EpILOBIUM ANGUST1FOLIUM. RoSEBAY WlLLOW-HERB. 



EPILOBIUM Linnai Gen. PL Octandria Monogynia, 



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

 Rail Syn. Gen. 22. Herb^ vasculifer^: flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 



EPILOBIUM angujlifolium foliis fparfis lineari-lanceolatis, floribus inaequalibus. Linnai Syfi. Vegetab* 



p. 296. Sp. PI. 347. 

 EPILOBIUM flore difformi, foliis lanceolatis, tranfverfim nervofis. Haller hift. n. 427. 

 CHAALENERION angujlifolium. Scopoli PI. Cam. 



LYSIMACHIA fpeciofa, quibufdam onagra dicla filiquofa. Bauhin hift. II. 906. 

 LYSIMACHIA Chamgenerion dicta anguftifolia. Bauhin. pin. 245. Rail Synop. 310. Rofebay Willow-herb. 



Hudfon Flor. Angl. p. 140. 



Li gh foot Flor. Scot. p. 197. 



Oeder Dan. k. 289. 



RADIX perennis, repens. | ROOT perennial and creeping. 



CAULIS ere&us, tripedalis, ad orgyalem, ramofiffimus, | STALK upright, from three to fix feet high, very 



teres, pubefcens, ramis alterne oppofitis. much branched, round, and pubefcent ; the 



I branches alternately oppofite. 



FOLIA lanceolata, alterna, fubdecurrentia, glabra, y LEAVES lanceolate, alternate, running flightly down 



margine minute remoteque dentata, nervo | the ftalk, fmooth, the edge minutely and 



medio albido. | rarely indented, the midrib whitifh. 



BRACTE^E foliis fimiies. .? FLORAL-LEAVES like thofe on the ftalk. 



FLORES purpurei, fpeciofi, fubfpicati, raro ultra f FLOWERS purple, fhowy, growing in a kind of 



quatuor aut quinque una in eadem fpica flo- y fpike, feldom more than four or five flowering 



rentes. | together on the fame fpike. 



CALYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, fuperum, fo- | CALYX: Perianthium of four leaves, placed above 



liolis lanceolatis, coloratis, furfum curvatis, t the Calyx; the leaves lanceolate, coloured, 



Jig. 1. I and bending upwards. 



COROLLA : Petala quatuor, purpurea, patentia, y COROLLA : four roundifh Petals of a purple co- 



fubrotunda, emarginata, unguibus anguftis, | lour, fpreading, the claws narrow, fig. 2 ; the 



Jig. 2, duobus inferioribus remotioribus. I two lowermofl fomewhat remote from each 



% other. 



STAMINA: Filamenta o&o, fubasqualia, purpu- | STAMINA: eight Filaments, nearly of an equal 



rafcentia, primum deflexa, demnm fuberefta, ^ length, of a purplifh colour, at firft bending 



Piltillo breviora : Antherte rubne, bilocula- f down, finally becoming fomewhat upright, 



res: Pollen viride, Jig. 3, 4» | fhorter than the PifHllum : Anthers red, 



f having two cavities : the Pollen green, 



I fig- 3> 4- 



PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, oblongum, longi- f PISTILLUM : Germen below the Calyx, oblong, the 



tudine Styli, fubtetragonum, glandula coro- T length of the Style, flightly quadrangular, 



natum : Stylus filiformis, albus, prope bafin | crowned by a gland : Style filiform, white, 



villofus : Stigma quadrifidum, magnum, la- % . villous towards the bottom : Stigma large, 



ciniis villofis revolutis, fig. 5, 6, 7. | divided into four fegments, which are villous, 



I and turn back, fig. 5, 6, 7. 



PERICARIUM : Capsula cylindracea, incurvata, ¥ SEED-VESSEL : a Capsule of a cylindrical form, 



quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis. | fomewhat incurvated, of four cavities and 



$ four valves. 



SEMINA numerofa, ftriata, pappo coronata Recepta- t SEEDS numerous, flriated, crowned with a down, 



culo longiflimo tetragono, libero, flexili affixa, | and affixed to a very long, loofe, flexible Recep- 



fig. 8, 9. I tacle,^-. 8, 9. 



IN the third edition of Ray's Synopfis, this plant is faid to have been found growing wild near Alton,. 

 in Hampjhire : in confirmation of this, I have myfelf found it growing in a wild unfrequented wood near the 

 fame place. 



The fhowy appearance of its bloffoms, has long fince introduced it into our gardens; where, by means ©f 

 its creeping roots, it is apt to increafe more than is defirable : and from the refufe of gardens, we fufpect 

 thofe plants, which we have here and there noticed about town, have arifen. Mr. Hudson, in his Flora Anglic a, 

 mentions its growing on Maize Hill, beyond Greenwich. 



It continues in blofTom through July, Auguft, and September. 



Haller, from feveral authors, mentions, that the young fhoots are eatable, although an infufion of the 

 plant ftupifies ; that the pith alfo is eatable ; which when dried, is boiled, whence it becomes fweet, and by 

 a proper procefs, affords good beer ; as alfo vinegar : that it is alfo added to the Cow Parfnep, to enrich the 

 fpirit which is prepared from that plant : that it likewife affords good fodder for cattle ; and the down of 

 the feeds, mixed with beavers hair, has been manufactured into feveral articles of cloathing. 



It is too diftinct to be miftaken for any of the other fpecies ; and is fometimes found with white flowers. 



