DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 327 



Armoraria pratensis mas. Ger. Em. 600./. 



A. pratensis sylvestris. Flos cuculi. Lob. Ic. 451./. 



Armerius sylvestris. Dod, Pempt. \77.f. 



Armeria secunda, sive sylvestris, Dodonaei. Dalech. Hist. 809./. 



Odontitis Plinii, simplici flore. Clus. Hist. v. 1. 292./. 



In moist raeadov^^s frequent. 



Perennial. June. 



Root tapering. Stem erect, from 1 to 2 feet high, quadrangular, 

 leafy, rough with small, bristly, closely deflexed, hairs ; often 

 sending forth leafy branches from the bottom ; the upper part 

 viscid and brownish. Leaves lanceolate, nearly smooth, various 

 in width, combined, the lower ones tapering into footstalks. 

 Panicle terminal, forlied, erect, viscid, with a pair of broad, 

 membranous, pointed bracteas at each subdivision. Fl. inodo- 

 rous, rose-coloured, rarely white. Petals flaccid, quivering in 

 the slightest breeze, deeply four-cleft, with a lateral pair of 

 sharp, red, upright, lobes, or teeth, at the upper part of the 

 claw. Caps, roundish- ovate, of 1 cell, with 5 marginal teeth. 



A double variety, of more humble stature, is sometimes seen in 

 gardens ; but seldom lasts long, for want of its natural supply 

 of moisture. 



2.L.Fiscaria. Red German Catchfly. Rock Lychnis. 



Viscid. Petals slightly cloven. Capsule stalked, of five cells. 

 Leaves fringed at the base. 



L. Viscaria. Linn. Sp. PI. 625. Willd. v. 2. 808. Fl. Br. 494. 



Engl. Bot. v.W. t. 788. Hook. Scot. 142. Fl. Dan. t. 1032. 

 L. n. 927. Hall. Hist. v.\. 401. 

 L. sylvestris viscosa rubra angustifolia. Bauh. Pin. 205. Rail Stjn. 



340. 

 L. sylvestris prima, Clus. Pann. 328./, 329. 

 L. sylvestris quarta. Clus. Hist. v. 1 . 289./ 

 Muscipula angustifolia. Ger. Em. 601./. 

 Odontidi, sive Flori Cuculi, affinis Lychnis sylvestris. Bauh. Hist. 



v.3.p.2. 348./ good. 



In dry fissures of rocks, but rare. 



On rocks in Edinburgh park ; T. Willisell ; and on the sides of 

 CraigWreidhin (ratherBreiddin), Montgomeryshire; Mr.Llwyd. 

 Ray. On rocks by the Hermitage, a mile south of Edinburgh, 

 in tolerable plenty; 1782. This is the place called Blackford 

 hill by Professor Hooker, who mentions several other situations 

 in Scotland, where the species in question grows wild. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Roots tufted, rather woody. Stems a foot high, bluntly quadran- 

 gular, leafy, smooth, except a great degree of brown viscidity 

 about the upper part, under each pair of leaves, and on the 

 Jioiver -stalks. Leaves linear-lanceolate, dark green, smooth, 



