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SPECIES!.— EPILOBIUM ROSM ARINIFOLIUM. Iliiacke. 

 Plate CCCCXCIV. 



E. Dodonrei, Till. Ilist. des PI. do Dauphine, Vol. III. p. .507 (in part). Koch, Syn. 



Fl. Genu, et Helv. ed. ii. p. -64. Garcke, Fl. von Nord und Mit. Deutsch. ed. vi. 



p. 142. 

 E. angustifolium, Lam. Diet. Vol. II. p. 370. 

 E. angustissimum, Bertol. Fl. ItaL Vol. IV. p. 292. 



Stolons subterranean, short, thick, purplish. Stem ascending 

 or erect, branched or simple, round. Leaves crowded, alternate, 

 with fascicles of smaller ones in their axils, strap-shaped, attenuated 

 at each end, entire or faintly and remotely denticulate, with no 

 perceptible veins except the midrib. Flowers few, in a terminal 

 corymbose raceme, lengthening into a lax raceme when in fruit. 

 Pedicels each with a leaf-Like bract a little way above the base ; 

 bracts longer than the pedicels. Petals regularly elliptical-oval, 

 without a distinct claw. Style slightly bent down, and pubescent 

 at the base. Stigmas spreading or slightly recurved. Plant nearly 

 glabrous. 



In stony places. In Glen Tilt, and by the banks of the Tay ; 

 but it has only been collected by Mr. J. Robertson. 



Scotland. Perennial. Late Summer and Autumn. 



Eootstock creeping. Stems tough, 1 to 2 feet high, frequently 

 slightly branched. Leaves densely crowded, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 with fascicles of others about half that length in the axils. Flowers 

 3 to 12, 1\ inch across, purplish rose. Calyx-tube about \ inch long, 

 thickly clothed with short white hairs ; calyx-segments strap-shaped, 

 dull purple. Pod, when mature, 2 to 3 inches long. Seeds oblong- 

 ovoid, rounded at the top, slightly pointed below, faintly tuberculate. 

 Stem and young leaves with short applied hairs. 



I have only seen a few fragmentary specimens from the banks 

 of the Tay in Mr. Borrer's herbarium. 



Rosemary-leaved French- JFilloic. 



French, Epilobe a, Feuilles de liomarin. German, RosmarinbUiltriger Schotemeeiderich. 



SPECIES II.— EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM. Lian. 

 Plates CCCCXCV. CCCCXCVI. 

 E. spicatum, Lam. Diet. VoL II. p. 373. Gr. <fc Godr. Fl. de Fr. Vol. I. p. 583. 



Stolons subterranean, elongated, thick, whitish. Stem erect, 

 branched or simple, round. Leaves crowded, alternate, narrowly 

 strapshaped-lanceolate, or strapshaped-elliptical, attenuated at each 



