PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 815 



Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals Ununited. 



Epilobium angustifolium see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, - 



Entire. 



Epilobium latifolium, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



Epilobium hirsutum, 



ONAGRACEiE. 



F. B. I. ii. 583. 



The Plains to 7,000 ft. 



Kotgarh, Sutlej and 

 Giri Valleys in wet 

 places (Collett). 



Shahpur Dist. (Douie). 



large, robust, covered with soft white hairs ; 

 leaves 1-3 by \-± in., lanceolate stem-clasping, teeth 

 small, sharp ; flowers ^ in. long, pink-purple, axillary, 

 forming long or short terminal leafy racemes, calyx 

 tube on the ovary, linear 4-angled, teeth 4, short 

 pointed, falling off after flowering, petals 4, erect or 

 spreading, notched, stamens 8, § in. long, alternate 

 ones shorter, stigmas 4, distinct, spreading ; cap- 

 sule 2-3-§ in., hairy, 4-celled, valves 4 splitting and 

 curving down from the seed-bearing column, seeds 

 very many, small, crowned by a tuft of long silky 

 hairs. 



Epilobium parviflorum, 



Onagraceje. 

 F. B. I. ii. 584. 

 Himalaya, 5-7,000 ft. 

 Simla, Sutlej Valley 

 (Collett). 



very like the last species, but the stigmas do not 

 curve down and the leaves are not stem-clasping. 



Epilobium roseum, 

 var. cylindricum, and 

 Oalhousianum, 



Onagrace^e. 

 F. B. I. ii.584. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,000 ft. 



Simla (Collett). 



large, stem round, hairs sometimes in lines, the 

 bases of the leaves sometimes passing down the 

 stem in lines, leaves stalked, linear-lanceolate, cap- 

 sules long stalked, seeds ovoid with the top broad, 

 flowers J in., stigmas combined : in other respects 

 like the previous species. 



