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(spear-leaved W. 



anceolate irregularly toothed, stem obscurely angular, 

 io-htly lobed, root fibrous, scions none." Borr. E. B. S. 



stalked 1 

 stigma si 

 t. 2935. 



Near Tintern, Monmouthshire; and near Bristol. %. 7—9. 

 Almost intermediate between E, montanum and E. roseum : it seems 

 to be E. roseum of some Swiss collectors, and to be comprehended by 

 Serino-e in De CandoUe's Prodr. along with E, roseum Schreb. (not 

 DC.) under his character of E. movtanum. It differs from E, mon- 

 tanum by the lobes of the stigma, erect stalked leaves, and a tendency 

 towards an angular stem; and from E. roseum by the more decided 

 lobes to the stigma^ and stem less angular ; but it is perhaps a mere 

 variety of this last. 



*** Flowers regular^ stamens erect, stigma undivided or nearly so. 



6. E. roseum Schreb. {pale smooth-leaved TT.) ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate stalked finely toothed, stem erect with two sharp and 

 two obscure angles, stigma undivided or slightly lobed, root 

 fibrous. jE. B, t. 693. 



About London ; in Essex, Sussex and Hants, Forfarshire and 

 Moray. 1|- 7, 8. — Scions none, or in autumn short, with a rosu- 

 late tuft of leaves. Distinguished from E, montanum by its clavate 

 stigma, stalked leaves, and slightly angled stem; and from E, tetragonum 

 by the broader leaves which are stalked, and stem not so distinctly 

 4-angIed. 



7. E. teti^agonum L. (sqiiare'Stalhed TF.) ; leaves lanceolate 

 sessile denticulate, stem with 2—4 angles, stigma undivided, 

 flower-buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate. E. B. t. 1948. E. 

 virgatum Fries. E. Lamyi Schult? 



Sides of ditches and watery places, common. 1/.. 7, 8. — In the 

 genuine forms of the species the scions are short and terminate in a 

 rose-shaped tuft of leaves. In what is called E. virgatum the scions 

 are elongated with scattered leaves, and in E, Lamyi Schultz there 

 are none; as to the two last, we have observed them close together, 

 the first in a ditch, the second on a stone and lime wall, and in this 

 instance the want of scions was caused by situation : other circum- 

 stances may cause them to disappear elsewhere. 



8. "E. palustre L. (narrow-leaved Marsh TF.) ; leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate sessile nearly entire and as well as the rounded erect 

 stem subglabrous, stigma undivided, root with filiform scions, 

 flower-buds drooping, seeds fusiform. E. B. t. 346. 



Boggy places and the sides of lakes and ditches. If.. 7, 8. — About 

 a foot high. Scions elongated with scattered leaves. Flowers small. 



9. E. alsinifolium YilL ( Chickweed-leaved TT.) ; leaves lucid 

 ovate- acuminate nearly sessile glabrous, lowermost ones entire, 

 the rest toothed, stem rounded, its upper part and germen 



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