JEpilohium.] lxii. onagbaoej!. (C. B. Clarke.) 587 



Vab. ? amplectem. Wall. Cat. 6330 ; stem otscurely quadrangular or the bases of 

 the leaves confluent and decurrent in two hairy. lines, -leaves nearly sessile often 

 somewhat rounded at the base. — Kumaon; Walhoh. Sitkim, alt. 10,000-13,000 ft. 

 (Tungu and Lachen) ; J. D. H. 



Except that the hairy lines down the stem are strongly marked this plant might 

 be E. origanifolium above. 



DOUBTFUI, SPECIES. 



E. laxum, RoyU III. p. 211, t. 4-3. The figure shows the stem uniformly hairy, 

 while the letterpress states that there are four lines on the stem. 



2. SXJSSZmA., Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs, growing usually in swamps. Leaves alternate, undi- 

 vided, mostly entire. Flowers yellow or white, axillary, solitary ; pedicel usu- 

 ally 2-bracteate at the apex. Calyx-tvhe scarcely produced above the ovary, 

 linear; teeth 4-6, acute, persistent. Petals 4-6, epigynous. Stamens double 

 the number of petals, epigynous. Ovary inferior, 4-5-ceUed; style simple, 

 usually^ very short, stigma 4-5-lobed ; ovules oo, axUe, in several vertical rows 

 at the inner ang;e_ of each cell. Capsule linear, round or angular, 4r-5-celled, 

 8-10-ribbed, opening septicidally in valves separating from the persistent ribs 

 or irregularly between the ribs. Seeds very many, without coma. — Disirib. 

 Species 30, in the tropics of the whole world, most numerous in America. 



1. J. repens, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 54 ; creeping or floating, leaves ob- 

 ovate or oblanceolate obtuse narrowed into the petiole, petals 5 (rarely 6) white 

 the veins at base slightly yellow, capsule woody, seeds quadrate with a white 

 corky testa. Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 305 ; Mo.vb. Hart. Beng. 33 ; Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 401 ; Wall. Cat. 6331 ; Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 300, t. 40 ; W.^A. Prodr. 

 336 i Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 628 ; Gibs. ^ Dais. Bomb. Fl. 98 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 751 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 90. J. fluviatilis, Blume 

 Bijd. 1132 ; DC. I. c. J. Swartziana, DC. I. c. J. floribunda, Orif. Notul. iv. 

 688. Oubosperijium palustre. Lour. Fl. Cochinc. 337. — Bheede Hart. Mai. ii. t. 

 51. — Probably Jussisea diffusa, Fwsk. in Oliv. Fl. Trap. Afr. ii. 488 with many 

 others. 



Throughout India with Cetloj? ; very common. — Disteib. The warmer parts of 

 the whole world. 



Herbaceous, often creeping on the margins of tanks, the stems also spreading on 

 the water and sustaining themselves on the surface by white vesicles ^-1^ in. Leaves 

 very variable in size, |— 3 in., usually glabrous sometimes hairy, upper usually 

 1-5! in., nearly always obtuse in the Indian examples. Pedicel usually as long as the 

 capsule, sometimes quite short. Petals about ^ia., obovate. ■ Capsule ^-1^ in., linear- 

 cylindric, glabrous or with scattered hairs. Seeds smooth, reticulated. 



2. J. sufifrutlcosa, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iii. 58 ; erect, leaves lanceolate, 

 petals 4 all yellow, capsule not woody, seeds subhemispheric, testa with a 

 prominent raphe shining brown not corky. Wall. Cat. 6334 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. i. 628 ; Kwrz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 90. J. exaltata, Boxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 33 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 401. J. villosa, Lamk. Diet. iii. 331 ; DC. P-odr. 

 iii. 67 ; WaU. Cat. 6333 ; W. 4- A. Prodr. 336 ; Gibs. ^ Dalz. Bomb. Fl. 98. 

 J. fruticoaa, DC. I. c. J. scabra, Willd. ; DC. I. c. J. Burmanni, and octo- 

 phila, DC. I. 0. J. longipes, Gnff. Notul. iv. 689. J. decumbens, WaU. Cat. 

 6322. J. angustifolia, Lamk. Diet. iii. 331 and III. t. 280,'flg. 3; DC. P-odr. 

 iii. 65; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 627. Epilobium fruticosum, Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinc. 226.— Rheede Hort. Mai. ii. t. 50. 



