Th BRITISH HERBAL, 
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1. Rofebay Willowherb. 
Epilobium floribus fpeciofis. 
This is the moft confpicuous and beautiful of all 
the willowherbs, and is one of the fineft of our 
wild plants. 
The root is large, and {preading. 
The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft, and are 
long, narrow, and of a beautiful deep green on 
the upper fide, and of a filvery grey underneath: 
they have no footftalks: they are perfeétly even 
at the edges, and terminate in a fharp point. 
In‘the centre of thefe rifes the ftalk, which is 
round, thick, firm, upright, and five feet high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, but very beauti- 
fully upon it: they are long, narrow, and even 
at the edges: they have no footftalks; and they 
are alfo of a deep green on the upper fide, and a 
filvery white below. 
The flowers are large and beautiful: they ftand 
ina long fpike, and are of a fine deep red. 
The feed-veffels are long, and the feeds winged 
with down, 
It is common in many parts of England; and 
flowers in June. Near Canewood at Hampftead 
there is a hedge decorated with it for fixty yards 
together. : 
C. Bauhine calls it Ly/imachia chamenerion dia 
latifolia, Others, Ly/fimachia fpeciofa, and Onagra 
Speciofa. 
2. Broad-leaved, hairy Willowherb. 
- Epilobium latifolium hirfutum. 
—- The foot is compofed of numerous fibres, 
connected to a large head. 
The firft leaves are long, and moderately 
broad, indented at the edges, lightly hairy, and 
of a pale green: they have no footftalks, and 
rife in a large tuft. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, redifh, and 
four feet high. 
They are thick fet with leaves, which are, 
like thofe from the root, of a pale greyith green, 
foft to the touch, oblong, broad, and indented : 
they ftand irregularly, and adhere to the ftalk.at 
their bafe. 
The flowers are large, and of a pale red: they 
grow a few together at the tops of the ftalks, 
The pods are long, and full of fmall feeds, 
with a filvery down among them. 
It iscommon by waters, and flowers in June. 
The tops of this plant have a light fragrancy. 
The fcent has been fuppofed to refemble that of 
apples in milk, and the plant is thence.called by 
our-common people codlings and cream. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ly/imachia filiquofa bir futa 
magno flore. Others, Lyfimachia filiquofa. 
3. Small-flowered, hairy Willowherb, 
Epilobium birfutum parvo flore. 
The root is compofed of a fmall head, from 
.which run numerous large fibres. 
The firft leaves are oblong, of a dead green, 
and blunt at the ‘ends. 
BRITISH 
S'PE*C FEB’S. 
The ftalk is round, ereét, robutt, confiderably 
branched, and two feet or more in height, 
The leaves are long, and moderately broad ; 
of a dead green, hairy, not ai all indented; 
and they are fixed to the ftalk by their bate. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
great numbers, and ate f{mall, and of 4 pale; 
but lively red. ; 
The feed-veffels ate long, and the feeds {mall 
and yellow. 
It is common in damp places; and flowers i 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Zyfimachia filigiiofa birfuta 
parvo fore. 
4. Great, {tooth Willowherb. 
Epilobium glabrum majus. 
The root confifts of a vaft quantity of large 
and thick fibres fpreading every way. 
“The firft leaves are-broad, fhort, indented, and 
fhatp-pointed, and of a dead green. 
The ftalk is firm, uprights very miuch branched, 
and four feet high. — € 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and are very 
numerous: they have fhort footftalks; and are 
broad, Oblchg, and fharply ferrated; {mooth, 
and of a deep green, : 
The flowers ftand in confiderable numbers at 
the tops of the branches; and, though ‘the 
plant is fo large, they are very fmall: their colour 
is a bright red, and they have long, flender foot 
ftalks. : 
The feed-veffelg are Jong, and the’ feeds {mall; 
It is common in damp paftures; and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ly/imachia filiquofa glabra 
major. Others, Lyfimachia campeftris. 
5. Narrow-leaved; finooth Willowherb: 
Epilobium anguftifolium glabrum. 
Fhe toot is long, flender, and creeping : it 
tuns to a préat diftante under the furfacé, and is 
furnifhed with many fibres. ; 
The ftalks are numerous, round, firm; up- 
right, two foot and a half high; and confiderably 
brariched. : 
The leaves are very numerous: they ftand fo 
thick that they frequently cover the ftalk’for the 
greateft part of its length: they are long, nar- 
row, fmooth, of a deep gteen, and not ar all 
indented ; but they terniinate in a fharp point. 
The flowers are placed at the tops of the 
brariches, and ate large, and of a beautiful 
bright red. “ 
The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are fur- 
rounded with a great quantity of down. 
It is frequent in damp meadows, under hedges, 
and by the fides of brooks. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine, calls it Lyfimachia glabro minor. 
J. Bauhine; Lyfimachia levis. 
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