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This genus of plants is ranged in the fecbnd feclion 

 of Linn^us's nineteenth clafs, which includes the 

 plants whbfe flowers are compofed of hermaphrodite 

 and female florets which are both fruitful, and have 

 their parts of generation connefted together, --^j... . 

 We have but one Species ofthis genus. Viz.' .' " 

 SicESBECKiA {Oriedtalis.) Lin. Hort* Cliff. Sigefbeckia. 

 We have no Englifh name for this plants this here 

 mentioned was applied to it by Dr. Linpa;us, in ho- 

 nour of Dr. Sigeibcck, who was profefforof botany 

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The plant is annual, penfhing at the approach of 

 winter. The feeds of it were brought from the Eafl:- 

 Indics, where it is a croublefome weed, but in Eng- 

 land it feldom perfects feeds, unlefs the plants are 

 raifed on a hot-bed, and brought forward in the 

 fpring ; then they may be planted out in warm bor- 

 ders the beginning of June, and if they are fupplied 

 with water in dry weather, they will grow near four 

 feet high, and fend out many branches. The flowers 

 are produced at the extremity^pf th^ (hoots, which 

 are fmall, and of*a yellow colour^ fp make no great 

 appearance, therefore it is only preferved in the 

 gardens of thofe perfonswhq^^5$, curious in the ftudy 



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foirjctimes they will take from cuttings, but this is [ 

 a very uncertain method of propagating them ; nor 

 do the plants fo raifed, ever grow fo vigoroully as 

 thofe which come from feeds ; fo that when thofe can 

 be procured, it is the bed method to propagate them. 

 SIGESBECKIA. Ein. Sp. Plant. 873. 

 The Characters are, 



ne proper involucrum of the flower is compofed of five li- 

 near^ taper^ obtufe leaves^ which open beyond the petals 

 and is permanent. The common cover is five-leaved^ fit- 

 ting ciofe ; it has five angles \ the leaves are oval, con- 

 cave, equal, and difpofed in fever al feries \ it is perma- 

 nent, and between each leaf is contained a floret. The 

 flower is compofed of hermaphrodite florets in the dijk, 

 ajid the herder or ray is made up of female half florets, 

 ^'ich are tongtie-fhaped. The hermaphrodite florets are 

 funnel-fljaped, arid cut into five parts at the brim \ thefe 

 have five fhort ftamina, with tuhulotis fummits joined to- 

 gether, and an oblong incurved germen as large as the em- 

 pale went, fipporting a flenderftyle, crowned by a bifid 

 ftigma. The germen afterward turns to an oblong, four- 

 cornered, blunt feed '^ the female half florets have a fljort, 

 Iroad^ tongue-fhaped petal, indented in three parts -^ thefe 

 have a germen, ftyle, andfiigma, like the hermaphrodite 

 florets, but have no ftamina^ and are fucceeded by fingle 

 feeds 



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feffilibus, petaiis bifidis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 41C. Sileni 



with fpikes of flowers fitting clofe and turned all oni 

 way, and the petals bifid. Vifcago hirca nodiflora, fld- 

 nbus obfoletis Ijoicatis. Dillcn. Hort. Elth. 420. Ni^ht- 

 fiowering, hairy, vifcous Campion^ with worn-out flowers 

 in fpikes. 



3. SiLENE {Nutans) petaiis bifidis, flofibus latcralibu3 

 fecundis cernuis panicula nutante. Lin. Sp. Plane. 

 417. Silene with bifid petals, nodding flcivers growing 

 from the fide oftheftalks, and a recurved panicle. Lych- 

 nis montana, vifcofa, alba, latifolia. G. B. P. 205, 

 Broad-leaved, white, vifcous. Mountain Carr.pion. 



4. SiLENE {Fruticcfa) petaiis bifidis, caule frucicofd, fo- 

 liis lato lanceolatis, panicula trichotoma. Lin. Sp. 

 Plant. 417. Silene with bifid petals, a flmibby ftalky 

 broad fpear-fhaped leaves, and panicles divided in threes. 

 Lychnis frutefcens, myrtifolia, behen albq fimilis; 

 C. B. P. 205. Shrubby Campion^ with a Myrtle leaf like 

 the white Behen, 



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S I LE N E. Lin,. Gen. Plant. 503. Vifcago. Dill. Hort. 

 Elth. 309. Lychnis. Tourn. Infl. R..H. 333. tab. 

 17^. Vifcous Campion, or Lychnis. .V'''^- Y;f.-i ^ 



;..,;■ The QiA^A^TERs are, \ j^v vr?'3feiiiL. v^^^^u'j^.S 

 - The flower has a permanent empalement of one leaL which 

 i is indented at the top into five parts. ' It has five^lain 

 otfufe petals inde^tted at their points, whofe' tails arenar- 

 ^rTQW,^ the leng\b of the empqlemaity and a. neilarium com- 



of two fmall indentures in the neck of each petal, 

 ng a crown to the chaps, and ten awl-fhaped fta- 

 mina, infer ted alternately to the tail of the petals abovee ach 



'^.. .^/%^? terminated by oblong fummits. In the center is fitu- 

 „^ated a cylindrical germen, fupporting three ftyles which 

 xr^^Are longer than the flamina, crowned by ftigmas that are 

 ii.Jjflciced againfl. the^Jm.^^Tpe germn_ afterward ^becomes 

 5 , a clofe cylyndrical capfule with three cells, P^^wig atjhe 

 - . top flve ways^ inclojing mdny kidney -fhaped feeds. ' -:^' ' I 

 2; This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftiori of 

 Linnasus's tenth clafs, which, includes thofe plants 



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5. Silene {Viridiflora) petaiis femibifidis, foliis bVatis 

 fcabriufculis acutis, panicula elongata fubaphylla. Lin. 



