respect much larger, as well as much smoother than in its natural state.
_Vid._ VAILL. above quoted.

It is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of Switzerland, Siberia, and
other parts of Europe, and flowers in July.

LINNÆUS considers it as an annual; MILLER, as a
biennial; we suspect it to be, indeed have little doubt of its being a
perennial; having propagated it by parting its roots, but it may be
raised more successfully from seed.




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EPILOBIUM ANGUSTISSIMUM. NARROWEST LEAV'D WILLOW-HERB.


_Class and Order._

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 4-fidus. _Petala_ 4. _Caps._ oblonga, infera. _Sem._ papposa.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

EPILOBIUM angustifolium, foliis sparsis linearibus obsolete denticulatis