106 OCTANDklA MONOGYNIA. Epilobium. 



Per. June. 



Ls. root-ones erect, long stalked, ribbed. FL stalk naked, two or 

 three f., its branches numerous, whorled, compound, spreading, 

 bracteated : each^. partially stalked, erect. Pet. pale, reddish- 

 purple, yellow at the base. Caps, about eighteen, egg-shaped. 



(A. Damasonium. Star-headed IV.-p. Leaves oblong, 

 five-ribbed, slightly heart-shaped at the base. Styles 

 six. Capsules tapering, six, spreading in the form of 

 a star. E. B. 1615. C. 5. 28. Plantago aquatica 

 minor stellata. G. E. 417. Actinocarpus Damaso- 

 nium of Br., and H. 



Ditches and pools. * \yinkfield Plain, near Windsor, Berks. 

 Ditches about Southcote, near Reading, Berks. Tur. 



Per. June, July. 



Fl.-stalks hardly a span, with one or two whorls of white j^., which 

 are yellow in the middle.) 



A. ranunculoides. Less IV.-p. Leaves linear-spear- 

 shaped. Capsules angular, acute, numerous, in a 

 globular head. Stem none. E. B. m^. H. L. 28. 

 Plantago aquatica humilis. G. E. 417* 



Sivamjis, turfy hogs. Cowley Marsh. B.v. Southleigh Heath. 



Otmoor. Sb. . - - 



Per. June. 

 L.-stalks long, spongy. Stalk upright, or lying down, bearing two 



or more whorls on long, round fl.-stalks, with small, membranous 



bract, at the insertion. Fl. pale-purple, yellow at the base. 



Cal. Is. small, roundish, concave, pei'manent. 



Discrim. The seeds in a globular head : in A. Plantago they 

 are very blunt and compressed. 



Class VIII. OCTANDRIA. Stmnens 8. 



Order L MONOGYNIA. Pistil 1. 



EPILO'BIUM.' Willow-Herb. 



* Flowers irregular. 



E. angiistifolium. Rose-hay TV. Persian, or French 

 Willow. Leaves scattered, linear-spear-shaped, veiny, 

 smooth. Petals unequal. Stamens descending arch- 



' i. e. ion cpi lobon, Gr. violet on a pod. Beckmmtn. Lex. Botanicum. 



