142 DECAND. PENTAGYN. 



2. L. Fhcnria (red German Caiclijlij), petals slightly notched 

 at tiie extroniitv, c;ij)sule 5-celled, stem clammy at the joints. 

 Lightf. p 240.' E. B. I. 788. 



Ha». Rocks in Edinburgh Park, Dr. Parsoiis. Blackford hill near 

 p:dinb., Mauiih. Dundas hill, near Kirkliston, Mr. P. Neill. Rocks 

 facing- the West a little to the E. of Newburg-h, Fifeshire, D. Don. ^ 

 and with a white flower on dry banks near Airly Castle, G'. Don. 

 (ilen between Kinross and the bridge of Earn ; and den of Bal- 

 thayock, Perthshire, Maugh. Fl. June. 1/ . 



One foot high, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers in 

 a dense panicle, large, rose coloured. 



3. L. alpina {red alpine Campion), glabrous, petals bifid, flowers 

 coryinboso-capitate, capsule 1-cclled. E. B. t. 22.") 1. D. Don, 

 Descr. of rare Plants of Scotl. p. 9.) 



Hau. Rocks near the summit of the Clova mountains, G. Don in K. 



Bot. Fl. June, July. 11 ■ 

 Five to six inches high, by no means viscid. Leaves lanceolate. Flou-- 



ers rather small, rose coloured. 



4. L. dioica (red Campio?/), flowers dioecious, caj)sule 1 -celled. 

 Lig/Uf p. 240. 



a. flowers red. E.B.t. 1579. E. dinrna, Sibih. Ox. 



/3. flowers white. E. B.tA^^O. L. vcspertina, Sib/Ji. Ox. 



Hab. Under hedges and in grass-fields, common. Fl. tl.ro.igh the 

 summer. If. . 



One to two feet high, ])anicled above. Pubescent, viscid in a slight 

 degree about the joints of the stem. Leaves ovate, or ovato-lanceo- 

 late. Cal. in the anther-bearing flowers subcylindrlcal, in the fruit- 

 bearing ones ovate. In a. tha petals are rose coloured and are de- 

 stitute of smell ; in /3. they are pure white, and towards evening 

 aHord an agreeable scent. Tlie different appearances in these two 

 vars. independently of colour, described by authors, are found not 

 to be constant, and Smith does not agree with the continental bo- 

 tanists, who consider them di.stinct species. Indeed in England 

 I have observed an intermediate state of a very pale rose colour. 



20. CERASTIUM. 

 * Petals not exceeding the cahjx in le^igth. 



1. C. vnlgatuvi (broad-leaved Mouse-ear Chickweed), h.-^iry 

 viscid suberect, leaves ovate, flowers subcapitate longer than 

 their pedicels. Eightf. p. 240. E. B. t. 7S9. 



Hab. Fields, pastures and road-sides, common. i*7. Apr. — June. ©. 

 Six to ten inches high, branclied below, dichotomous alx)ve. Petals 



narrow, bitid at the extremity. Caps, cylindrical, as long again as 



the cal. 



2. C. viscosum (narroiu -leaved Mouse-ear Chickiceed), hairy 

 viscid spreading, leaves oblongo-lanccolate, flowers somewhat 

 panicled shorter than their pedicels. Eight/, p. 240. E. B, 

 t. 790. 



Hab. Pastures and waste places, on walls, Ike. Fl. the whole smn- 

 mer. }/ . 



