560 344. Epilobium. 56. ONAGRARIJE. PL ex. cal . 
IV. 344. EPILOBIUM. Gesner. Willow-herb. 
Calyx long, limb 4-parted, deciduous ; petals 4, equal ; 
stamens 8, upright; pollen not viscous; capsule long, bluntly 
4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved ; placentarium 4-sided ; seeds 
many, comose. — Leaves lanceolate, mostly sessile ; lower 
opposite; upper mostly alternate ; flowers reddish; racemes 
mostly leafy. 
a. Style clubshape ; stigmata 4, rev6lute. 
1. Epilobium, hirsutum . Hairy willow-herb. 
Root creeping ; stem, much branched, hirsute ; leaves half- 
embracing the stem, lanceolate, serrate, rather bald ; veins 
hairy. 
Lysimachia siliquosa hirsuta magno flore, Raii Syn. 311,2. 
Lysimachia siliquosa, Ger. cm. 476, 6. 
Epilobium hirsutum, j Lin. S. P. 494. 
Epilobium ramosum, Hudson FL'Angl. 162. 
Codded willow-herb. Codlings and Cream. 
Watery places and holts ; perennial ; July. 
Roots stoloniferous ; stem upright, hairy, hairs pinnate; 
petals larger than the calyx, rose-colour.— -Shoots when 
quite fresh gathered have a transitory fragrance resembling 
scalded codlings, which vanishes in a few minutes. 
2. Epilobium parviflorum. Smallflowered willow-herb. 
Root fibrous ; stem nearly simple, villous ; leaves sessile, 
alternate, lanceolate, toothed, downy on both sides ; down 
soft. 
Lysimachia siliquosa hirsuta parvo flore, Raii Syn. 311,3. 
Lysimachia sylvatica, Ger. em. 479, 8. 
Lysimachia siliquosa sylvestris hirsuta, Park. 549. 
Epilobium hirsutum /3, Lin. S. P. 494. 
Epilobium villosum, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Epilobium parviflorum, With. Bot.Arr. 367. 
Epilobium molle, Lamarck Encycl. Meth. 2. 
Epilobium pubescens, Roth Germ. 2,435. 
Watery places; perennial; July. 
Stem densely woolly, slightly branched above; leaves 
toothed ; flowers • small. 
3. Epilobium montanum. Mountain willow-herb. 
Stem round ; leaves ovate, lanceolate, toothed, bald, veins 
woolly ; petioles short. 
Lysimachia campestris, Raii Syn. 311,4; Ger. e?n. 478, 11. 
