Iilobium A n g u s t i f o l i u m . R o s e b a y W i l l o w -H e r b .
EPILOBIUM Linn&i Gen. Pi. Octàndrïa MonogYnia .
Cal. 4-fidus. Petala 4. Cap/, oblonga, inféra. Sent.' pappofa.
Paii Syn. Gen. .22. Herbæ vasculiferæ flore te tr a p e t alo anom'-alæ.
EPILOBIUM angußifolium foliis fparfis lineari-lanceolatis, floribus inæqualibus. Linnæi Syfii Vegetal
p.zg6. Sp.Pl; 347.
EPILOBIUM flore diffofmi, foliis lanceolatis, tranfverfim nervofis. Haller hiß. n. 427»
CHAMÆNERION angußifoliuvt. Scopoli FI. Cam. Vol. I. p. 271.
LYSIMACHIA fpeciofa, quibufdam onagra difta filiquofa. Bauhin hiß. II. 906.
LYSIMACHIAChamænerion di£la anguftifolia. Bauhin. Pin» 245. RaiiSyn.310. Rofebay Willow-herb.
Hudfon Flor. Ang. p. 140.
Lightfoot Flor. Scot. p. 197.
Oeder Dan. ic. 289*
f)IX perennis, repens.
$LIS ere&us, tripedalis, ad orgyalem, ramofiffimus,
teres, pubefcens, ramis alterne oppofitis.
LIA lanceolata, alterna, fubdecurrentia, glabra,
margine minute remoteque dentatä, nervo
medio albido.
ÏÂCTEÆ foliis fimiles. _
PRES purpurei, fpeciofi, fubfpicati, raro ultra
* quatuor aut quinque unà in eâdem fpicâ flo-
rentesi -
|uYX: Perianthium tetraphyllum, fuperum, fo-
liolis lanceolatis, coloratis, furfum curvatis,
■ nt t jROLLA: Petala quatuor, purpurea, patentia,
fubrotundä, emarginata, unguibus anguftis,
fig. 2, duobus inferioribus remotioribus.
plINA: Filament a o Eto, fubæqualia, purpu-
rafcentia, primum deflexa, demum fubere&a,
Piftillobreviora: A ntheræ rubræ, bilocula-
res :-Pollen viride, fig'. 3, 4.
jriLLlM : Germen inferum, oblongum, longi-
tudine Styli, fubtetragonum, glandula coro-
nätum : Stylus filiformis, albus, prope bafin
villofus: Stigma quadrifidum, magnum, la-
.ciniis villofis revolutis, fig. 5, 6, 7.,
ElCARPIUM: Capsula cylindracea, incurvata,
quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis.
'MlNAnumerofa, ftriata, pappo coronata Recepta-
culolongiflimo tetragono, libero, flexili affixa,
| ROOT perennial and creeping.
[ S T A LK uprightj from three to fix feet high, very
much branched, round, and pubefcent; the
branches alternately oppofite.
t LEAVES lanceolate, alternate, running flightly down
the ftalk, fmooth, the edge minutely and
rarely indented, the midrib whitifh.
? FLORAL-LEAVES like thofe on the.ftalk.
f FLOWERS purple, fliewy, growing in a kind of
fpike, feldom more than four or five flowering
together on the fame fpike.
■ CA L YX : Perianthium of four leaves, placed above
the Calyx; the leaves lanceolate, coloured,
and bending upwards.
I CO RO L LA : four roundifh Petals of a purple colour,
fpreading, the claws narrow, fig. 2; the
two lowermoft fomewhat remote from each
> . . other. • ■
\ STAMINA: eight F ilaments, nearly of an equal
l length, of a purplifh colour, at firft bending
f down, finally becoming fomewhat upright,
l fliorter than the Piftillum: A nther /e red,
having two cavities: the Pollen green,
J fig. 3, 4-
PISTILLUM: G ermen below the Calyx, oblong, the
length of the Style, flightly quadrangular,
v crowned by a gland: Sty le filiform, white,
villous towards the bottom : Stigma large,
divided into four fegments, which are villous,
and turn back, fig.. 5, 6, 7.
j SEED-VESSEL: a C apsule of a cylindrical form,
fomewhat incurvated, of four cavities and
v . : four valves.
I SEEDS numerous, ftriated, crowned with a down,
and affixed to a very long, loofe, flexible Re-
£ ceptacle, 8, 9.
P the third, edition of R a y ’s Synopfis, this plant is faid to have been found growing wild near Alton,
wpjhire: in confirmation of this, I have myfelf found it growing in a wild unfrequented wood near the
f place. \ -j X
|ne Ihewy appearance of its bloffoms, has long fince introduced it into our gardens; where, by means of
Piping roots, it is' apt to increafe more than is defirable: and from the re fufe of gardens, we fufpeft
f plants, which we have here and there noticed about town, have arifen. Mr. Hudson, in his Flora Anglica,
r ons ks growing on Maize Hill, beyond Greenwich.
^continues in bloflom through July, Auguft, and September.
«aller, from feveral authors, mentions,-that the young (hoots are eatable, although an infufion.of the
ptftupifies; that the pith alfo is eatable ; which when dried, is boiled, whence it becomes fweet, and by
p er procefsj affords good beer; as alfo vinegar : that it is alfo added to the Cow Parfnep, to enrich the
which, js prepared from that plant: that it likewife affords good fodder for cattle ; and the down-of
Jpeds, mixed with beavers hair, has been manufa&ured into feveral articles of clothing.
S'5 too diftin'Q; to be miftaken for any of the other fpecies; and is fometimes found with white flowers.