118 29. ONAGRACEJE. 



obovate-oblong subacute below." — E. B. S. 2935. — Root not 

 truncate. Rosettes loose, sessile. St. 1 — 2 ft. high, obscurely 

 or veiy bluntly angled especially below. L. flaccid, mostly pen- 

 dulous.— South of England, rare. P. VII.— IX. E. 



tt Stem with raised lines, stigma entire. 



7. E. roseum (Schreb.) ; rosettes loose, I. stalked ovate nar- 

 rowed and acute at both ends serrulate, buds nodding ovoid 

 acuminate, sep. lanceolate acuminate, seeds obovate-oblong 

 narrowed to a rounded base. — E. B. 693. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high, 

 branching, with two sharp and two blunt angles. Petioles long. 

 —Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 



8. E. tetragonum (L.) ; rosettes dense subsessile, I. strap- 

 shaped much denticulate-serrate, limb of intern. 1. decurrent, 

 buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate tubercular. — Curt. Lond. i. 66. 

 ^St. 1 — 2 ft. high, with 2 — 4 raised lines, usually much branched. 

 —Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 



*** Stoles (Bstival long-jointed with small leaves, primary stem 

 erect, stigma usually entire. 



9. E. obscurum (Schreb.) ; I. tapering from a rounded base 

 sessile remotely denticulate, lower 1. oblong blunt, buds erect, 

 seeds oblong-obovate. — E. virgatum Bab. See A. N. H. Ser. 2. 

 xvii. 236 for an account of this plant and its allies. — Resembling 

 E. tetragonum but the caps.much shorter. — Wet places. P. VII. 

 VIII. 



**** Stoles (BStival long-jointed with very small leaves ending in 

 autumnal bulbs which become detached, base of stem cordlike. 



10. E. palustre (L.) ; stoles long, st. rooting near the base, 

 I. narrowly lanceolate from a wedgeshaped base sessile not de- 

 current, buds nodding, sep. lanceolate, seeds subfusiform attenuate 

 and acute below and the testa prolonged above smooth. — E. B. 

 346? — Stoles very slender, st. round, often with two rows of 

 down, 6 — 18 in. high. L. entire or denticulate. — Bogs. P. VII. 

 VIII. 





Stoles or barren stems astival leafy rosulate. 



\\. E. alpinum (L.) ; barren stems short their upper I. closely 

 placed, fl.-st. erect from a short rooting base, 1. oval or oblong 

 blunt narrowed below not acuminate, upper 1. lanceolate, buds 

 nodding, sep. linear-lanceolate acute, seeds lanceolate-obovate 

 pointed below apiculate.— E. B. 2001. — St. filiform, simple, with 

 two raised lines, 3 — 4 in. long. L. pale green. Fl. pale.— 

 Higher mountains. P. VII. S. 



