Kl’ILOniUM. 
Ilf) 
hi<fli, nearly simple. L. nnifonnly hairy. FI. small. A dwarf 
woolly form with ovate obtuse leaves oeeurs in Jersey. — /3. rivu- 
lare; snl)<>;hil)rons. E. rivulare Wahl., R. I. f. .'101. — In wet 
idaees. P. VII. VIII. 
d. E.montanum{h.) ; I. omte-ohlong rounded at the base toothed 
shortly stalked, upper ones subsessile, st. round pubescent, stigma 
d-eleft, no scions. — E. B. 1177- St. ’J2. 7- — Rase of the st. de- 
eumbent and rooting but not creeping. Margins and veins of 
the leaves pubescent. St. 1 — 2 feet high, slightly branched ; or, 
in S- raniosissimum, (i — 18 in. high, greatly branched, leaves 
ovate ; in y. humile, st. 3 — (i in. high decumbent below, 1. small 
ovate; in 8. verticillatum, 1. in threes; — e. (Koch) ; 
1. lanceolate u ith a wedgeshaped base all stalked. St. 1 foot high, 
scarcely branched but with tufts of leaves or abbreviated shoots 
in the axils of nearly all the leaves. Koch in St. 7-- 0- E. lan- 
veolatum Seb. and Mauri FI. Rom. t. 1. f. 2., Bert. Bertoloni 
says that the Italian ])lant is different from that of Koch, yet my 
specimens agree exactly with both the figures. — In hilly places. 
y. on mountains. 8. Jersey. P. VI. VII. 
5. E. palustre (L.) ; /. narrowly lanceolate with a wedgeshaped 
base entire or denticulate sessile, st. round, stigma undivided, 
seed obovate : testa prolonged into a point at the summit, scions 
filiform. — E. B. 34(i.'' — L. usually quite entire, very narrow. St. 
() — IS in. high, jmbeseence often collected into 2 decurrent lines 
but the stem itself is truly terete. Buds nodding. — In boggy 
jjlaees. P. VII. VIII. 
tt Stem with elevated lines. 
(5. E.virgatum (F'ries); 1. lanceolate narrowing upwards sessile 
denticulate not decurrent, st. with 2 or -1 elevated lines, stigma 
undivided or slightly j)atent or 4-fid, seeds oblong-obovate not 
pointed, scions filiform. — Florig. Brit. f. 624. — St. 1, 2 or even 
.3 feet high, often decumbent and rooting, elevated lines often 
faint. L. not decurrent, lower 1. narrowed to their base. Buds 
erect. Scions from the lower joints of the stem, very slender, not 
terminating in a rose-shaped tuft of leaves. — Deep ditches in 
])cat-bogs. P. VII. VIII. 
7. E.tetragonum(h.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate narrowing upwards 
from a rounded base sessile denticulate, intermediate 1. shortly 
decurrent, st. with 2 or 4 elevated decurrent lines, stigma undi- 
vided, seeds oblong-obovate not pointed, root somewhat creep- 
ing. — E. B. 11)48. — The intermediate 1. are truly decurrent and 
often combine so as to produce one line on each side of the stem 
common to both of them. St. 1 — 2 feet high. Buds erect. 
Scions short, and terminating in rose-shaped tufts of leaves. — 
Damp places. P. VII. VIII. 
