Epilobium wallichianum Hausskn.

Erect perennial herb 15-50 cm, from a long rhizomatous base from which leafy shoots arise; plants strigulose, more densely so above, with elevated pubescent lines running down from the sides of the petioles, stems thick and hollow. Leaves opposite in lower half of the plant, alternate above, the margin and nerves densely strigulose, narrowly ovate or lanceolate, subacute at the apex, obtuse at the base, sharply and densely serrulate, 1.5-4 by 0.5-1.5 cm; petiole short but distinct, up to 2 mm. Inflorescence densely strigulose with an admixture of glandular trichomes, somewhat nodding in bud. Floral tube c. 2 mm across, c. 0.8 mm deep. Sepals c. 5 by c. 2 mm, apiculate. Petals obovate, c. 8 by 3.5-4 mm, pale violet, the notch shallow, c. 1 mm deep. Anthers 1.3-1.5 mm long; filaments of the longer stamens c. 2 mm, those of the shorter c. 1 mm. Style 3-3.5 mm. Stigma globose, c. 1.5 mm thick, surrounded by the anthers at anthesis. Capsule densely strigulose with an admixture of erect, glandular trichomes, erect, 5-9.5 cm long, on a pedicel 1-2 cm. Seeds 1.2 by 0.6 mm, coarsely papillose, dark brown, the coma 6-7 mm long, white, tinged with brown at the

Along river-bank, c. 2000 m.