Onagrariee—Epilobium. 197 
Petals 2 or 4, rarely more, fugacious, twisted. Stamens 1 to 
8. Fruit variable. About twenty genera and 300 species are 
grouped together under this head. Most of the species are 
found in temperate regions. 
1, EPILOBIUM. 
Calyx-tube slender, scarcely produced above the secd-vessel ; 
limb 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, often 2-lobed. Stamens 8, 
alternately smaller. Cap- 
sule 4-celled, dehiscing 
between the cells ; seeds 
numerous, with a tuft of 
silky hairs at the tip. 
There are upwards of fifty 
species in the temperate 
and frigid regions of both 
hemispheres. The common 
native species HE. hir- 
sttum, popularly known 
under the name of Codlins- 
and-Cream, is found by the 
side of almost every ditch 
and water-course. It is a 
coarse growing plant, often 
6 or 7 feet high, but its 
large rosy flowers are very 
striking and conspicuous 
towards the end of Summer. 
The name is derived from 
éri, upon, AoBos, a pod, 
in reference to the flower 
being seated upon the _ 
pod. 
l. E. angustifoliwm a 
(fig. 104). Rose Bay or a 
French Willow.—The only " \ 
species worth cultivating. i i 
It is a native plant, with \ 
bright rosy-purple flowers, Fig. 104. Epilobium angustifolium. (nat. size.) 
produced inSummer. The 
form usually seen in cultivation differs slightly from the 
