98 DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. [CI. 10. 



6. S. villosum, 6. 894. (Hairy S.) Leaves alternate, linear, flattened, 



slightly hairy as well as the flower-stalks. Stern erect. 

 Wet mount. If. 7. Stem branched at the base. Pan. viscid. 

 Pet. rose-col. 



7. S. album, 22. 1578. (White S.) Leaves oblong, cylindrical, 



obtuse, spreading, smooth. Panicle much branched, 

 Hocks and walls, rare. If. 7. Erect, purple, leafy. Pan. smooth. 

 Pet. ichite. 



8. S. reflexum, 10. 695. (Crooked S.) Leaves awl-shaped, scattered, 



purred at the base ; the lowermost recurved. Flowers cymose. 

 Calyx ovate. 

 Walls and roofs. If. 7. Stem 1 /. leafy. Fl. bright yellow, 

 i). S. glducum, 35. 2477. (Glaucous S.) Leaves glaucous, awl- 

 shaped, scattered ; spurred at the base ; those of the branches 

 thread-shaped. Flowers cymose. Calyx lanceolate. 

 Rough sandy gr. If. 7, 8. More glauc. L. more slender. Pet. yell. 



10. S. rupestre, 3. 170. (Rock S.) Leaves glaucous, spurred at the 

 base, those of the branches awl-shaped, erect, in five close rows. 

 Flowers imperfectly cymose. Calyx elliptical, obtuse. 



Rocks, rare. If. 7. Reddish, 8 — 9 in. L. densely imbric. Pet. yell. 



11. S. Forsteridnum, 26. 1802. (Welsh S.) Leaves spurred at the 

 base ; those of the branches semicylindrical, bluntish, pointed, 

 spreading, in many rows. Flowers cymose. Calyx elliptical, 

 obtuse. 



Welsh rocks. If. 7. Bright green, not glauc. Pet. ellipt. bright yell. 



240. OXALIS. Wood-sorrel. 



1. O. Acetosella, 11. 7G2. (Common W.) Stalks radical, single- 



flowered. Leaves ternate, inversely heart-shaped, hairy. Root 

 of many scaly joints. Stamens simple. 

 Shady pi. If. 4, 5. StemO. Fl. solit. streaked with purple veins. 



2. O. corniculcita, 24. 1726. (Yellow W.) Stem branched, procum- 



bent. Flower-stalks in small umbels. Stipulas united to the 

 base of the footstalks. 

 Waste shady pi. If. 5 — 10. Leaf,, obcordate. Fl. small, yell. 



[O. stricta, (Upright W.) from America, but now almost a weed 

 in gardens, has no stipulas.^\ 



241. AGROSTEMMA. Cockle. 



1. A. Githugo, 11. 741. (Corn C.) Hairy. Calyx-teeth rising above 

 the corolla. Petals undivided, without teeth. 

 Fields. . 6, 7. 2 — 3f. branched. L. linear-lanceol.Fl. large, purple. 



242. LYCHNIS. Lychnis. 



1. L. Flos Cuculi, 8. 573. (Meadow L. Ragged Robin.) Petals in 

 four linear segments, Capsule roundish, of one cell. Stem rough 

 with deflexed bristles. 

 Moist mead. If . 6. L. lanceol. Fl. in loose pan, rose-col. 



