560 3U. Epilobium. 56. ONAGRARL^. PL ex. cal, 



IV. 344. EPILOBIUM. Gesner. PVillow-herl. 



Calyx long, limb 4-parted, deciduous ; petals 4, equal ; 

 stamens 8, upright; pollen not viscous; capS7ile long, bluntly 

 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved ; placentarium 4-sided ; seeds 

 many, comose. — Leaves lanceolate, mostly sessile ; lower 

 opposite ; upper mostly alternate ; Jioiuers reddish ; racemes 

 mostly leaty. 



a. Style clubskape; stigmata 4, revolute. 



1. EpiloLmm hirsutum. Hairy willow-herb. 

 Root creeping ; stem, much branched, hirsute ; leaves half- 

 embracing the stem, lanceolate, serrate, rather bald ; veins 

 hairy. 



Lysimachia siliquosa hirsuta magno flore, Rail Syn. 311,2. 

 Lysimachia siliquosa, Ger. em. 476, 6. 

 Epilobium hirsutum, Lin. S. P. 494. 

 Epilobium ramosum, Hudson Fl. Angl. 162. 

 Codded willow-herb. Codlings and Cream. 



Watery places and holts ; perennial ; July. 



Hoots stoloniferous ; stem upright, hairy, hairs pinnate ; 

 petals larger than the calyx, rose-colour. — Shoots when 

 quite fresh gathered have a transitory fragrance resembling 

 scalded codlings, which vanishes in a few minutes. 



2. Epilobium parvijlorum. Small/lowered willow-herl. 

 Root fibrous ; stem nearly simple, villous ; leaves sessile, 



alternate, lanceolate, toothed, downy on both sides ; down 

 soft. 



Lysimachia siliquosa hirsuta parvo flore, Raii Syn. 311,3. 

 Lysimachia sylvatica, Ger. em. 479, 8. 

 Lysimachia siliquosa sylvestris hirsuta. Park. 549. 

 Epilobium hirsutum fi, Lin. S. P. 494. 

 Epilobium villosum, Curtis Fl. Lond. 

 Epilobium parviflorum, IVith. Bot.Arr. 367. 

 Epilobium molle, Lamarck Encycl. Meth. 2. 

 Epilobium pubescens. Roth Germ, 2,433. 



Watery places ; perennial ; July. 



Stem densely woolly, slightly branched above; leaves 

 toothed ; jiowers small. 



3. Epilobium montanum. Mountain ivillow-herh. 

 Stem round ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, toothed, bald, veins 



woolly ; petioles short. 



Lysimcichia cainpestiis, Rnii Syn. 311,4; Ger. em- 478, 11. 

 Ly&imachia siliquosa major, Park. 548. 

 Bpilol)iiim inonlanum, Lin. H. i*. 494. 



