ONAGRACE^E. 13 



SPECIES VII— E PILOBIUM ROSEUM. Schreb. 

 Plate DI. 



Stolons produced late in autumn, appearing above ground 

 bearing lax rosettes of green leaves. Stem erect, simple or slightly- 

 branched, with 2 or i- rather conspicuous raised lines, glabrous 

 below, clothed with short curled hairs at the summit. Leaves 

 shiny, the lower ones distant, opposite, the upper ones (or some- 

 time's all) alternate, all conspicuously stalked, with the margins of 

 the petioles decurrent so as to form raised lines on the stem, 

 elliptical, oval-elliptical, or lanceolate-elliptical, attenuated both at 

 the base and the apex, the latter acute, finely denticulate-serrate. 

 Bracts alternate, resembling the leaves. Buds apiculate. Flowers 

 rather numerous, slightly drooping before expansion. Calyx- 

 segments lanceolate-acute. Petals about one-fourth longer than 

 the calyx-segments. Stigma club-shaped. Pods clothed with 

 short curled hairs. Seeds oblanceolate - oblong - ovoid, rounded 

 above, rather obtuse below, very finely tuberculate. Plant nearly 

 glabrous, except the upper part of the stem, calyces, and occasion- 

 ally the veins of the leaves, which are hairy. 



' In damp places, and a weed in cultivated ground. Probably 

 not uncommon in the South of England, but no doubt sometimes 

 passed over as E. montanum. In Scotland it has been reported 

 from Moray, Eorfarshire, and Fife. 



England, Scotland ? Ireland. Perennial. Summer 

 and Autumn. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, more fragile than in any of the pre- 

 ceding plants, and with at least 2 conspicuous raised lines, and 

 frequently 2 indistinct ones. Leaves few, more evidently stalked 

 and 1 more flaccid. Flowers much smaller, not above £th inch 

 across and often less, whitish with rose-coloured streaks ; the buds 

 are also abruptly cuspidate at the apex. The winter rosettes of 

 leaves are more lax, and the whole plant is more glabrous than in 

 any of the preceding species. 



SmaU-floivered smooth Willow-herb. 



French, £pUobe Rose. German, Rosewrother Schotenweiderich. 



