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opposite, ovate, acute, serrate, glabrous or downy along the edges 

 and veins only, the lower ones slightly stalked, sometimes in 

 whorls of 3 ; buds drooping ; floivers small, pink. — Dry places ; 

 common.— Fl. fuae — August. Pert-nnial. 



5. E. livia-i^hifniii (Spear-leaved Willow-Herb).— A rather 

 larger sjiecies, with an erect, branched, o'bscurely angled s/ciii, 

 pubescent with recurved hairs ; kcwes stalked, flaccid, mostly 

 pendulous, oblong-lanceolate, toothed ; In/ds drooping ; flowers 

 small, pink. — Stony places in the south ; rare. Fl. July — 

 September. Perennial. 



*** Stem :iion' or /ess 2 — .) aiig/ed : .petals all ei/iial : 

 s/ai/!ens erect : s//x///a Inobhed^ not Jj-ele/t 



6. E. rbseum (Pale Smooth-leaved WiUow-Herb). — Stem i — 2 

 feet high, branching, with 2 sharp and "2 blunt angles ; leaves 

 long-stalked, ovate, toothed, glabrous ; Viids drooping ; flowers 

 small, rose-coloured. — Moist places, chiefly in the south. — Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



7. E. ietrdgonuin (Square-stalked WiUow-Herb). — Stem r — 2 

 feet high, usually much branched, 2 — .4-angled ; leaves sessile, 

 decurrent, linear-oblong, much toothed, flat, yellow-green ; buds 

 sitct ] flo-d'ers small, rose-pink. — Damp places; freijuent. — Fl. 

 July, August. Perennial. 



8. E. obsiunnii, a similar plant, produces its copious thread- 

 like runners in summer with leaves not in rosettes ; its leaves are 

 ovate-lanceolate, slightly toothed and dull ; and its flowers small, 

 with short, narrow, rose-red /t'/'oA. — Damp places ; more common 

 than the preceding. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



9. E. Ldmyl, as yet only recognised in a few localities, is allied 

 J.0 E. adndtum ; but differs in its leaves being shortly stalked, 

 more shining, dark blue-green, smaller, more distant, and less 

 toothed ; anci \\?,flo-wers larger and earlier in appearance. — Damp 

 places. — Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



10. E. palustre (Narrow-leaved Marsh ^Villow-He^b). — Stem 

 6 — 18 in. high, round, with two lines of down on opposite sides 

 producing slender, small-leaved runners in summer, ending in 

 bulbs in autumn ; leaves narrowly lanceolate, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, sessile ; buds drooping ; flowers small, pink. — Bogs ; com- 

 mon. — Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



11. E. ahinifblliiin (Chickweed-leaved,\\'illow-H.erb). — A low 

 tufted, almost glabrous species; stems succulent, with two raised lines 

 of down ; leaiKS stalked, Ovate, acute, serrate, glabrous, very thin, 

 bright green, shining ; buds drooping ; floivers ^ in. across, bright 



