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6. S. INFLA'tA. .Sm. Cucubalus Bchen. L. 

 Calyx nearly globular, smooth, reticulated with veins; leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, glaucous, smooth ; foiorrs in c3'niose panicles, drooping. Stem erect, 

 about 2 feet high. Petals white, cleft half way down. The calyx remarkably 

 inflated, and finely reticulated with pale purple veins. In pastures, about 

 fences, &c. The young slioots and leaves wlien boiled, may be used as a 

 substitute for asparagus or peas, which they resemble in taste. Jl. Per. 



Bladder Campion. 



7. S. Arme'ria. 



Very smooth, glaucous, viscid ; leaves ovate-lanceolate ; floicers in panicu- 

 late cymes ; petals obcordate, crowned. Native of Europe. Introduced. A 

 popular garden flower. Stem a foot and a half high, with numerous pink- 

 colored flowers. Jl. — Sept. Ann. Garden Caich-ft/. 



8. S. VISCO'SA. 



Pubescent, very viscid ; stem simple, thick, leafy ; leaves large, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, wav}' ; floicfrr large, nodding; pet/ds red. Native of Levant. Culti- 

 vated in gardens. About 2 feet high. Bien. Clammy Catch-jUj. 



8 . LYCHNIS. 



Calyx tubular, 5-tooth, oblong; petals 5, clawed; limb 

 slightly cleft ; stamens 10; pistils 5; capsule 1 — 5-cleft, with 

 a 5-toothed opening. 



Gr. "Kvyj/oi, a lamp; because the cottony leaves of some species have been 

 used as wicks to lamps. Cal. inferior, membranous. Pet. claws length of 

 cal., sometimes crowned. Fil. longer than cal., fixed to the claws. 



1. L. Gl THAGQ. Lavi. Agrostemma Githago. i. 



Hairy ; stetn dichotomous ; floicers on long stalks ; leavesVinevir ; calyx much 

 longer than the corolla; 'petals eniue, without n crown. A well known, hand- 

 some weed, growing in corn-fields, or wheat-fields, of a pale green color, with 

 large, pink-like and very ornamental flowers. Corolla of a dull puri^le. In- 

 troduced from Europe. JL Corn Cockle. 



2. L. Chalcedo'nica. 



Smoothish; floicers fascicled; calyx cylindric, clavate. ribbed; petals two- 

 lobed. A fine garden flower, native of Europe. Stem 2 feet high, with point- 

 ed, opposite, dark green leaves, and a large, terminal, convex, dense fascicle 

 of flowers, remarkable for their deep scarlet hue Jn. Jl. Scarlet Lychnis. 



/3. Flowers white. 



y. Flowers double. This is chiefly valued in cultivation. 



3. L. Floscu'culi. 



Smoothish; stnns asccndintr ; _^*7?rcr5 dichotomous, fascicled; calyx ram- 

 panulate, ID-ribbed. Petals in 4 deep, linear segments. Leaves lanceolate, 

 smooth. Fruit roundish, 1-celled. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, with rough ani/les, 

 viscid above. Flowers pink, very delicate, with a brown, antrubir, smooth 

 calyx. Native in Britain. Jl. — Sept. Ragged Robin. 



4. L. corona'ria. 



Smooth ; flowers terminal and axillary, 1 — 3 ; calyx rounded, clavate, ribbed : 

 petals torn. Native of Cliina. Remarkable for the large size of the flower.---. 

 Stem 1 — 2 feet high. Petals of a lively red. Citinese Lyclmis. 



