WILLOW-HERB FA^riLY 



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* J\ials iinciji/a/ in size : s/aniciis bciit dmvirivards 



1. E. aijgi/sfi/oiiit//i (Rose-bay or French 'Willow). — A hand- 

 some species, 2—6 feet high; skm erect, Tound, unhranched ; 

 leaves scattered, stalked, lanceolate, slightly toothed, glaucous 

 beneath ; flincers i in. acros.s, rose-coloured, in a long, loose 

 bracteate raceme ; eei/s/zie i — 4 in. long. — Damp woods, frequent: 

 but sometimes an escape 

 from gardens. Caution 

 should be used in ad- 

 mitting it into a small 

 garden as its rhizomes 

 creep cxtcnsivel)', and 

 are xery difficult to 

 eradicate. — Fl. Jub'i 

 August. Perennial. 



** Siein round: petals 

 all equal : slauie/is 

 ercet : stiguia \-eteft 



2. IE. hirsiifuui (Gx&sX 

 Willow-Herb, Codlins 

 and Cream). — \ hand- 

 some dpwny species, 3 

 — 6 feet high, producing 

 underground suckers ; 

 leaves opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate, clasping the 

 stem, serrate ; flowers 

 nearly an inch across, 

 deep rose-colour, fra- 

 grant ; petals broad. — 

 Wet places by ditches 

 and rivers; common. — 

 Fl. July, August. Peren- 

 nial, 



3. E. parviflbruin 

 (Small-flowered Ilairy Willow-Herb). — Stem erect, i — 2 feet high, 

 little branched, downy, producing runners in autumn ; leaves 

 mostly scattered, sessile, lanceolate, toothed, hairy ; buds erect ; 

 flowers small pink. — Dairip places; common. — Fl. July, August. 

 Perennial. 



4. E. montduum (Broad Smooth-leaved Willow-Herb). — A 

 small species, about a foot high ; stem downy ; leaves mostly 



EPIL6BIUM ANGUSriFULlUM 



{.Rosc-bay, or French ]\'iUozij)- 



