). Vaccaria lIiedic. 
Annual erect nerbs witn opposite leaves; stipules wanting. Flowers 
numerous, showy, in corymbose cymes. Calyx ovoid-tubular, more or less 
inflated, strongly 5-angled, the lobes short. Tetals 5, without appendages, 
clawed. Stamens 10. Styles 2. Capsule l--she_ dehiscent by 4 teeth at 
the apexe bambered 
le ve vulgaris Hoste Cow Annual, 50-60 cm. tall, glabrous and glaucous 
throughout, branching in the inflorescence; leaves OO Sak. clasping, 
connate at the base, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 5-7 cm. long; flowers in an 
open corymbose panicle, the bracts subfoliar, pedicels slender, 3-5 cm. long; 
calyx le mua. long, urceolave, strongly S-angled, the intervening tissue white, 
the lobes 6 mm. long; corolla pink, the petals © cme longs, the claw 14 m., 
the limb 6 me long, obovate, notched. 
An occasional roadside or field weed in the grassland, introduced from 
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TLycnnis alba Mill. white Campion. Styles 5, alternate with the 
petaIs; capsule dehiscent by 10 teeth; a rather showy plant with several as- 
cending stems 40-50 cm. long. 
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