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7. Marsh Epilobe. Epilobium palustre, Linn. 

 (Eug. Bot. t. 346.) 



Very near the alpine IE., and by some believed to be a lowland form of 

 it. It has the same slender scions, entire or not much toothed leaves, short 

 terminal racemes, small flowers, nodding buds, and club-shaped, midivided 

 stigma ; but its stature is taller, often a foot or even t« o in height, aud tlie 

 leaves are longer and much narrower, often linear. It sometimes also comes 

 very near the narrow-leaved forms of the pale E. and the square E., but has 

 the buds much more nodding, and the decurrent hues on tile stem are either 

 very faint or entirely wanting. 



In wet, boggy places, and watery ditches, throughout Europe and Kussiau 

 Asia, but more especially in the north, extending into the Arctic regions. 

 Generally distributed over Britain, btit not a very common species. FL 

 summer. 



8. Chickiveed Epilobe. Epilobium alsinsefolium, Vill. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2000.) 

 Closely allied to, and perhaps a mere variety of, the alpine E., but much 

 more luxuriant, and fi-equently branched, though seldom more than 6 inches 

 high. . Leaves very shortly stalked, ovate, and toothed, and an inch long or 

 more, like those of the broad E., but of a thicker consistence. Flowei-a 

 larger than those of the alpine E., forming very short, leafy iacemes. Buds 

 nodding, and stigma club-shaped, as in the alpiyie E. The autumnal scions 

 are more fi-equently underground than green anti leafy. 



Along alpine rivulets and springs, in all the great mountain-ranges of 

 ■ Europe and western Asia. Very common in the Scotch Highlands, extend- 

 ing into tlie mountains of North Wales and north-western England, but 

 not recorded- from Ireland. Fl. summer. 



9. Alpine Epilobe. Epilobium alpinum, Linn. 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2001. E. anagallidifolium, Bab. Man.) 



This little plant is seldom more than 4 or 5 inches high, and often much 

 shorter, decumbent and much branched at the base, glabrous or nearly so ; 

 the autumnal scions usually aboveground, slender and leafy, rarely short 

 and tufted. Leaves more or less stalked, small, ovate or lanceolate, usuaify 

 obtuse, and entii'ely or obscvn-ely toothed. Tlie stems have not tlie raided 

 decurrent lines of the ^^ a 'e E., but are only marked occasionally with i'aint 

 downy Mnes. The flowers, although as small as in the marsh E., app ar 

 large in proportion to the size of the plant, they are few in tlie axils ol the 

 upper leaves, forming short, leafy racemes. Buds nodding. Petals notclu d. 

 Style ending in a club-shaped stigma, entire or nearly so. Pod 1 to-mches 

 long, narrowed at the base into a long stalk. 



Along aljiine rills, and wet places in the high mountain ranges or Arctic 

 regions of Europe, Russian Asia, and northern America. Abundant in the 

 Scotch Highlands, but very local in England, and does not extend into 

 Wales or Ireland. Fl. summer. 



II. (ENOTHERA. OENOTHERA. 



Herbs or undershrubs, with alternate leaves, and yellow, red, or pin-ple 

 flowers, either axillary or in terminal spikes or racemes. C'alyx-tube pro- 



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