OC TANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 
183 
!• G. leaves lanceolate, dentate ; spikes crowded ; Wejmis. 
fruit nearly round, slightly 4-angled, pubescent. 
•—Pursh. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 389. 
From three to four feet high. In thickets on the bank walk 
along the Delaware to Gloucester point, Jersey side of the ri- 
ver. In thickets just below Market-street bridge, west side of 
the river, near a little stream which empties into the Schuyl- 
kill. Rare. Biennial. July, August. 
187. EPILOBIUM. Gen. pi. 639. (Onagri.) 
Calix 4-cleft, tubulous. Corolla of 4 petals. 
Capsule oblong inferior. Seeds comose. 
1. stem somewhat 4-angled by prominent lines j tetragonum. 
leaves opposite, the upper ones alternate i lan^ 
ceolate-serrate. — Pursh. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 1029. 
E. coloratum, Muhl? 
dngle-steinmed Willow-herb. 
Plant very much branched, about fourteen inches or two 
feet high. Flowers small, blossom-red. In low boggy grounds 
and thickets near water, not uncommon. Leaves often colour- 
ed, and occasionally quite red. Perennial. July. 
E. subcanescently pubescent; root squamose, Uneare. 
bulbous; stem terete, branching above; stem 
leaves opposite, those of the branches alternate, 
linear and entire, revolute on the margin ; flow- 
ers pedunculate ; petals bifid ; stamina unequal ;» 
stigma clavate undivided.— 
E. lineare, Muhl. 
E. oliganthiim, Mich. 
E. rosmariuifolium, Pursh. 
E. squamatum, Nutt. 
Linear4eaved Willow-herb. 
From one foot to eighteen inches high ; easily known by its 
linear leaves. Flowers small, terminal, few in number, pale red 
