OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 397 



PARIS. Cor, 4-petala, fubulata. CaL 4-phyllLis. 

 j5^c^^4-locularis. 



MONOGYNIA. 



EPILOBIUM. Gen. pL 471. 

 Cat. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Caps> oblonga, infera. Sem, 

 pappofa. 

 ** Staminihus declinatis. 

 angufiifoU' EPILOBIUM foliis fparfis lineari-lanceoktis, flo- 

 um 1. i-ibus inasqualibiis. 5"/;. pL 493. (Oed, Dan, t. 



289. opt. Moris, hiji. f. 3. /. 11./. i. crdhiis fu- 

 perioris ad dextram, Ger, Em. 477. /• 7- P^^- ^'^^^» 

 /. 52./. 10.; 



Rofebay Willow-herb. Jnglis, 



In woods and on rocks by the fides of mountains, 

 as in Ccryton woods, and among the rocks to 

 the Eaft of the Khk of Shots., near Hamilton. 

 Dr. Parfons. And twenty miles Weft of Sterling., 

 near Loch-Lutnaig., by the road from T'iendrum. 

 Mr. Stuart, if:. VII. 



An infufion of the leaves of this plant has an in- 

 toxicating quality, as the inhabitants of Camt- 

 fchatfca have learnt, who likewife eat the white 

 young ihoots, which creep under the ground, 

 and brew a fort of ale from the dry'd pith of it. 



The down of the feeds has lately been manufac- 

 tured by mixing it with cotton or beavers hair. 



*"* Staminihus ereulis regidarihiis., fetalis hifJis. 

 tirfutum 2, E- foliis oppofitis lanceolatis ferratis decurrenti am- 



O 3 plex'.caulibus. 



