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bent down ; the leaves not oppofite, and when they firft 
break forth rolled back. Native of Denmark, Silelia, 
and Siberia. 
II. Stamens upright, regular ; petals bifid. 4. Epi'lo- 
bium hirfutum, or large-flowered willow-herb : leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, half-ftem-clafping hirfute ; Item branch¬ 
ing very much ; root creeping. Stem from three to fix. 
feet high, upright, very much branched, cylindric, fome- 
what quadrangular at bottom, hirfute and purplifh : with 
foft i pleading hairs, flatted at the inferticm of the branches ; 
which are like the (fern, nearly upright, the upper gene¬ 
rally folitary alternate ; flowers, large, fhovvy, purple or 
fiefh-coloured, fomewhat bell-ftiaped, and hanging down 
a little, on peduncles, folitary, alternate. Native of mod 
parts of Europe, by the Tides of ditches, ponds, lakes and 
rivers; flowering in July and Auguft. The leaves, and 
particularly the top (hoots when (lightly bruifed, have 
a delicate cool fragance, refembling fealded codlings, 
whence its name of codlings and cream ; this fragrance is 
very foon loft after the plant is gathered. It is alfo called 
great hairy codded loofe-Jlrife. Horfes, (beep, and goats, eat 
it; and, if it were found to be an acceptable fodder, it 
might be cultivated to advantage in wet filiations. It 
varies with white flowers, and alfo with variegated leaves, 
in which date it is fometimes fold by the gardeners ; but 
having a creeping root, it is apt to increafe too much. 
5. Epilobitim villofum, or hoary willow-herb : leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, toothed, pubefeent; ftem columnar 
villofe. This invariably differs from the foregoing 
in its corolla, root, and pubefcence. The corolla is in 
general not more than one-third of the fize; the root 
does not creep ; and both ftem and leaves are covered 
with numerous foft hairs, which give the whole plant a 
Iioary appearance. The plant is alfo much fmaller, and 
in general not fo much branched: the leaves feflile but 
not decurrent, the ferratures few and diflant : the calyx 
is alfo very different ; and the fegments of the ftigma are 
fcarcely rolled back. It grows in the fame places, and 
-flowers at the fame time, with the foregoing. 
6. Epilobium montanum,mountain or wood willow-herb: 
leaves oppofite, ovate, toothed. The root has, on its 
upper part, little buds of a light red colour. Stem from 
one to three feet high, upright, red, cylindric, fcarce per¬ 
ceptibly downy, fometimes branched at top, but often 
(ingle. Native of Europe, in woods and hedges ; fome¬ 
times in moift meadows, but more frequently in dry gra¬ 
velly foils, in courts, negledted walks, and on walls ; on 
old trees, el'pecially willows. It flowers from June to 
Auguft. Mr. Hudfon, marks it as biennial, and indeed it 
has not the appearance of being perennial, like moft of 
the others.—This, like moft of the reft, varies with a 
white corolla, as alfo with three or four leaves at each 
joint. 
7. Epilobium tetragonum, or fquare-ftalked willow- 
herb : leaves lanceolate, toothletced, the bottom ones 
oppofite; ftem four-cornered. One of the moft ftriking 
characters of this is the apparent fquarenefs of the (talk, 
which arifes from projecting lines running from the leaves 
down it : to this we may add the narrownefs of its leaves ; 
the uncommon length of its pods, and its undivided ftig- 
xna, a character firft noticed by Ray. The lower leaves 
are lanceolate, the upper ones narrower, all ferrate and 
fmooth ; flowers fmall, purple. Native of Europe, the 
Raft Indies, China and Cochinchina ; with us not uncom¬ 
mon, generally met with in marfhes, and by the Tides of 
rivulets and ditches ; as in the lane from Newington to 
Hornfey-wood ; near Bungay : n Suffolk; Alconbury in 
Huntingdonfhire, &c. flowering in July and Auguft. 
8. Epilobium paluftre, or marrti willow-herb : leaves 
oppofite, lanceolate, quite entire; petals emarginate; 
ftem ereCt. Stem cylindric, upright, fmooth, or pubef- 
cent, a foot high ; but Villars deferibes it as being lower 
than any of the preceding, and only half a foot high ; the 
leaves narrow, almoft linear, moftly alternate, obtufe and 
wider at the bafe 3 the flowers fmall, pale red, emarginate. 
