Jgrostemma.] CARYOPHYLLEjE. 43 



dens. Flowers purple (or sometimes white.) Calyx singularly cla- 

 vate. " The germen and capsule are elevated upon a stalk ; hence 

 the lower part of the calyx is contracted, while the upper part is swol- 

 len by the enlargement of the capsule." Hooker. 



4. Lychnis. Linn. Catchfly. 



Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Petals 5-clawed, crowned at the 

 mouth ; mostly divided at the border. — Name from \vxvo<s, 

 a lamp, the thick cottony substance of the leaves of some 

 species, or some similar plant, having been employed as wicks 

 to lamps. Decandria. Peutagynia. 



1. L. Flos Cuculi, Linn. Meadow Lychnis or ragged Robin. 

 Flowers loosely panicled ; petals 4-cleft; capsule roundish, 1- 

 celled. Br. Fl. I. p. 212. E. Fl v. ii. p. 326. E. Bot. t. 573. 



Moist meadows and pastures, frequent. Fl. June. %. — One to 

 two feet high, hairy below, reddish-green, clammy above. Leaves 

 lanceolate. Calyx and fiowerstalks reddish-purple. Petals rose- 

 coloured. 



2. L. dioica, Linn. Red or white Campion. Flowers dioe- 

 cious; capsule of ]-cell. Br. Fl. 1. p. 213. E. Fl.v. ii. p. 328. 



a. flowers red. L. dioica, E. Bot. t. 1579. — L. diurna, Sibth. 

 Ox. 



/3. flowers white. E. Sot. t. 1580. — L. vespertina, Sibth. Ox. 

 7. flowers dingy white, with stamens and pistils together. 



*. In rather moist shady places, as in Powerscourt demesne, near the 

 Cherry orchard, and within the walls at Glenluce Castle, near the Giant's 

 Causeway. (3. and y. In open situations, as in most of the sandy fields 

 about Kiibarrick Church, Baldoyle and Portmarnock. Fl. «. about 

 May — July. — &. 7. June — Sept. %. — One to two feet high, panicled 

 above, pubescent, viscid in a slight degree above the joints of the stem. 

 Leaves ovate, or ovato-lanceolate. Calyx in the anther bearing 

 flowers subcylindrical, in the fruit bearing ones ovate. In 3. the petals 

 are pure white, and the flowers fragrant in the evening. The double 

 red French Campion of the gardens is a variety of «. 



5. Agrostemma. Linn. Cockle. 



Calyx tubular, coriaceous, with 5 teeth. Petals 5-clawed, their 

 border undivided. Capsules opening with 5 teeth, 1-celled. — 

 Name, a a<ypx a-re/xfia, Crown of the Jield, peculiarly appli- 

 cable to our species, which is a great ornament to corn-fields. 



Decandria. Pentagynia. 



1. A. Githago, Linn. Corn Cockle. Calyx much longer than 

 the corolla ; petals entire, destitute of a crown. Br. FL 1 . p. 

 212. E.Flv.W. p. 325. E. Bot. t. 741.— Lychnis Githago, 

 Lam. — De ('and. 



Corn fields, frequent, especially where the soil is of a sandy 