.^p- 597. Silene with bifid petals, oval, rough, acute- 

 pointed leaves, and long panicles without leaves. Lych- 

 nis ocymafti facie, llore viridi. Herm. Par. 199. 

 ^^Campion with the appearance of Ocymaftriim, and g- greeri 

 ■floyjer. , >•. - 



6. Silene (Conoidea) calycibus fruftus globofis acumi- 

 ; natis ftriis triginta, foliis glabris petaiis integris. 



Hort. tJpfal. 110. Silene with globular acute-pointed 

 ' capfules having thirty ftripes, fmooth leaves^ and entire 

 : petals. Lychnis fylveftris, latifolia caliculis turgidis 



ftriatis. C. B. P. 205. Broad-leaved wild Campion, with 



a turgid ftriped empalement. ' 



Silene {Pendula) calycibus fruftiferis pendulis infla- 



tis, angulis decem fcabris. Hort. Upfal. 106. Silene 



'with pendulous fwollen empalements to the fruity with ten 

 rough angles. IjYC^nisiu^mdL Sicula, calyce amplif- 

 fimo ftriato. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 337. Low Sicilian Cam- 

 pion, with a large ftriped empalement. 

 Silene {No^flora) calycibus decem angularibus, 

 dentibus tubum ^quantibus caule dichotomo. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 4x9. Silene with empalements having ten an- 

 gles, and the indentures as long as the tube. Lychnis 

 noctiflora. C. B. P. 205. Night-flowering Campion. 

 Silene {Vallefta) caulibus fubunifloris decumbenti- 

 bus, foliis lanceolatis longitudine calycis. Lin. Sp. 

 603. Silene with decumbent ftalks with one flower, and 

 fpear-fhaped woolly leaves the length of the empalement. 

 Lychnis maritima pinguis e Corfica. Bocc. Muf. tab. 

 84. Maritime Lychnis of Corfica. *-- *, 



lO.^SiLENE {Orienialis) calycibus conicis ftriis hirfutis 

 frudlibus ereftioribus, caule eredlo hirfuto, foliis ner- 

 :!^.volis. / Silene with conical empalements having hairy 

 ^: ftripeSylreSf fruit, a hairy upright ftalk, and veined 

 ,ifleayej.^ Lychnis Orientalis, longifoli^ nervofa, flore 

 - i purpurafcente. Tourn. Cor. 24. Eaftcrn Campion with 

 : \.0 long veined leaf and a purplifh flower. • 

 ij. Silene {Mufcipula) petaiis bifidis, caule dichotomo^ 

 ,^\ floribus axillaribus fefiilibus, fohis glabris. Lin. Sp* 

 :,,^Plant. 420. Silene with bifld petals^ aflalk divided by 

 r pairs, flowers fitting clofe tq the wings of theftalk^ and 

 : fmooth leaves. I 'L.ychnxs {y\wt?iv\^ vifcofa, rubr%alte- 

 ,, ra.* C. B. P. 205. IVild vifcous Campion with a red 



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1. Silene {^inquevulnera) petaiis integefrji.mis fub- 

 rotundis, fruftibus ereftis alternis, Hort. Cliff. 171. 



_ Silene with enlireroundifh petals to the flower^ and ere 51 

 alternate fruit, _ Lychnis hirfuta, flore eleganter va- 



'. jicgato. Raji_^Hift., 997. Hairy Campion with an ele- 

 gant variegated flower, commonly called Dwarf Jjychnis, 



2. Silene {No£lurna) floribus ipicatis akernis fecundis 



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12. Silene {Armeria) floribus faiqiculatis faftigiatis, fo- 

 i: liis fuperioribus cordatis glabris. Hort. Upfal. no. 



■ I z.SileHe with flowers gathered into lunches, whofe upper 

 L.hti'Jies tfre^Jmcoth and heart-fljaped.' Lychnis vifcofa 

 j: purpurea, latifolia lasvls. C. B. P. 205. Purple vifcous 

 '..Campion with abroad fmooth leaf, commonly called Lo- 



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13. Silene {Cigantea) foliis radicalibus cochleariformi- 

 - bus fimis caule fubverticillato. Lin. Sp. 598. Silene 

 ii with obtufe, fpoon-fhdped, lower leaves, and whorledftalks. 



, Lychnis facie^auricute, urli.C.B,. P. 206. Campion 

 .' with the appearance of Auricula, --k.- 



14. Silene {Bupleuroides) petaiis bifidis, floribus pe- 



■ dunculatis oppofitis braftea brevioribus, foliis lance- 

 .. ojatis acutis, glabris. Lin. Sp. 598. Silene with bifid 



petal's^ flowers placed oppcfite on foot-ftalks, and fmooth 



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