162 OCTANDRIA — MONOGYNIA. {Daphne. 



*** Floiaers regular. Stamens erect. Stigma undivided. 



5. E. loseum, Schreb. (pale smooth-leaved Willow-lierU); leaves 

 ovato-lanceolate stalked finely toothed, stem erect somewhat 2- 

 edged, stigma clavate. E. Bot. t. 093. 



About London, in Essex and Sussex. Forfarshire. Fl. July. %■ — 

 DistiuiTuishiible from E. niontanum by its clavate entire stigma, and 

 from E. tctragonuni by its broader petiolate leaves, and stem not dis- 

 tinctly 4-sided. 



6. E. tetragoHum, L. (square-stalked Willow-herb^ ; leaves 

 lanceolate sessile denticulate, stem with 4 angles nearly glabrous, 

 stigma undivided. E. Bot. t. 1948. 



Sides of ditches and watery places, common. Fl. Jul}'. 1/. 



7. E. palustre, L. (iiari-oiv-leaved Marsh Willotv-herb); leaves 

 narrow-lanceolate sessile nearly entire and as well as the round- 

 ed erect stem subglabrous, stigma undivided. E. Bot. t. 346. 



Bog-gy places and the sides of lakes and ditches. Fl. July. If. — About 

 a foot high. Flowers small. 



8. E. alsimfolium, ViW. (Chicktveed-leaved Willoiv-herh) ; leaves 

 lucid ovato-acuminate nearly sessile glabi'ous lowermost ones 

 entire, the rest toothed, stem rounded, its upper part and ger- 

 men slightly pubescent, stigma entire. E. Bot. t. 2000. 



Sides of alpine rivulets. On the Cheviots. Aber waterfall, N. Wales. 

 Frequent on the Scottish, especially the Highland mountains. Fl. July. 

 14- ■ — This has many of the characters, in its leaves and stem, of E. mon- 

 tanum ; but the stigma is entire, clubbed, and the leaves have a flaccid, 

 subpellucid appearance, so that the eye readily distinguishes the species. 

 The germen is pubescent ; but in my specimens the down disappears 

 before the fruit is ripe. Wahlenberg considers it a variety of the fol- 

 lowing ; and I must confess that I have gathered, on the mountains of 

 Clova, specimens that seem intermediate. The more usual forms of the 

 plant do indeed appear to be very ditierent. Let it be observed, that in 

 Wales, where E. alsinifoUum is found, E. alpinum is never seen. 



9. E. alpinum, L. (alpine Willow-herh'); leaves elliptical gla- 

 brous on short footstalks nearly entire, stem nearly glabrous and 

 fruit entirely so, stigma undivided. E. Bot. t. 2001. 



Wet places near springs, and by the sides of rivulets on all the High- 

 land mountains. Fl. July. %. — 2 — 4 inches high. Root creeping. Stem 

 with two lines of very obscure pubescence, procumbent at the base. 

 Flowers seldom more than 1 or 2 from the summit of the stalk, at first 

 gracefully drooping, bright purple-red. Fj-uit erect, often as long as the 

 plant itself. 



9. Daphne. Linn. Mezereon and Spurge- Laurel. 



1. T) . * Mezereum, L. (cominoii Mezereo7i) ; flowers subter- 

 nate lateral sessile appearing before the deciduous lanceolate 

 leaves, tube of the perianth hairy. E. Bot. t. 1381. 



Rare, iii woods in England ; Hampshire, Sussex, Suftbik, Stafford- 

 shire, Worcestershire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire. Fl. March. Tj . — 

 The well-known Mezereon of the gardens, whose early blossoms and 

 delightful fragrance have attracted general notice. It forms a bushy 



