DECANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Lychnis. 327 



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, ui)rigb,t, 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. f-lscaria. Red German Catchfly. RockLychnis. 



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

 Leaves fringed at tlie base. 



L. Viscaria. Limi. Sp. PL 625. JVilld. v. 2. 808. FL Br. 494. 



EnoL Bot. v.W.t. 788. Hook. Scot. 142. FL Dan. L 1032. 

 L. n. 927. IlalLHist.v. 1.401. 

 L. sylvestris viscosa rubra angustifolia. Baiih. Pin. 205. Rail Syn. 



340. 

 L. sylvestris prima. Chis. 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. 



r. 3. p. 2. 348./ good. 



In dry fissures of rocks, but rare. 



On rocks in ?]dinburgh park 5 T. Willisell ; and on the sides of 

 Craig^\'reidhin (rather Breiddin), Montgomeryshire j Mr. Lhvyd. 

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

 in tolerable plenty J 1782. This is the ])lace 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, cxcej)t a great degree of brown visciility 

 about the upper ])art, under each jiair of leaves, and on tlie' 

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

 with a slight woolly fringe at the base. Panicle spiked ; corym- 

 bose at the toj) ; lower branches forked. /'/. crowded, scentless. 

 Cat. nearly suKJoth, membranous, purplish. Pet. rose-coloured, 

 veiny, very slightly cloven, or inversely heart-shaped, with a di- 

 vided acute scale at the top of the ciaw. Caps, owitc, short, 

 elevated within the calyx on a stout angular stalk, half its own 

 length, and opening with 5 revolute, cloven teetli, or valves, 

 with membranous central partitions. Senls kidney- shaped, 

 black, rough. 



A white-flowered variety has been souielimcs found ; a double one 

 is common in ru^stic gardens. 



