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Peat-bogs, especially amonsr Sphaffimm, in various parts of England. 

 Scotland, and Ireland. F/. June, fj . — Stems straggling, wiry, 8 — 10 

 inches long. Leaves small. Floicers of a bright rose-colour. Cor. 

 deeply divided, the segments singularly revolutc ; on which account this 

 species has been by some Botanists removed from Vaccinium. The fruit 

 is highly agreeable, making the best of tarts ; at Longtown, on the 

 borders of Cumberland, it forms no inconsiderable article of trade. 



7. OENOTHERA. Linn. Evening-primrose. 



1. CE. *bien?i{s, L. {common Evening-primrose); leaves ovato- 

 lanceolate toothed, stem somewhat hairy, flowers sessile, sub- 

 spicate, stamens about as long as the corolla, capsules nearly 

 cylindrical 4-toothed. E. Bot. t. 1534. 



Sandy soils near Liverpool, also in Suffolk and Warwickshire. Fl. 

 July — Sept. $ . — This Genus is altogether American. Plant 2 — 3 feet 

 high. Stem roughish. Flowers yellow, fragrant, expanding in the 

 evening. 



8. Epilobium. Linn. Willow-herb. 



Flowers irregular. Stamens bent dotvti. 



1. E, angustifolium, L. (^Rose-bay Willow-herb); leaves scat- 

 tered linear-lanceolate veined glabrous, flowers irregular sub- 

 spicate, stamens declined. E, Bot. t. 1947. 



Moist banks and margins of woods ; rare in England, less so in Scot- 

 land. Near Enniskerry, Ireland, Mr J. T. Machmj. FL July. 1^ 



Stems 4 — 6 feet high. Whole plant very handsome. 



** Flowers regular. Stamens erect. Stiginas 4-cleft. 



2. E. hirsutum, L. (great hair?/ Willow-herb); leaves semi-am- 

 plexicaul ovato-lanceolate deeply serrated hairy, stem very much 

 branched hairy, root creeping, stigma 4-cleft. E. Bot. t. 838. 



Sides of ditches, rivers and lakes, frequent. Fl. July. 1/. — Almost 

 equal in size to the last. Root perennial, creeping. Flowers corym- 

 bose, large. 



3. E. parviforum, Schreb. {small-Jloivered hairy Willow- 

 herb); leaves sessile lanceolate slightly toothed downy on both 

 sides, stem nearly simple very downy, root fibrous, stigma 4- 

 cleft. E. Bot. t. 795. 



Marshes and banks of lakes and rivers, frequent. Fl. July. "U. — The 

 much smaller size of this species in all its parts, being scarcely more 

 than 1 — H ft. high, besides the above characters, serves to distinguish 

 it from the preceding, with which it has been confounded. 



4. E. montdnum, L. (broad smooth-leaved Willow-herb) ; 

 leaves ovate acute shortly petiolate glabrous all toothed, stem 

 rounded pubescent as well as the fruit, stigma 4-cleft. E. Bot. 

 t. 777. 



Dry shady banks, walls, roofs of cottages, &c., frequent. Fl. July. If. 

 — 6 inches to 1 foot high. Much resembling the following ; but essen- 

 tially distinguished by its 4-fid stigma. It has, too, more shortly petio- 

 late, deeply toothed leaves ; and larger Jiowers. 



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