C 4075 ) 



ViSCARIA OCLLATA. DARK-EYED ViSCARIA. 



Class and Order. 



Decandria Pentagynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — CaryophyllejE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx ebracteolatus, oblongus, clavatus vel turbinato- 

 campanulatus, teres vel 5-dentatus. Corolla petala 5, car- 

 pophori brevis vel elongati apici hypogyne inserta, ungui- 

 bus linearibus, laminis bifidis, excisis vel subintegris, basi 

 nudis. Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta ; Jilamcnta filifor- 

 mia : Anthera biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium basi quinque-rarissime tri- quadriloculare, septis 

 circa medium 5, apicem columella? centralis sensim deli- 

 quescentibus, superne uniloculare. Ovula plurima, colu- 

 mellae centrali cum septis connatae vel superne libero funi- 

 culis distinct is inserta, amphitropa, Styli 5, rarissime 3, 4, 

 filiformes, intus stigmatosi. Capsula basi quinque, rarius 

 triquadrilocularis, apice inter stylos simplici eorundem 

 numero in dentes dehiscens. Semina plurima, minuta, re- 

 niformia, granulata vel tuberculata. Embryo annularis, 

 albumen farinaceum cingens ; *cotyledonibus incumbeutibus. 

 — Herbae European et Asiatics amphigea, annua vel peren- 

 neSj erectce; foliis oppositis, linearibus vel lanceolatis; flori- 

 bus in dichotomiis ramorum alaribus vel in cymulas thyr- 

 soides vel suburnbellatim confertas congestis, roseis vel pur- 

 pur eis. Endl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Viscaria* aspera; calycis tubo in ferae abrupte et breviter 

 attenuato angulis clavatis rugoso - crispatis, petalis 

 emarginatis (basi macula intense purpurea), appendi- 

 cibus brevibus ovatis, capsula minute granulata. 



Lychnis 



* So named, I presume, by Rohlino, from the principal species, the 

 Lychnis Viscaria, of previous authors. 



