Epilobium hirsutum. Large-flower'd Willow-herb. 
EPILOBIUM Limed Gen. PI. Octandria Monogynia. 
Cal. 4-fidus. Pe la/a4 . cap, oblonga, infera. Sent. pappofa. 
EPILOBIUM A 7 VASCmi »™ apetalo 
LOBIUM ^ f„fo 8 ovato- lanceolatis, femiamplexicaulibus, hirfotis; cauIe ramo(iffimo ; ^ 
repente. l,c 
EPILOBIUM Urfutu* foliis oppofitts lanceolatis ferratis decurrenti amplexicaulibus. X». ^ ^ 
/• 471 . M*. p. 49+ . pier. Su ecic f IJ3> *** 
EPILOBIUM foliis femiamplexicaulibus, lanceolatls, hitfntis. Hr. « j* f , 
CHAMvENERION hrfutum. Scepoli FI. Canid. 270. 
LYSIMACHIA ffiquofi hirfuta magno floro. Bauhin, pin. Ms . 
LYSIMACHIA filiquofa. Ger. emac. 476. 
Mi Syn. p. 311. Great hairy codded Loofeftrife or Willow-herb, called 
alfo Codlings and Cream. 
Huifon. FI. Angl. p. 141. 3, e J. 2 , ^ i62- ^ 
Lighlfiot. F/. Scot. p. 157. 
Oeder. FI. Dm. ic. 326. 
RADIX perennis, furcnlofa, fibris capillata, e cujus * 
capite erumpunt germina majufcula, rubentia i 
111 fumma tellure, rpnrmrm r.. i ’ t 
“J tellure reptantia, quibus fe late I 
diffundit et propagat. $ 
CAULIS tripedalis ad orgyalem, ereflus, ramofifllmus, 
teres, ad bafin fubtetragonus, hirfutus, pur- 
puraicens; Rami cauli ikniles, adfcendentes. 
FOLIA ovato-Janceolata, argute denticulata, hirfuta, fe- 
miamplexicaulia, venofa, ramorum fubtortuofa. 
FLORES magni, fpeciofi, purpurei, fubcampanulati, 
paululum nutantes. 
^YX: Perianthium fu perum, ere&um, quadri- 
partitum, bafiangulofum, laciniis ovato-acutis, 
fundo villofo, fig. 1 . 
COROLLA : Petala quatuor, obcordata, emargina- 
ta, purpurea, bali albida, calyce duplo lon- 
g 10ra , fig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta ofto, quorum quatuor lon- 
giora, alba, fubulata : Anthers oblonga:, 
biloculares, flavefcentes, fig. 2 . 
PISTILLUM : Germen oblongum, villofum, infe- 
rum, tetragono-fulcatum, glandulis minimis 
coronatum : Stylus filiformis, declinatus, Sta- 
minibus longior : Stigma craffum, quadrifi- 
dum, laciniis revolutis, villofis, fig. 4, 5 6. 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula triuncialis, obtufe tetra- 
gona, fulcata, ut in germine glandulis termi- 
nata, leniter hirfuta, quadrilocularis, quadri- 
valvis. ^ 
ROOT perennial, foil I of ihoots, with numerous fibres, 
fending off from the upper part Roles of a 
confiderable thicknefs, creeping un- 
der the ftrface of the ground, fpread widely 
„ J* ,d propagate the plant. 3 
bTALK from three to fix feet high, upright, very 
much branched, round, fomewhat quadran- 
gular at bottom, hirfute, andpurplilh: Bran- 
LPAVFR f E$ l‘ ke th f flalk ’ nea rly upright. 
LEAVES betwixt oval and lanceolate, finely toothed 
at the edges, hirfute, half embracing the flalk 
FLOWERsT’ th °^ 011 the brauclles a little twilled. ’ 
f LOWERS large Ihowy, of a purple colour, fome- 
CALYX W i 1 p b ped ’ a “i d him £ in g down a little. 
CALYX, a Perianthium placed above the Germen 
npnght, angular at the bafe, deeply divided 
t ? * ur ,%roe>«s, which are oval and poin- 
coroi r< b S ttom m the inflde villous . A i. 
COROLLA: four Petals inverfely heart-lhaped, e- 
margmated, of a purple colour with a white 
\ and tW1CC the len E th °f the Calyx, 
STAMINA: eight Filaments, four of which are 
ihorter than the others, white and tapering; ■ 
^Anther je oblong, bilocular, and yellowiffi, 
PISTILLUM? Germen oblong, villous, placed be- 
low the Calyx, four-corner’d and grooved, 
crowned with very minute glands : Style 
miform, hanging down, and longer than the 
Stamina: Stigma thick, divided into four 
legments, which are villous and roll’d back 
jig. 4, 5, 6. ’ 
SEED-VESSEL, a Capsule about three inches long 
obtufely four cornered, and grooved, termi- 
nated as in the Germen with glands, flightly 
SEFm , te \ h , aTm S four cavities a ” d four valves. 
SEEDS oval, pale brown, numerous, downy, viewed 
with a magnifier on one fide convex, and 
roughilh, on the other, flattifh and grooved, 
affixed in rows to a four-cornered, loofe, flexi- 
ble Receptacle,^. 7 . 
SEMINA ovata , palhde fofca, plurima, pappofa, len- | 
te vifa nine convexa, fcabriufcula, illinc com- I 
preflo-fulcata, Receptaculo tetragono, libe- * 
ro, flexili feriatim affixa, fig. 7. | 
rfL*,* are con- 
viewingVhL fo foefom: hff^™ namt ^ * a » d Hudson, 
name of hirfutum for the fmaller flowering one : but as the lamer lt / a ”°>" ! V a " d «tains the 
has difiinguifhed by the name of hirfutum there anoears 5 ■ S e f f ecles "' hlc h Linnjeus 
giving a new name to what he - ^ *** ' “ ado P'‘”S name for the fpecies, and 
The fpecies here figured, grows very commonly in and by the fides nf „ 
generally to the height of five feet. * 7 d * 1 dltches > P on ds, &c. nfing 
It flowers in July and Auguft. 
A variety with a white flower fometimes occurs ; and a fort with variegated leaves is fold hv the „ i 
Having a creeping root, it is very apt to increafe too much if not proper 
r n J± Vea ' hlmDEaPPeara,1Ce; andifbr “ ifid ' f “ dfo « h “ a g«-bl=Ul, wWe^sIam^fot^ 
Is it not a plant deferving the notice of the Farmer ? If cattle are found to ear it „ , , 
not he cultivated to advantage it wet fixations, where other ufeful plants will not grow i ° “ dl7ed ’ “ ay l£ 
