EPILOBITJM. 135 



6. E. lanceoldtum (S. & M.) ; st. slightly angular do-wny, I. 

 stalked lanceolate denticulate-serrate narrowed to an entire base, 

 tuds nodding ovoid, sep. broadly linear acuminate, seeds tuber- 

 cular olsovate-oblong sulaacute below. — IS. B. S. 2935. — Root 

 not truncate. Rosettes loose, sessile. St. 1 — 2 ft. high, obscui-ely 

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

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



tt Stem with raised lines, stigma entire. 



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

 rowed and acute at both ends serrulate, buds usually nodding 

 ovoid acuminate, sep. lanceolate acuminate, seeds obovate- 

 oblon^ 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. VU. VIII. E. S. ? I. 



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

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

 buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate tubercular. — Sy. E. B. 502. 

 Otirt. i. 66. — St. 1 — 2 ft. high, with 2 — 4 raised Hnes, usually 

 much branched. — Damp places. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 



** Stoles festival long-jointed with small leaves, primary stem 

 erect, stigma usually entire. 



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

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

 seeds oblong-obovate. — E. virgatum G. & &., Sy. E. B. 503. — 

 Resembling E. tetragonum, but the caps, much shorter and 1. 

 very different.— Wet places. P. Vn. Vin. E. S. I. 



*** Stoles festival long-jointed loith very small leaves ending in 

 autumnal bulbs which become detached, base of stem cordlike. 



10. E. palus'tre (L.) ; stoles long slender, st. rooting near the 

 base, I. narrowly lanceolate from a wedgeshaped base sessile not 

 decurrent, top of raceme nodding, sep. lanceolate, seeds subfasi- 

 form attenuate and acute below and the testa prolonged above 

 smooth. — Sy. E. B. 504. — St. round, often with two rows of 

 down, 6 — 18 in. high. L. entire or denticulate. — F. ligulatum 

 fBaker) is a broad-leaved form. — Bogs. P. VII. VIII. 



E. S. I. 



**** Stoles or barren stems csstival rosulate. 



11. 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, 



