Epilobium montanum. Wood Willow-herb. 



•EPILQBIUM LinnceiGen. PL Octandria Monogynia 



-Calyx quadrifidus. Petala quatuor, Capfiula oblonga, infera. Sem'ma pappofa. 

 Rail Synopfi.Gen. 22. Herb.e vasculifer.e flore tetrapetalo anomaly. 

 EPILOBIUM foliis oppofitis, ovatis, dentatis, 'Linnm Syjl. Vegetab. p. 296. FL Suecic. 11. 329. 

 EPILOBIUM foliis ovato-lanceolatis, glabris, dentatis, Haller H'ift. n. 996. 

 CHAMAENERION montanum Scopoli FL Cam. p. 270. 

 LYSIMACHIA filiquofa glabra major. Bauhin p. 245. 

 LYSIMACHIA filiquofa major Parkin/on, 548. 



LYSIMACHIA campeftris. Gerard emac 478. Rail. Hi/l. ip. 861» The greater fmooth-leaved codded 



Willow-herb or loofe ftrife. Syn. 



Hudfon. FL Angl. ed. 2. p. 4. 

 Ltghtfoct FL Scot. p. 198, 



RADIX perennis, fublignofa, fibrofa, gemmislis ruber- | ROOT perennial, fomewhat woody and fibrous, on it§ 



rimis fuperne inftructa, | upper part furnifhed with little buds of a 



£ bright red colour. 



CAULIS pedalis ad tripedalem, ere&us, rubicundus, | STALKS from one to three feet high, upright, of a 



teres, fubpubefcens, fuperne ramofus, faspe % red colour, round, fcarce preceptibly downy, 



vero fimplex. | branched above, but often fingle. 



RAMI oppofiti. I BRANCHES oppofite. 



FOLIA oppofita, pedicellis breviftimis bail connatis t LEAVES oppofite, fitting on very fhort footftalks, 



infidentia, ovato acuta, argute dentata, I whole bafes unite, ovate and pointed, fharp- 



fuperne glabra, inferne pallidiora, venofa, % \y toothed on the edges, on the upper fide 



hirfutula, imis fiepe ruberrimis. | fmooth, on the under fide of a paler colour, 



% veiny and very flightly hairy, the bottom 



i ones often of a bright red colour. 



CALYX: Perianthium fuperum, tetraphyllum, | CALYX : a Peri an thium placed above the germen, 



foliolis lanceolatis, nervo medio confpicuo, I compoled of four^ narrow pointed leaves, in 



fi„ j m I which the midrib is confpicuous. Jig. \ . 



COROLLA: Petala quatuor, obcordata, profunde £ COROLLA four Petal s inverfelyheart-fhaped, deeply 



emarginata, pallide purpurea, calyce longiora, | notched, of a pale purple colour, longer than 



patentia. fig. 2. f the calyx and fpreading. fig. 2. 



STAMINA: Filamenta odl:o, fubulata, alba, % STAMINA eight Filaments, tapering, of a white 



quorum quatuor alterna breviora, Anthers ! colour, four of which are alternately fhorter ; 



flavefcentes. fig. 3. % Anther yellowifh. fig. 3. 



PISTILLUM: Germen tetragonum, inferum, prae- | PISTILLUM: Germen four cornered, placed be- 



longum, fuicatum; Stylus albus, longi- | neath the calyx, very longand grooved; Style 



tudine ftaminum, apice paululum incraflatus ; % white, the length of the ftamina, thickened 



Stigma quadrifidum, album, laciniis paten- | a little at top ; Stigma divided into four feg- 



tibus, nonvero revolutis. fig. 4. 5, % ments, white, the fegments fpreading but not 



% rolled back. fig. 4. 5. 



SEMINA minima, pappofa. fig. 6. | SEEDS very fmall and downy, fig. 6. 



MOST of the Willow-herbs that we have already figured, have grown in wet fituations, this rather delights 

 in Woods, Hedge-rows, lhady Lanes, and Hedges, fometimes it is alfo found on Walls in Courts and Areas ; it 

 flowers from June to Auguft. 



We fometimes find it having three or four leaves at each joint, a variety to which moft of this family is 

 iubjed. 



