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E P L L O' B I U M *. 
Linnean Clans and Order. Octa'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Onagra'ria?. Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 107.; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 56. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 522. ; Loud. 
Ilort. Brit. p. 513 . — Ona'grte, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 317. — Sm.Gram. 
of Bot. p. 166 . — Epilobia'cete, Ventenat. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) superior, of 1 sepal (monosepalous), 
deeply divided into 4 oblong, pointed, coloured segments, which 
fall off after flowering. Corolla of 4 petals (tetrapetalous), which 
are dilated upwards, more or less cloven, spreading, and inserted 
between the divisions of the calyx. Filaments 8, awl-shaped, from 
the throat of the calyx ; 4 alternate ones shorter. Anthers oval, 
compressed, blunt, attached by the back. Germen (fig. 2.) in- 
ferior, cylindrical, slightly 4-cornered, very long. Style thread- 
shaped. Stigma thick, blunt, either undivided, or usually in four 
deep, recurved segments. Capsule (fig. 3.) very long, bluntly 
4-cornered, furrowed, with 4 cells, and 4 strap-shaped valves, with 
central partitions. Seeds (fig. 4.) numerous, small, oblong, each 
crowned with a tuft of hairs. Receptacle ( placenta ) very long, 
strap-shaped, 4-cornered (quadrangular) , pliant, coloured, its angles 
meeting the central partition of each valve. 
Herbaceous plants , with simple, generally toothed, leaves. 
Flowers purple or rose coloured, axillary and solitary, or terminal 
in leafy clusters or spikes. Seed-down silky. 
The superior, deeply 4-cleft calyx ; corolla of 4 petals ; and the 
elongated, 4-celled, 4-valved capsule, with many bearded seeds; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Nine species British. 
EPILO'BIUM ANGUSTIFO'LIUM. Rose-bay Willow-herb. 
Persian, or French Willow. 
Spec. Char. Leaves scattered, strap-spear-shaped, veiny 
smooth. Flowers irregular, somewhat spiked. Stamens bent down . 
Eng. Bot. t. 1917. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 106 — Linn. Sp. PI. p.493. — Huds. 
FI. A ngl. (2nd ed.) p. 161 . — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 409. Eng. FI. v. ii. p 212. — 
With, ("th ed.) v. ii. p. 469. — Lindl. Syn. p. 103. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 179. — 
Light!. FI. Scot. v. i. p 197. — '>ibt h . FI. Oxon. p. 121. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 34. 
— Purt. Midi. FI. v. lii. p.326. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 116. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 
85. — Johnston’s Kl. of Berwick, v. i. p. 86. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s PI. of S. Kent, 
p.23. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 1U6. — FI. Bath. p. 16. — Lysimachia speciosa, 
quibusdam Onagra dicta, siliquosa, Kay’s Syn. p. 310. — Chamcenerion, John- 
son Gorarde, p. 477. — Cliammnerion Spicatuni, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 559. 
Localities. — In meadows, moistshady places, woods, &c. Rare. — Oxfordsh. 
At Grays, near Henley : Rev. Mr. Lightfoot. Stokenchurch: Dr. Sun hobr. — 
Berks; On the outside of a copse above Childswell Farm : 1823. W.B. Near 
Appleton: Miss Hoskins. — Bed/ordsh. Near Dunstable: Rev. C. Abbot. — 
Bucks; In a wood on Comb-Hill near Ellesborough : Blaikstone. Fledge 
near Farnharn, in abundance: Mr. Gotobed. — Cheshire ; In Longdendale, 
above Tintwistle: Air. Bradbury. — Cumberland ; Banks of the Eden, Corby : 
Mr. Hutchinson. — Derbysh. Matlock; Dailey: Mr. Coke. On high rocks by 
Fig. 1. Germen, Calyx, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and 
Stigma. — F’ig. 3. Seed-vessel. — Fig. 4. A Seed. 
* From epi, Gr. upon, and lobos, a pod ; the flower being placed upon the 
top of the elongated seed-vessel. Dr. Hooker, in Bril. Flora. 
t See Adu.va Mosc/iate'llina, p. 42. n. f. 
