PILOBIUM VILLOSUM. flOARY W ILLOW-HERB. 



EPILOBIUM lamue'i Gen. PI. Octandria Monogynia. 



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

 Raii Syn. Gen. 21. Herb^e vasculifer^ flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 

 EPILOBIUM villofum foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, dentatis, pubefcentibus, caule tereti villofo. 



EPILOBIUM hirfutum foliis lanceolatis ferratis fubdecurrentibus ; inferioribus oppofitis, caule fubiim- 

 plici. Hudfon Fl. AngL ed. 2. p. 162. 



LYSIMACHIA filiquofa hirfuta parvo flore. C. Bauhin. pin. 245. Prod. 116. 



LYSIMACHIA filiquofa hirfuta flore minore. I. B. II. 906. 



LYSIMACHIA filiquofa fylveftris hirfuta. Parkin/on ? Pali Hfi. PL p. 861. Syn. ed. 3. /311. 



The leffer hairy codded Loofeftrife or Willow-herb, with fmall flowers. 



Lightfoot. Fl. Scot. p. 198. var. hirfut. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa. ? ROOT perennial and fibrous. 



CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, fimplex, aut ramofus J STALK from one to three feet high, fimple or branch- 

 pro loco natali, teres, villofus. | ed according to its place of growth, round, 



y hoary, and purplifh. 



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FOLIA oblongo-lanceolata, connata, non vero decur- | LEAVES oblong and lanceolate, uniting at bottom 



rentia, rare dentata, dentibus glandulofis, t around the ftalk, but not running down it, 



moliia, pubefcentia, fubtus albida, patentia, | teeth at the edge few and glandular, foft, 



in locis ficcioribus faepe ere£ta. f downy, underneath whitiih, fpreading, but 



? in more dry fituations frequently upright. 



FLORES parvi, purpurei. t FLOWERS fmall and purple. 



CALYX: PERiANTHiuMtetraphyllum, fuperum, fo- % CALYX: a Peri anthium of four leaves, placed a- 

 liolis ovato-lanceolatis, hirfutulis, Jig. 1. bove the Germen, oval, pointed, and flight* 



I ly hirfute, jig. 1 . 



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COROLLA : Petala quatuor, obcordata, calycedu- | COROLLA : four Petals inverfely heart-fhaped, al- 

 plo fere longiora, fig, 2. | moft twice the length of the Calyx, fig. 2. 



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'STAMINA: Filamenta o£to ; fubulata, alterna | STAMINA : eight Filaments, tapering, the four 

 breviora : Anthers ovales, compreffe, ob- y alternate ones morteft : Anthers oval, flat- 



tufie, fig. 3. I tened, and obtufe, fig. 3. 



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 PISTILLUM: Germen cylindraceum, longiffimum: % PISTILLUM: Germen cylindrical, very long: Style 



Stylus filiformis : Stigma craffum, quadri- | filiform: Stigma thick, divided into four 



fidum, laciniis vix vero revolutis, fig. 4. % fegments, which are fcarcely rolled back, 



I fig- 4. 



PERICARPIUM: Capsula prgelonga, rubefcens. ? SEED-VESSEL, a long Capsule, of a reddifh colour. 



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SEMINA plurima, pappo coronata. ^ SEEDS numerous, covered with a pappus or down. 



IN three refpe&s does this plant particularly, and invariably, differ from the hirfutum; of which, as hath before 

 been obferved, it is confidered by Linnjeus and other writers, as a variety only ; viz. in its blojfoms, root, and 

 pubefcence ; either of which would appear alone fufficient to conftitute it a diitinct fpecies. 



The bloffoms in the firft place, are not in general more than one third as large ; the root does not creep ; and 

 the ftalk and leaves, are covered with numerous foft hairs, which give the whole plant a whitiih or hoary appear- 

 ance, that is particularly ftriking. 



Befides thefe characters, the plant is alfo much fmaller ; and in general, is not fo much branched. I have often 

 gathered fpecimens of it not more than a foot in height, with a fimple flalk ; and have alfo frequently found it 

 much higher, as well as much branched, when there was no reafon to fuppofe the plant had received any injury, 

 which Mr. Hudson aflerts is always the cafe, when the plant occurs in the latter ftate. The Calyx and Stigma, 

 differ alfo very materially in the two plants. 



It is very common with us on the banks of rivulets, and in watery places ; and flowers in July and Auguft. 

 No particular qualities are afcribed to it. 



