144 XXVIII. ONAfiRACEzE. [ Epildbium . 
7. E. tetragdnum L. (square-stalked IE.) ; leaves lanceolate 
sessile denticulate, stem with 2 — 4 angles, stigma undivided, 
flower-buds erect, seeds oblong-obovate. E. B. t. 1948. E. 
virgatum Fries. E. obscurum Schreb. E. Lamyi Scliult. ? 
Sides of ditches and watery places, common. If. 7, 8. — In the 
genuine forms of the species the scions are short and terminate in a 
rose-shaped tuft of leaves. In what is called E. virgatum, or obscurum, 
the scions are elongated with scattered leaves, and in E. Lamyi Schultz 
there are none ; as to the two last, we have observed them close 
together, the first in a ditch, the second on a stone and lime wall, and 
in this instance the want of scions was caused by situation : other 
circumstances may cause them to disappear elsewhere. 
8. E. palustre L. (narrow-leaved marsh IE) : leaves narrow- 
lanceolate cuneate at the base sessile nearly entire and as well 
as the rounded erect stem subglabrous, stigma undivided, 
flower-buds drooping, seeds fusiform, root with filiform scions. 
E. B. t. 346. 
Boggy places and the sides of lakes and ditches. 2/.. 7,8. — About 
a foot high. Stem rooting near the base. Scions elongated with 
scattered small leaves. Flowers small. 
9. E. alsinifulium Vill. (Chickweed-leaved IE) ; leaves shining 
ovate-acuminate nearly sessde glabrous, lowermost ones entire, 
the rest toothed, stem erect from a long rooting base with two 
obscure angles, its upper part and germen slightly pubescent, 
flower-buds nodding, stigma entire, seeds fusiform, root with 
elongated scions with scattered leaves. E. B. t. 2000. 
Sides of alpine rivulets. On the Cheviots. Aber waterfall, N. 
Wales. Frequent on the Scottish, especially the Highland, moun- 
tains. 11 . 7. — This has many of the characters, in its leaves and 
stem, of E. montanum and E. roseum ; but the leaves have a flaccid 
subpellucid appearance, and the stem is stoloniferous, so that the 
eye readily distinguishes the species. 
10. E. alphium L. (alpine IE); leaves elliptical obtuse gla- 
brous on short foot-stalks nearly entire, stem from a rooting 
base with 2 angles nearly glabrous and fruit entirely' so, flower- 
buds nodding, stigma undivided, seeds obovate pointed. E. B. 
t. 2001. E. anagallidifolium Lam. 
Wet places near springs, and by the sides of rivulets on all the High- 
land mountains. If-. 7. — Stem 2 — 4 inches high. Foot with scions, 
which are either short with a tuft of leaves or elongated with scattered 
leaves. Stem with two lines of very obscure pubescence, procumbent 
and rooting at the base. Flowers seldom more than 1 or 2 from the 
summit of the stalk, at first gracefully drooping, bright purple-red. 
Fruit erect, often as long as the plant itself. In what is called E. 
anagallplifolium, the stem has a much longer rooting base, and longer 
scions than in the usual state of E. alpinum. 
