EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY. Onagraceae. 



A tall perennial herb with ruddy stem 



Great e wniow and dark live S reen > lance-shaped, white- 

 Herb ribbed leaves without teeth or nearly so, 

 Epilobium resembling those of the willow. The light 

 angustifolium magenta or rarely white flowers in a ter- 

 '* troagenta mma | s howy spike with four broad and 



conspicuous petals, eight stamens, and a 

 prominent pistil. The slender velvety, purple-tinged 

 pods, gracefully curved, open lengthwise and liberate a 

 mass of silky down in late Axigust and September, which 

 gives the plant a wild and dishevelled appearance. 4-7 

 feet high. Common on newly cleared woodland, es- 

 pecially where the ground has been burned over. From 

 Me., south to N. Car., and west to S. Dak. and Tex. 

 H WH ^ foreign perennial species which has 



Herb become naturalized about towns near the 



Epilobium coast. The deep yellow-green leaves ob- 

 hirsutum long lance-shaped, finely toothed and stem- 



Magenta legg The f our . pe taled magenta flowers, 



July-August ,.,, j i -ii 



| inch broad, in a short terminal cluster, 



or between leaf-stem and plant-stem. There are eight 

 stamens. Seed-pod long and slender, the seed wafted by 

 means of a long tuft of silky hairs at the tip. 3-4 feet 

 high, densely soft-hairy, stout and branching. 



A small uncommon species. The stem 

 Epilobium angled or marked with hairy lines, sparse- 



Ulac^ ! f fine1 ^ hail 'y throughout. The broad 



July-August linear, obtuse leaves erect or ascending, 



and stemless, with curled-back margins. 

 The seed-capsules extremely long and with scarcely ap- 

 parent slender stems. 6-12 inches high. Flowers the 

 same as in the next species. White Mountains, N. H., 

 and Pa., west to Minn. Found on Mt. Washington. 



A very slender swamp species, with 

 Epilobium sma ll linear or narrow lance-shaped light 

 ^la^ green leaves with a short but distinct stem, 



July-August a d tiny lilac or pale magenta flowers, 



scarcely inch broad. The whole plant 

 minutely hairy together with the capsule. More branched 

 than the next species. 1-2 feet high. In bogs from 

 Me., southwest to Pa., and west to S. Dak. 

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