470 OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Epilobium. 
Winch. Hahbies How, Pentland Hills. Greville. Near the canal 
bridge at Oldbury, Staffordshire. E.) P. June—Aug.* 
(2) Stamens upright; blossoms regular ; 'petals cloven. 
E. hirsu'tum. Leaves egg-spear-shaped, hairy, half embracing the 
stem: stem much branched and hairy. 
FI. Dan. 326—Curt. 117— (E. Bot. 838. E.)— Fuchs. 491 —J. B. ii. 905. 3 
—Louie. i. 135. 2—Ger. 386. 3—Ger. Em. 476. 6— Pet. 52. 11— H. Ox. 
iii. 11. 3. 
Root creeping; whole herb downy and clammy. Stem cylindrical, (three 
or four feet high. E.) Leaves opposite or alternate, with soft hairs on 
both sides ; serratures hooked, blunt. Branches and fruit-stalks from the 
bosom of the leaves. Calyx-leaves smooth, united at the base by means 
of a glandular receptacle. Petals twice as long as the calyx, inversely 
heart-shaped, of a fine rose-colour; claws white with white scores 
spreading upwards. Filaments white, the longest extending far beyond 
the calyx. Flowers sometimes wholly white. 
Large-flowered Willow-herb. Great Hairy Willow-herb. Cod¬ 
lings and Cream. (Welsh: Helyglysper. E.) Moist hedges, ditches, 
and banks of brooks, rivers, and lakes. P. July.f 
E. parviflo'rum. Leaves spear-shaped, pubescent, nearly sessile: stem 
hairy, unbranched. 
Curt. 125— (E. Bot. 795. E.)— FI. Dan. 347— H. Ox. iii. 11. 4— Pet. 52. 
12 . 
Stem cylindrical, sometimes branched towards the top. Leaves mostly 
opposite, lower ones rather embracing the stem, middle ones sessile, 
upper ones sometimes on very short leaf-stalks. Blossom much smaller 
than in either of the preceding species; flesh-coloured. Filaments , the 
longest scarcely exceeding the calyx. (Differs from the preceding in 
being only twelve to eighteen inches high; the root fibrous, not creeping ; 
smaller flowers and leaves; the latter and stem downy on all sides. E.) 
(Small-flowered Hoary Willow-herb. Welsh: Helyglys lledlwyd 
manflodenog. E.) E. hirsutum. Huds. (3. Linn. E. villosum. Curt. 
Sibth. and With. Ed. ii. F. parviflorum. Schreb. Gmel. and With. Ed. 
i. Watery places and sides of ditches and rivulets. P. July—Aug. 
E. monta'num. Leaves opposite, egg-shaped, toothed; the upper ones 
alternate: stem cylindrical: (stigma quadrifid. E.) 
* Goats are extremely fond of it. Cows and sheep eat it. Horses and swine refuse it. 
Phalcena porcellus and Sphinx Elpenor are found upon it. The suckers of the root are 
eatable. An infusion of the plant has an intoxicating property, and the Kamschatkadales 
brew a sort of ale from the pith, and from the ale make alegar. The down of the seeds 
mixed with cotton or fur, has been manufactured into stockings and other articles of cloth¬ 
ing. (Common in gardens, where it ought to be introduced with caution, for though 
ornamental, by the spreading of its creeping root, it will be likely to usurp a larger space 
than intended. It is more suitable to the wilder shrubberies, and will bear even shady 
situations in towns. E. 
*|- The top shoots have a delicate acidulous fragrance resembling scalded codlings, whence 
one of its names, but so transitory, that before they have been gathered five minutes, it is 
no longer perceptible. Horses, sheep, and goats eat it. Cows are not fond of it. Swine 
refuse it. (A sort with variegated leaves is sometimes introduced into gardens. E.) 
