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WILLOW-HERB (BDSEB AY, )—{Epilobium 

 Angusti/olium,) 



Descrip. — This is the most beautiful of all the Willow- 

 Herba. The root is lar^e and spreading. The first leaves 

 rise io a thick tuft, and are loog, narrow, deep green on 

 the upper side, and silvery grey underneath; they have no 

 footstalks, are even at the edges, and terminate in a point. 

 The stalk rises in the centre of the leaves : it is thick, firm, 

 upright) and five feet high. The leaves stand irregularly 

 upon it; they are lon^, narrov^, even at the edges, of a deep 

 ereen on the upper side, and a silvery white below. The 

 flowers are large and beautiful, in a long spike, deep red. 

 The seed-vessels are long, and the seeds winged with down. 



Place. — It is found in damp meadows in Yorkshire. 



Time, — It flowers in June and July. 



WILLOW-HEKB (MOUNTAIN,)— (J^i^otium 

 MorUanum,) 



Descrip. — This is thicker set with leaves, and more ro- 

 bust than the former. It grows upright; the stalk is round, 

 reddish, and four feet high. It is thick set with leaves, of 

 a pale greyish green, soft to the touch, oblong, broad, in- 

 dented, they stand irregularly on the base of the stalk. The 

 flowers are large, of a pale red, on the tops of the stalks. 

 The seed grows in a pod with a silvery down amongst it. 



Place, — It Is common in pasture grounds, and shady 

 hedges, in our northern and western counties. 



J^TM. — It flowers in June. 



WILLOW-HERB (SPURGE.)— (.^oWwrn Tetra 

 gonv/m,) 



Descrip. — This has a singular appearance. The stem is 

 ■lender, and upright : the leaves narrow, smooth at the 

 edges, long, and pointed ; they are numerous, soft, and of a 

 deep green. The flowers are moderately large, and grow 

 at tne tope of the branches ; of a beautiful bright red. 



Place. — It is frequent in damp meadows under hedges, 

 and by the sides of brooks. 



Time, — It flowers in July. 



WILLOW-HERB (TUFTY.)— (ZyWmacAta Thrysifiora,) 



Descrio. — This rises from a long, thick, and fibrous root. 

 The etali is round, firm, upright, and two feet high. The 



