DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Agrostemma. 325 



which owes its name to the oblong capsule, contrasted with 

 O. Acetosella, grow scarcely more than 2 together, on axillary 

 stalks. Tlie petals are yellow, strongly combined. Stam. in like 

 manner monadelphous. Seeds numerous in each cell. 



241. AGROSTEMMA. Cockle. 



Linn. Gen. 2Z\. Jm5s. 302. FZ. Br. 492. Gcertn. t.\30. 



Nat. Ord. Caryophyllea. Linn. 22. Juss. 82. See n. 232— 

 237, and n. 242 — 244. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, tubular, coriaceous, strongly ribbed, 

 5-toothed, permanent. Pet. 5 ; their claws as long as the 

 tube of the calyx; border spreading, obtuse. Filam. awl- 

 shaped ; 5 shorter than the rest, attached to the claws of 

 the petals. Anth. oblong, notched at each end. Germ. 

 superior, ovate. Styles thread-shaped, erect, the length 

 of the stamens. Stigmas slender, downy. Caps, oblong- 

 ovate, of 1 cell, and 5 rigid valves, more or less combined 

 below, inclosed in the hardened calyx. Seeds numerous, 

 kidney- shaped, granulated, stalked, attached to the un- 

 connected central column. 



Herbs with an upright stem ; simple, entire, narrow, oppo- 

 site, mostly downy, leaves ,- and several upright, stalked, 

 solitary, purple or rose-coloured, handsome Jlowers, in 

 most species, but not in ours, crowned with rigid sharp 

 teeth at the mouth. 



1. A. Githago. Corn Cockle. 



Hairv. Calyx-teeth rising above the corolla. Petals un- 

 divided, without teeth. v^ 



A. Githago. Linn.Sp.Pl.&2A. Willd. v. 2.805. Fl. Br. 493. Engl. ^ 

 Bot. v.ll.t. 741. Curt. Loml.fasc.3. t. 27. Mart. Rust. 1. 105. 

 Hook. Scot. 141. Fl. Dan. t. 576. Dreves Bilderb. t. 22. 



Lychnis n. 926. Hall. Hist. v. 1. 401. 



L. segetum major. Batih. Pin. 204. Raii Syn. 338. 



Pseudomelanthium. Matth. Valgr.v.2.\54.f. Camer.Epit. 554./. 

 Bauh. Hist. V. 3. p. 2. 341./. Dalech. Hist. 438./. Ger. Em. 

 1087./ 



Nigella. Brunf. Herb. 242. f. 24 1 . 



Nigellastrum. Dod. Coronar.49.f. Pempt.\73.f. 



Githago, seu Lolium. Trag. Hist. 127./ 



Lolium. Fuchs.Hist.]27.f. 



In cornfields, a troublesome weed. 



Annual. June, July. . , , , • c, 



Root tapering. Herb clothed with upright hoary hairs. Stem 



