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

 — Higher mountains. P. VII. S. 



***** Stoles or barren stems (sstival leafy not romlate. 



12. E. anagaUidifoUam (Lam.) ; joints of barren steins all 

 long with small obovate leaves, fl.-st. erect from a long rooting 

 base, 1. oblong blunt narrowed below not acuminate, upper 1. 

 lanceolate buds nodding, sepals oblong blunt, seeds obovate 

 pointed below apiculate. — Sy. E. B. 506. — St. filiform, mostly 

 simple, with 2 raised lines, 3 — 4 in. long. L. pale green. Fl. 

 pale reddish. — Higher mountains. P. VII. E. .S. 



****** Stoles cestwal scale-bearing not rosulate. 



13. E. alsinif6lium (Vill.) ; stoles (yellowish) with small 

 roundish distant scales, st. erect from a long rooting base, I. 

 ovate-acuminate repand-dentate shortly stalked, buds nodding, 

 Sep. linear-oblong, seeds subfusiform. — Sg. E. B. 505. — St. mostly 

 simple, rather thick, with 2 raised lines, '3 — 12 in. long. L. 

 shining, suhpellucid. Fl. large, purplish. Caps, upright, long, 

 long-stalked. — Higher mountains. P. VII. E. S. 



2. (Enoihe'ra Linn. Evening Primrose. 



[*1. CE. bien'nis (L.) ; 1. obovate-lanceolate flat toothed, pet. 

 longer than the stamens, st.-l. elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, caps, 

 tetragonal tapering upwards. — E. B. 1534. St. 5. 5. — Fl. large, 

 many, bright yellow. St. 2 — 3 ft. high, leafy. — Sandy coast of 

 Lancashire. Often an outcast from gardens. B. VII. — IX.] E. 



[*2. (E. odordta (Jacq.) ; 1. subsessile, radical 1. linear-lanceo- 

 late toothed, st.-l. ovate-lanceolate attenuate, pet. longer than 

 the stamens, caps, clavate. — Sg. E. B. 509. — ^Pl. large, bright 

 vellow. St. 2 — 3 ft. high. Foliage brighter green and fl. 

 deeper yellow than in Sp. 1. — Channel Isles. Coasts of Som. 

 and at Plymouth. An escape from cultivation. B. VII. — IX.] 



E, 



3. Isnak'bia lAnn. 



1. I. palus'tris (L.) ; st. procvmibent rooting glabrous, L oppo- 

 site ovate acute narrowed into a petiole, fl. axillary solitary 

 sessile without petals.— £ B. S. 2693. St. 22. 3.— St. 6—8 in. 

 long, round, branching, often reddish. Fl. with 2 small bracts 

 at the base. Caps, ovate, obtusely quadrangular, with the per- 

 sistent calyx spreading horizontally. — Pools and marshes. Bux- 

 ted, Suss. Petersfield and Brookenhurst, Hants. Jersey. A. 

 VI. E. 



