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pet. obovate shortly clawed, style exceeding the stamens. 

 Creeping extensively. St. 3 6 ft. high. PI. crimson. a. E. 

 macrocarpvm (Steph.) ; 1. lanceolate, fl.-buds obovate cuspidate, 

 caps, long (2 in.) erect. E. B. 1.947. ft. E. brachycarpum 

 (Leight.) ; 1. lanceolate-attenuate (broadest near their base), 

 fl -buds narrowly obovate obliquely acute, caps, short (1 in.) 

 spreading. A. N. H. viii. 246 and 401. Damp shady places. 

 P. VII. Rose-bay. 



2. E. rosmarinifolium (Haenke) ; st. erect round, I. linear not 

 veined, pet. elliptic-oblong not clawed, style equalling the stamens. 

 E. Dodoncei, St. 72. 5. Creeping moderately. St. dwarf, 

 often prostrate. L. shortly attenuate at both ends. Fl. rose- 

 coloured or white. Stony places on mountains. Glen Tilt. 

 P. VIII. S. 



B. Fl. regular, cal. with a free tube, stam. and style erect, 1. 

 opposite, upper 1. lanceolate. 



* Turionate j i. e. producing radical suckers. 



3. E. hirsutum (L.) ; st. round woolly glandular, I. clasping 

 slightly decurrent oblong-lanceolate denticulate-serrate, buds 

 erect mucronate, sep. lanceolate, seeds tubercular oblong acute 

 below. E. B. 838. Suckers thick, fleshy, with distant scales ; 

 others leafy and ending in rosettes. St. 4 5 ft. high, branched. , 

 L. most hairy upon the ribs. Fl. large. Wet places by ditches 

 and streams. P. VII. VIII. Great Willow Herb. 



** Stoles autumnal rosulate, st. erect. 

 t Stem mostly round, stigmas 4-cleft. 



4. E. parviflorum (Schreb.); st. round downy, I. sessile lan- 

 ceolate from a rounded base denticulate, lowest 1. shortly stalked, 

 buds erect ovoid, sep. lanceolate, seeds tubercular obovate-oblong 

 rounded below. E. B. 795. Autumnal rosettes on short stalks 

 or sessile. St. 1 2 ft. high, nearly simple. L. uniformly hairy. 

 Fl. small. E. rivulare (Wahl.) is a subglabrous state. Damp 

 places. P. VII. VIII. 



5. E. montanum (L.) ; st. round downy, 1. shortly stalked 

 ovate-lanceolate from a rounded base denticulate, buds nodding 

 ovoid, sep. lanceolate, seeds tubercular oblong blunt at both 

 ends. E.B. 1177. St. 72. 7. Root truncate. Rosettes fleshy, 

 oblong, sessile. St. 6 24 in. high. Margins and veins of 1. 

 pubescent. L. sometimes in threes. Dry places. P. VI. VII. 



6. E. lanceolatum (S. and M.) ; st. slightly angular downy, /. 

 stalked lanceolate denticulate-serrate narrowed to an entire base, 

 buds nodding ovoid, sep. linear-parabolic, " seeds tubercular 