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He fay?, that there are intermediate fpecimens which fo 
bring together this and E. montanum and tetragonum, 
that it is difficult to diftinguifli them ; that this, how¬ 
ever, is marked by the form of its leaves, the branches 
being approximating,- and by its truncate root full of 
fibres : lie adds, it is clear that this is not Chamaenerion 
paluftre of Scopoli, becaufe the petals are entire ; and he 
is of opinion that Scopoli has given this name to the fe- 
cond fpecies. Native of Europe, on marfhes, bogs, and 
by the (ides of lakes. 
9. Epilobium alpinum, or alpine willow-herb : leaves 
oppofite, ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, filiques feflile, 
ftem creeping. This is a creeping plant, flowering early in 
the fpting with feflile germs : it is three or four inches, 
or hardly a fpati high, decumbent at bottom, then upright, 
and bears one or two flowers at the top. Native of the 
mountains of Lapland, Denmark, Swiflerland, Silelia, 
Savoy, Dauphine, Britain ; as on Cheviott bills, near Set¬ 
tle, about Buckbarrow-well, and in many parts of Scot¬ 
land, by the fides of rivulets, and in fandy places. 
10. Epilobium fruticofum, or fhrubby willow-herb: 
ftem fhrubby very much branched, leaves quite entire, 
alternate, hirfute. Stem ftraight, round, fix feet high, 
with afeending branches. This is a native of Cochinchina. 
11. Epilobium glabellum, or fmooth willow-herb: 
leaves oblong, toothed, obtufe, the bottom ones oppo¬ 
fite ; ftem roundifh, eredt. 12. Epilobium rotundifo- 
lium, or round-leaved willow-herb : leaves oppofite, 
roundifh, toothletted. Natives of New Zealand. 
13. Epilobium parviflorum, or fmall-flowered willow- 
herb : leaves oppofite, lanceolate, ferrate feflile, both they 
and the ftem villofe. Native of Germany. 
14. Epilobium alfinefolium, or chick-weed leaved wil¬ 
low herb : ftem creeping; leaves ovate, acute, toothed ; 
filiques the length of the ftem. This is very nearly allied 
to E. alpinum in its fize, habit, difpofition of the leaves, 
flowers, and filiques : their (ferns at bottom decumbent are 
thence afeending; they are Ample, and commonly two or 
three inches high ; the leaves are oppofite ; thofe of E. 
alpinum are elliptic, obtufe, very feldom toothed, the 
upper ones are narrower and alternate; both upper and 
lower are of a bright green : the leaves of this are wider, 
oval, fharp, always toothed, and of a dufky green inclin¬ 
ing to black; the flowers are bright red, a little emargi¬ 
nate, middle-fized ; the filiques are few, fmall, at an ob¬ 
tufe angle in the firft ; fquare, very long, and ftraight in 
the fecond. They both grow on the fummits of the 
higheft mountains, near the fnow, where the filiques are 
often as long as the ftem. It is poflible that they may be 
only varieties of E. montanum and tetragonum. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants propagate fpon- 
taneoufly, both by feeds and runners ; and require to be 
reftrained rather than increafed by the hand of art. They 
may, however, be admitted to advantage in remote fhady 
corners, or on rock-work. They require no culture, ex¬ 
cept fuch as is neceflary to keep them within bounds. 
EP'ILOGUE,yi \_epilogus, Lat.J The poem or fpeech 
ufually delivered at the end of a play.—If it be true that 
good wine needs no bufh, ’tis true that a good play needs 
no epilogue ; yet to good wine they do ufe good buflies, 
and good plays prove the better by the help of good epi¬ 
logues. Shakcfpeare. 
To EPI'LOGUIZE, v. n. To fpeak fomething by way 
of epilogue.—The dances ended, the fpirit epiloguizes. 
Stage-direElion in Milton’s Comus. 
EPILOI'MICA, J'. [from eth, upon, and A01 Gr. 
the plague.] Medicines good for the plague. 
EPIME'DIUM,^ [fo called by Pliny and Diofcorides, 
from e7ti and /zrihov, Gr. being larger than another plant 
named medium: this derivation is very unfatisfactory, but 
we have not abetter to fubftitute. ] Barrenyvort; in 
botany, a genus of the clafs tetrandria, order monogynia, 
natural order of corydnles, (berberides, JuJf.) The ge¬ 
neric characters are—Calyx: perianthium four-leaved; 
leaflets ovate, obtufe, concave, expanding, fmall, placed 
directly 
