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XXVIir. ONAGEACE^. 



[Epilobium^ 



j8. flowers smaller, capsule about 2i inches 

 E. macrocarpum Steph, in Ann. Nat HUt 



XoSoQ, B, pod; the flower being placed upon tlie top of the elon- 

 gated seed-vessel. 



* Flowers irregular. Stamens and style hent doicn, Cah-limh ^-partitp 



1. E. angustifoUum L. (Rose-'bay W.) ; leaves scattered 

 lanceolate or linear-lanceolate veined glabrous, flowers irrcfjular 

 subspicate, pedicels free from the bractea, stamens declined.-^ 

 a. flowers larger, capsule scarcely an inch long spreadino* 

 jE. B, t. 1947.— " 

 long linear erect, 

 viii. 170. 



Moist banks and margins of woods ; rare in England, less so in 

 Scotland. Near Enniskerry, Ireland. Ij.. 7. — Stems 4 — 6 feet 

 high. Whole plant very handsome. The var. a, is that common iu 

 gardens, and rarely produces seed. 



[We possess specimens of E» angustissimuin of Curtis, the F. ros- 

 marinifoUum of Haenke, said to be collected in Glen Tilt, Scotland 

 by Mr. J. Robertson; if this be afterwards verified, the species may 

 be easily recognized by the linear veinless ohsoletely toothed leaves 

 which are revolute at the margin, the pedicel combined for some way 

 with the stalk of the bractea, and by the declined stamens,] 



** Flowers regidar. Stamens and styles erect. Stigmas "l- cleft, Cal' 



limb cleft doivn to its short campanulate base, 



2. E. hirsidum L. (great hairy TF.) ; creeping, leaves seml- 

 amplexicaul ovate- lanceolate deeply serrate hairy, stem very 

 much branched hairy, flower-buds mucronate, stigma 4-cleft. 

 £. B. t. 838. 



Sides of ditches, rivers, and lakes, frequent, 

 equal in size to the last. Root perennial. 



large. 



2/, 7, 8. — Almo'^t 



Flowers corymbose, 



3, Ya. parvifiorum Scbreb. {small-flowered hairy TF.) ; leaves 

 sessile lanceolate slightly toothed downy on both sides, stem 

 nearly simple very downy or nearly glabrous, root fibrous, 

 flower-buds obtuse, stigma 4-cIeft. E. B. t. 795. 



Marshes and banks of lakes and rivers, frequent. 11, 7, 8.— 

 The much smaller size of this species in all its parts, being scarcely 

 more than 1 — 1^ ft, high, besides the above characters, serves to dis- 

 tinguish it from tlie preceding, with which it has been confounded, 



4. E. montdnum L. (broad smooth-leaved W.) ; leaves shortly 

 stalked ovate-oblong acute rounded at the base glabrous all 

 toothed, stem rounded pubescent as well as the fruit, stigma 

 4-cleft, root fibrous, scions none. E, B. t. 1177. 



Dry shady banks, walls, roofs of cottages, &c., frequent. %> ^» '* 

 — Stem 6 inches to 1 ft. high. Much resembling E, roseum ; but 

 distinguished by its 4-fid stigma : it has, too, usually more shortly 

 petiolate, deeply toothed leaves ^ and larger ^ott'er^. 



