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equal in size to the last. Hoot perennial. Flowers corymbose, large. 
Seeds oblong, acute at the base. 
3. E. parviflurum Sclireb. ( ' small- flowered hairy W.) ; leaves 
sessile lanceolate slightly toothed downy on both sides, stem 
nearly simple rounded very downy or nearly glabrous, flower- 
buds erect ovoid, stigma 4-cleft, seeds obovate-oblong, root 
fibrous. E. B. t. 795. 
Marshes and banks of lakes and rivers, frequent. If. . 7, 8. — 
The much smaller size of this species in all its parts, being scarcely 
more than 1 — ft. high, besides the above characters, serves to dis- 
tinguish it from the preceding, with which it has been confounded. 
4. E. montanum L. (broad smooth-leaved TF.) ; leaves shortly 
stalked ovate-oblong acute rounded at the base glabrous all 
toothed, stem rounded downy as well as the fruit, flower-buds 
drooping, stigma 4-cleft, seeds oblong obtuse at both ends, root 
fibrous. E. B. t. 1177. 
Dry shady banks, walls, roofs of cottages, &c., frequent. If. 6,7. 
— Stein 6 inches to 1 ft. high. Much resembling E. roseum ; but 
distinguished by its 4-fid stigma: it has, too, usually more shortly 
petiolate, deeply toothed leaves ; and larger flowers. 
5. E. lanceoldtum Seb. et Maur. (spear-leaved TF.) ; leaves 
stalked lanceolate irregularly toothed, narrowed to the entire 
base, stem obscurely angular downy, flower buds nodding ovoid, 
stigma slightly lobed, seeds obovate-oblong, root fibrous. E. B. 
S. t. 2935. 
Near Tintern, Monmouthshire; and near Bristol. If. 7 — 9. — 
Almost intermediate between E. montanum and E. roseum : it seems 
to be E. roseum of some Swiss collectors, and to be comprehended by 
Seringe in De Candolle’s Prodr. along with E. roseum Schreb. (not 
DC. 1 under his character of E. montanum. It differs from E. mon- 
tanum by the lobes of the stigma, erect stalked leaves, and a tendency 
towards an angular stem; and from E. roseum by the more decided 
lobes to the stigma, and stem less angular ; but it is perhaps a mere 
variety of this last. 
*** Flowers regular, stamens erect, stigma undivided or nearly so. 
6. E. roseum Schreb. (pale smooth-leaved IF.) ; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate stalked tapering at both ends finely toothed, stem erect 
with two sharp and two obscure angles, buds nodding ovoid 
acuminate, stigma undivided or slightly lobed, root fibrous. 
E. B. t. 693. 
About London ; in Essex, Sussex, and Hants. Forfarshire and 
Moray. R . 7, 8. — Scions none, or in autumn short, with a rosu- 
late tuft of leaves. Distinguished from E. montanum bv its clavate 
stigma, stalked leaves, and slightly angled stem ; and from E. tetragonum 
by the broader leaves which are stalked, stem not so distinctly 4- 
angled, and flower-buds nodding. 
