOW HERB. 

 * Flowers somewhat irregular or unequal-petaled. 

 E. angustifolium : stems simple or scarcely branched, 2-4 

 feet high, glabrous ; leaves shortly stalked, lanceolate, en- 

 tire ; flowers large, purplish-red, in long terminal, sometimes 

 branched, racemes, the petals slightly unequal, entire, spread- 

 ing from the base, the stamens and styles inclined downwards ; 

 pod 1-2 inches long. French Willow, or Rosebay. Moist 

 open woods. Fl. July, August. 



** Flowers regular, the petals equal. 

 t Stigma deeply four-lobed. 



E. hirsutum : stems stout, branched, 3-5 feet high, softly 

 hairy; leaves lanceolate, hairy, clasping the stem, bordered 

 with small teeth ; flowers large, handsome, deep rose-colour ; 

 the petals erect, deeply notched ; pod very long, quadrangular, 

 hairy. Codlins and Cream. Sides of ditches and rivers. 

 Fl. July. 



E. montanum : stems erect, simple or slightly branched, 

 1 foot or more high, cylindrical, without decurrent lines or 

 angles, glabrous or slightly hoary ; leaves shortly stalked, or 

 almost sessile, ovate or broadly-lanceolate, toothed; flower- 

 buds erect or slightly nodding, the petals pink, deeply-notched ; 

 pod slender, 2-3 inches long. Waste and cultivated places, 

 roadsides, woods, etc. Fl. July. 



E. parviflomm differs chiefly in its softly hairy stem, nar- 

 rower short-stalked leaves, and rather larger flowers. It is 



