Willow-herb Tribe
Rosebay Willow-Herb (Epilobium angustifolium).—This splendid flower, rose-coloured, white-pistilled and red-leaved, spreads in sheets in Cranbury Copse and on railway cuttings, at Cuckoo Bushes, and in Ampfield Wood.
Codlins-and-Cream (E. hirsutum).—Adorning wet places.
Small Willow-Herb—
(E. parviflorum) Troublesome though pretty weeds in the garden.
(E. tetragonum)
(E. roseum)
(E. montanum).—Found at Ampfield.
Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circæa lutetiana).—A graceful, delicate-looking plant of universal occurrence.
Water Starwort (Callitriche verna).—Ponds.
Marestail (Hippuris vulgaris).—Waves with the current of the stream in the Itchen.
White Bryony (Bryonia dioica).—Vine-like leaves wreathe round in the hedges, and the pale, whitish flowers give place to graceful clusters of red berries.
Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia).—Lane towards Brambridge.