e p ilo b ium a l p in u m . a l p in e w il l o w h e r b .
JEPIL0BIUM alpinum; foliis ellipticis glabris subpetiolatis subserratis, caule paululum pubescente
paucifloro, capsulis glabriusculis, stigmate clavato indiviso.
EPILOBIUM alpinum. Linn. Sp. PI. p.4,95. Huds. Angl. p. 163. L ig h tf Scot. p. 199. With.
Bot. Arr. ed. 4. ml. 2 . p. 361. FI. Dan. t. 322. Hoffm. Germ. ed. 2 . ml. 1 . P . I.
p . 179. Willd. Sp. PI. ml. 2. p. 318. Smith Fl. Brit. p . 413. Engl. Bot. t. 2001.
Decand. Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 4. p. 424. Fl. Gall. Syn. p. 328. Ait. Hort. Kao. ed. 2.
ml. 2. p. 347. Pers. Syn. PI. ml. 1 . p. 410. Wahl. Lapp. p. 95. (excl. syn. var £.1
Hook. Fl. Scot. P . I. p. 118. J
LYSIMACHIA siliquosa glabra minor latifolia. The lesser smooth broad-leaved codded Willow-herb.
Rail Syn. p. 3 1L
Class a n d Order. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[N atural Order. ONAGRARIÆ, Juss., Decand., Hook.]
Gen. Char. Calyx quadripartitus, superus, deciduus. P e t ala quatuor. Capsula elongata, obtuse tetragona,
quadrilocularis, quadrivalvis, polysperma. Semina comata.
Gen. Char. Calyx four-partite,’ superior, deciduous. Petals four. Capsule elongated, obtusely four-sided,
four-celled, four-valved, many-seeded. Seeds comate.
Radix parva, fibrosa, perennis, fibfis ramosis.
Caulis digitalis et ultra, erectus, basi solummodo
decumbens, innovationibus ramosus, purpureus,
tetragonus, angulis pubescentibus.
Folia opposita, quatuor ad sex lineas longa, elliptica,
obtusa, subserrata, utrinque glabra, basi brevis-
sime petiolata, nervo subtus margineque purpureo
tincta.
Flores terminales, solitarii, bini vel temi, pedicellati,
pedicellis rubris subpubescentibus.
Calyx superus, quadripartitus, laciniis ovatis, purpureo-
viridibus, glabris.
Corolla tetrapetala, petalis obovato-cordatis, purpu-
reo-roseis.
Stamina octo; Filam entis a ltern a tim lo n g ioribus; Anther
® rotundat®, flav®.
Pistillum : Germen inferum, lineare, tetragonum, fus-
co-purpureum, pilis minutis sparsis pubescens;
Stylus brevis; Stigma clavatum, obtusum, integrum.
Pericarpium : Capsula linearis, quadrilocularis, in
quatuor valväs subelasticas longitudinaliter de-
hiscens; Receptaculum centrale, liberum, quadri-
alatum.
Semina parva, ovata, pilorum fasciculis duobus termi-
nata.
Root small, fibrous, perennial, the fibres branched.
Stem about four or five inches in height, erect, at the
base alone decumbent and branched with innovations,
purple, four-sided, with the angles pubescent.
Leaves opposite, from four to six lines long, elliptical,
obtuse, somewhat serrated, glabrous on each side,
shortly petiolated at the base, with the nerve beneath
and the margin tinged with purple.
F lowers terminal, solitary, or two or three together,
; pedicellate, with the pedicels red, subpubescent.
Calyx superior, four-partite, the segments ovate, purplish
green, glabrous.
Corolla tetrapetalous, the petals obovato-cordate, purplish
rose-colour.
Stamens eight; the Filaments alternately longer; Anthers
rounded, yellow.
P ist il : Germen inferior, linear, tetragonous, brownish-
purple, pubescent with minute scattered hairs;
Style short; Stigma clavate, obtuse, entire.
P e r ica rp : 'Capsule linear, four-celled, opening longitudinally
into four somewhat elastic valves; Receptacle
central, free, with four longitudinal
Seeds small, ovate, terminated with two tufts o f hairs.
% 1. Petal. Fig. S. Portion of the germen, calyx, stamens and style. Fig. 3. Capsule burst. Fig. 4. Seed
with its coma or feathery appendage:—magnified.