Epilobium hirsutum. Large-flower'd Willow-herb. 



EPILOBIUM hlnnal Gen» PL Octandria Monogynia. 



Cal. 4-fidus, Petala 4. Caps» oblonga, infera. Sent, pappofa# 



RaiiSyn. Gen. 22. Herb^ vasculiferje flore tetrapetalo anomalje. 

 EPILOBIUM hirfutum foliis ovato-lanceolatis, femiamplexicaulibus, hirfutis ; caule ramofiflimo ; radice 



repente. 



EPILOBIUM hirfutum foliis oppofitis lanceolatis ferratis decurrenti amplexicaulibus. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. 



p. 471» Spec. Plant, p. 494. Flor. Sueclc. p. 123. 

 EPILOBIUM Foliis femiamplexicaulibus, lanceolatis, hirfutis. Halter» hid. helv. p. 125. 

 CHAM^ENERlON hirfutum. Scopoli Fl. CarnioL 270. 

 LYSIMACHIA filiquofa hirfuta magno flore. Bauhin. pin. 245. 

 LYSIMACHIA filiquofa,- Ger. emac. 476. 



Raii Syn. p. 311. Great hairy codded Loofeftrife or Willow-herb, called 

 , alfo Codlings and Cream. 



Hudfon. Fl. Angl. p. 141. 3. ed. 2. p. 162. 3. 



Lightfoot. Fl. Scot. p. 197. 



Oeder. Fl. Dan. k. 326. 



RADIX perennis, furculofa, fibris cap'illata, e cujus 

 capite erumpunt germina majufcula, rubentia, 

 in fumma tellure reptantia, quibus fe late 

 difFundit et propagat. 



I ROOT perennial, full of moots, with numerous fibres, 

 I fending off from the upper part ftoles of a 



confiderable thicknefs, which creeping un- 

 I der the furface of the ground, fpread widely 



and propagate the plant. 

 STALK from three to fix feet high, upright, very 

 much branched, round, fomewhat quadran- 

 gular at bottom, hirfute, andpurplifh: Bran- 

 ches like the ftalk, nearly upright. 

 LEAVES betwixt oval and lanceolate, finely toothed 

 at the edges, hirfute, half embracing the ftalk, 

 veiny, thofe on the branches a little twifted. 

 FLORES magni, fpeciofi, purpurei, fubcampanulati, f FLOWERS large, fhowy, of a purple colour, fome- 

 paululum nutantes. | what bell-fhaped, and hanging down a little. 



CALYX; Perianthium fuperum, ere&um, quadri- | CALYX: a Perianthium placed above the Germen, 



CAULIS tripedalis ad orgyalem, ere&us, ramofiflimus, % 

 teres, ad bafin fubtetr?gonus, hirfutus, pur- \ 

 purafcens ; Rami cauli iimiles, adfcendentes. % 



% 



FOLIA ovato-lanceolata, argute denticulata, hirfuta, fe- ^ 

 miamplexicaulia, venofa, ramorumfubtortuofa. % 



partitum, bafiangulofum, laciniis ovato-acutis, % 

 fundo villofo, fig. 1 . | 



% 



COROLLA : Petala quatuor, obcordata, emargina- | 



ta, purpurea, ban albida, calyce duplo Ion- I 



giora,/g-. 2. I 



STAMINA: Fil amenta o&o, quorum quatuor lon- 

 giora, alba, fubulata : Anthers oblongse, 

 biloculares, flavefcentes, fig. 3. 



upright, angular at the bafe, deeply divided 

 into four fegments, which are oval and poin- 

 ted, the bottom in the infide villous, fig. 1. 



COROLLA : four Petals inverfely heart-fhaped, e- 

 marginated, of a purple colour with a white 

 bafe, and twice the length of the Calyx, 

 fig- 2. 



STAMINA : eight Filaments, four of which are 

 fhorter than the others, white and tapering : 

 Anthers oblong, bilocular, and yellowiih, 

 fig : 3' 



PISTILLUM : Germen oblongum, villofum, infe- | PISTILLUM : Germen oblong, villous, placed be- 



low the Calyx, four-corner'd and grooved, 

 crowned with very minute glands : Style 

 filiform, hanging down, and longer than the 

 Stamina: Stigma thick, divided into four: 

 fegments, which are villous and roll'd back, 

 fig- 4, 5> 6 - 

 SEED-VESSEL, a Capsule about three inches long, 

 obtufely four cornered, and grooved, termi- 

 nated as in the Germen with glands, flightly 

 hirfute, having four cavities and four valves. 



rum, tetragono-fulcatum, glandulis minimis ^ 



coronatum : Stylus filiformis, declinatus, Sta- t 



minibus longior : Stigma crafTum, quadrifi- I 



dum, laciniis revolutis, villofis, fig. 4, 5, 6. y 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula triuncialis, obtufe tetra- ¥ 

 gona, fulcata, ut in germine glandulis termi- | 

 nata, leniter hirfuta, quadrilocularis, quadri- | 

 valvis. t 



SEMINA ovata, pallide fufca, plurima, pappofa, len- ^ SEEDS oval, pale brown, numerous, downy, viewed 

 te vifa hinc convexa, fcabriufcula, illinc com- ? with a magnifier on one fide convex, and 



preflb-fulcata, Receptaculo tetragono, libe- I roughifh, on the other, flattiih and grooved, 



ro, flexili feriatim affixa, fig. 7. $ affixed in rows to a four-cornered, loofe, flexi- 



? ble Receptacle,^. 7. 



THE Lyfimachia filiquofa hirfuta magno flore, and the Lyfimachia hirfuta parvo flore ofBAUHiNE, are con- 

 sidered by Linn^us as the fame fpecies. 



Mr. Ray, both in his Hifioria Plantarum and Synopfis, confiders them as diftintl: fpecies ; and Mr. Hudson, 

 viewing them in the fame light, gives a new name to the larger flowering one, calling it ramofum*, and retains the 

 name of hirfutum for the fmaller flowering one : but as the larger flowering plant is the fpecies which Linnaeus 

 has diftinguifhed by the name of hirfutum, there appears more propriety in adopting his name for the fpecies, and 

 giving a new name to what he confiders as the variety. 



The fpecies here figured, grows very commonly in and by the fides of wet ditches, ponds, &c. rifing 

 generally to the height of five feet. 



It flowers in July and Auguft. 



A variety with a white flower fometimes occurs ; and a fort with variegated leaves, is fold by the gardeners. 



Having a creeping root, it is very apt to increafe too much if not properly attended to. The leaves, when 

 young, have a mining appearance ; and if bruifed, fend forth an agreeable fmell, whence its name of Codlings 

 and Cream. 



Is it not a plant deferving the notice of the Farmer ? If cattle are found to eat it, either green or dryed, may it 

 not be cultivated to advantage it wet fituations, where other ufeful plants will not grow ? 



